Two-day group Tour to the Chernobyl Zone from Kyiv

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Itinerary

1. First block station- checkpoint "Dityatki". Passport check by representatives of special services. We get acquainted with the rules of visiting the Chernobyl zone. We are crossing the border with the Chernobyl exclusion zone and the zone of unconditional (compulsory) resettlement.

   15 min

2. We are checking in one of the hotels of the town. Yes, there are already 3 hotels in the town. You will see that the brand of the ghost-town on Chernobyl is supplied hurriedly, and this is not entirely true. In Chernobyl, several thousand people work on the shifts, there is an administration, the prosecutor's office, the police, the post office, shops, a cafeteria....... Walking around the city: -we will visits to the museum of robots and equipment, which took part in the elimination of the consequences of the accident. - the central square of Chernobyl. The memorial complex "Star Wormwood". - We will visit the alley of memory of villages abandoned after the Chernobyl accident.

   3 h

3. Checkpoint "Leviev" + the village of Kopachy: (depending on weather conditions, the location may not be included in the program, in wet weather it is better not to stop there, since there is a risk of bringing a hot particle into the bus): We are visiting to the kindergarten, one of the surviving buildings in the village. The village of Kopachy is 4 km away from the Chernobyl NPP, after the accident it was "strewn" with radiation. It was decided to liquidate Kopachy and buried it in underground. Now in the village you can see only small hillocks - these are the graves of houses....

   1 h

4. Main objects: -We will visit the central square of the city. - We will see the building of the City executive committee. - We will see the hotel of Polissya. - We will see the amusement park with the Devil's wheel and other carousels, and which will never be seen by kids. - MSC-126 (medical-sanitary unit) located at 2, Ogneva Street, where the first victims of the explosion were taken on 26 April 1986. -We will see the pool of Azure. (officially it is forbidden to enter buildings!) - We will see the high school. - And we will visit other objects.

   4 h

5. The third phase of the Chernobyl NPP, 5 and 6 unfinished units: The construction of the third phase of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was prevented by the explosion of the fourth power unit. At the same time, Unit 5 had 80% readiness; only a foundation pit was dug for Unit 6. Unfinished Cooling Towers (inside and outside): The huge radiators, which had to be cool the reactors 5th and 6th of the power unit. We will go inside the cooling towers, the volume of this building is incredibly huge, it is impossible to believe that it was built by human hands. You will see the famous graffiti of the famous Italian artist Guido van Helten ...

   2 h

6. The abandoned experimental base of radiobiology: The base is located on the bank of the cooler pond, not far from the cooling towers. Previously in the laboratories conducted research on the effects of ionizing radiation on biological objects. After the accident, all reaserch stopped, all equipment and drugs remained in the laboratory. The base is ready to share with you its conclusions...

   1 h

7. Artificial Pond NPP Cooler: A unique, artificially functioning hydraulic engineering structure. The size of the reservoir in some places depth of more than 10 meters can "wake up" the Chernobyl tragedy. You will find out what danger the Pond Cooler carries in its depths.

   20 min

8. The villages of Kupovatoe, Red, Opachichi (communication with self-travelers) (optional): Imagine how difficult it is to leave your home, the place where you were born, grew up, where your whole life went. Some people could not do it. Despite to the decree of the government of the USSR about compulsory and unconditional resettlement, despite the large contamination of the territory with radiation, people did not leave their homes, or returned to their homeland after a while. These people are self-travelers. They are always ready to share their destiny, their suffering and grief.

   3 h

9. Interview with the staff of the Institute of Nuclear Safety of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in the city of Chernobyl: You will hear the freshest and the most accurate facts of the disaster. You will know what the Zone really breathes today.

   1 h

10. Chernobyl-2 - military town administrative building: As you already know, the population of Chernobyl-2 was about 1000 people, in the city there was only one street - Kurchatov.We will walk around the city, look into the soldiers' barracks, visit the administrative building, in which the signals of the antenna accumulated, the signals on which the security of a huge state depended ... The program of the excursion can be changed depending on the length of a daytime, weather conditions and directions of Chernobyl administration.

    1 h

11. Chernobyl nuclear power plant named after Lenin, ChNPP: - We will bypass road along the cooling pond. - We will see observation site of the shelter object "Arch". - We are visiting to the park and memorial at the administrative building of the NPP. - feeding fish (depending on weather conditions, relevant from April to September) - inactivated Red Forest in place of the western radioactive trail.

    1 h

12. Chernobyl-2: a secret object of the USSR - ZGRLS "Duga". The over-the-horizon radar was designed for early detection of intercontinental ballistic missile launches. Acquaintance with the object.

    1 hAdmission included

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

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How it compares in Kiev

• Its from-price is 234% above the median of the 147 experiences we list in Kiev.
• It is longer than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 26 of 147.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

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