One-day scheduled trip to the Chernobyl zone and Pripyat-town

CHERNOBYL TOUR group near Chernobyl NPP

Chernobyl is the most famous Ukrainian phenomenon. If you plan

to visit Ukraine or are already in the country, don't miss the most important and unique experience and site.

Radiation makes the zone particularly interesting. Now at the ground there lays, in the thousand-times-decreased scale, a picture of contamination after a large radiation incident – the picture extremely intricate, interesting, representative also for chemical accidents and terrorist attacks, and fortunately already safe for the visitors. Of course, the Zone in its central part still has places with elevated radiation, and we definitely would NOT recommend you staying at them for a long time. However, if you follow the suggested route and the guides' directions, your visit to the Chernobyl zone will be absolutely radiation-safe.

Upcoming one-day trips that are opened and there are vacant seats:

PRICE: 99-149$ - click on a date in the calendar. No additional payments. Insurance is included. The earlier you book a trip, the cheaper it will cost! The price includes: all formal permissions, 8.00 a.m. , arriving back at 8 - 9 p.m.), extended program of the visit, teaching skills of radiation survival, compulsory insurance, route map and personal certificate about visit to the Chernobyl zone.



Attention! If the date of the trip is on the calendar - it's still available, and you can apply for it.

You can also send a request for a private trip on the day that is convenient for you. all formal permissions, comfortable auto transportation Kiev-Zone-Kiev (air conditioning, viewing a selection of documentary films on the route), professional English-speaking guide (or guide plus interpreter) of "CHERNOBYL TOUR®", maximally permitted time of stay in the Zone (leaving Kiev at, arriving back at), extended program of the visit, teaching skills of radiation survival, compulsory insurance, route map and personal certificate about visit to the Chernobyl zone.If the date of the trip is on the calendar -, and you can apply for it.You can alsofor a private trip on the day that is convenient for you.

Dosimeter and radioactive car near ChNPP cooling pond

You are welcome to join our scheduled 1-day trip, during which you will see:

(There can be some changes due to weather conditions!)

- 7:30-7:50 registration. Departing from Kyiv at 8:00 am;

- a field camp of the 25th brigade of the radiation chemical and bacteriological protection;

- Dytyatky checkpoint, an official entrance to the Exclusion zone;

- the village of Zalissya with abandoned houses and barns, a shop and the house of the only self-settler Rozaliya Ivanivna;

- a bypass road to the NPP around the town of Chernobyl, built a month after the accident to facilitate the traffic of military vehicles;

- an almost fully buried village of Kopachi with a remaining kindergarten;

- a concrete-reloading unit, essential for the Sarcophagus erection in 1986;

- a decontaminated Red Forest at place of the first and worst radioactive fall-out;

- the town of Pripyat populated by 50 thousand people before the evacuation (without entering buildings inside)

the hospital receiving the firefighters and NPP workers, badly affected by the accident;

a river port and the most prestigious Pripyat café at the embankment;

a town hall – the first headquarters for mitigation of the accident consequences;

Polissya hotel, a correction point for helicopters dropping lead bags over the 4th reactor ruins;

Energetic Palace of culture, the main recreational site for the Prypyat youth;

Ferris wheel in the amusement park which was never open;

Prypyat stadium;

Swimming pool "Azure", which was still in operation after the accident;

a fire station, the crew were the second to extinguish fire at the NPP at night of the disaster on April 26, 1986;

- Chernobyl NPP:

- the Sarcophagus and the New Safe Confinement ("Arch") – an observation point at a 300 m distance;

- a fire station at the NPP, the crew arrived the first to extinguish fire at the NPP after explosion,

- memorial "Life for Life” in front of the administrative building, there used to be an enormous parking lot in 1986: thousands of people arrived there daily for NPP decontamination, the Sarcophagus construction, etc.;

- a NPP cooling pond (feeding giant catfish – depending on the season);

- cooling towers of the Chernobyl NPP 3rd generation;

- the secret soviet object Chernobyl-2 (radar "DUGA-1"). Giant radar antenna "DUGA-1", secret town of Chernobyl-2 which provided the efficiency of antennas and horizon tracking of the launching of ballistic missiles.

- the town of Chernobyl:

- the world’s best memorial "To Those who Saved the World’;

- an open-air exhibition of transport vehicles and robots used in 1986-clean up activities;

- ecologically-clean dinner in a Chernobyl state canteen for the Exclusion zone workers (vegetarian meal available upon request).

You can see location of the objects at the map of the Chernobyl Zone.

IMPORTANT TRIP INFORMATION

We meet from 7:30 to 7:50 a.m. in Kyiv, near Kyiv railway station - South terminal, Lukashevicha str, build. 6 (meeting place on the map) near our bus.

We depart from Kyiv at 8:00 a.m. SHARP.

In case of no-show, the trip payment is not refunded.

You are to have your passport on you! WITHOUT PASSPORT NO ONE IS LET INTO THE ZONE!

According to the Zone regulations, you are to wear:

- a jacket or a shirt with long sleeves;

- trousers (NO shorts, NO knee-breeches, NO skirts, NO leggings);

- boots or sneakers, which fully cover your feet WITHOUT FANCY OPENINGS please.

Before the departure you have to sign two documents, confirming that you won't have any claims to the Chernobyl zone administration and trip organizers if your private belongings get contaminated or health deteriorates, which may or may not occur during/after the trip.

We travel by a comfortable van (DVD, air conditioning).

If booked in advance, at 2.30 or 5.30 p.m. you have lunch\dinner at the Chernobyl canteen. A hearty and ecologically-clean meal costs ~$8 per person. It is not included into the cost of the trip and is optional. If you are a vegetarian, please inform Chernobyl-TOUR manager about your eating habits when booking the trip.

We will arrive back to Kiev approximately at 8 - 9 p.m.

To make your trip comfortable and enjoyable, we advise you to:

- have some sandwiches and bottled water with you to have a bite en route;

- be prepared for rain and dew on the grass during the walks on the stops;

- have your personal first aid kit and a repellent;

- wear comfortable clothes and high hiking shoes (boots in winter);

- and, most importantly – TAKE YOUR PASSPORT – not ID – without it you won't be let to the zone!

In order to fully understand and feel the most special matter of the Chernobyl zone – namely, radiation – we highly recommend you to order a personal dosimeter-radiometer Terra-P for your trip.

It will make 'visible' the radiation rate you travel at, constantly informing you about the radiation background. At the end of the day it will show your exact irradiation dose for the whole trip. As Sergii Mirnyi says, "To go to the Chernobyl zone without a dosimeter is like going to the usual tour with your eyes blindfolded."

You can rent the reliable personal dosimeter Terra-P for the trip for $10. Just click on the checkbox "Dosimeter" when you are ordering the tour.