This 12-hour day trip is packed with the best of what Chernobyl and Pripyat can offer. The unique communist atmosphere, the chance to drive an UAZ or Lada, and pictures in communist uniforms will give you a unique perspective of the Chernobyl area and the country before and after the Chernobyl accident. You will visit abandoned buildings, including a swimming pool, a hospital, a school, a kindergarten, a police station, and an amusement park, which will be followed by a visit to the secret military radar station, Duga. The guide is equipped with photos of Pripyat and Chernobyl, giving you the chance to go back in time to 1986. You will experience the communist propaganda and its artifacts—buildings, signs, slogans, and military technique.
Itinerary:
8AM Pick up at Kiev Central Railway Station - KFC restaurant
10.00 Dytyatky checkpoint - entering Chernobyl exclusion zone
10:15-11:15 City of Chernobyl sightseeing: City sign, Memorial park, Church, Docks
11:45-15:30 Pripyat sightseeing: City sign, Red Forest, Bridge of death, Tree of friendship, Hospital, River port, Landing stage (Houseboat), Collapsed elementary school, Cinema Prometheus, Music school, Town Hall, Hotel, Palace of culture, Grocery store, Sports center, Amusement park (with ferris wheel), Football stadium, Department store, Elementary school, Swimming pool, Kindergarten
15:45 Chernobyl power plant - safe distance photo shooting of old sarcophagus and New safe confinement. Extra large catfish feeding.
16:30-17:00 Lunch
17:30-18:45 Duga radar, Chernoby-2 town
19:15 Shopping at local store in Chernobyl: souvenirs, drinks, snacks
19:45 leaving Chernobyl exclusion zone
Around 21:00 Coming back to Kiev
" Designed to be maximally safe - avoiding contaminated areas.
" Every visitor can borrow a Geiger-Muller counter (dosimeter) free of charge.