Acquaintance with the Chernobyl Zone

Chernobyl - Meeting - from 7:20 a.m. - 7:50 a.m. - Kiev city, Heavenly Hundred Heroes Avenue, 4,
Opposite the hotel “Ukraine”, “Khreschatyk” or “Maidan Nezalezhnosti” metro station (see the place on the map)

08:00 am
Start of the trip from the Kiev city to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
The trip takes about 2 hours and at this time you can enjoy documentaries about the Chernobyl disaster.

10:00-10:30 am
Stay at the Checkpoint - Checkpoint “Dityatki”

• Familiarization with the rules of stay in the Chernobyl Zone.
  -Checking passports and crossing the border.

Chernobyl
You will discover that it is inhabited by people, there are coffee houses, restaurants, and hotels …
The registration and check-in at the hotel

• The first excursion to the museum of technology and robots that helped people eliminate the Chernobyl disaster.
• Visit the monument “To those who saved us”
• Walkthrough the alley «Abandoned villages», we will see «Cheering angel»

Checkpoint «Leviv» and the village of Kopachy

Visit kindergarten, one of the buildings on the territory of Chernobyl was not destroyed.
Kopachy is the village that suffered the most during the Chernobyl disaster this village was decided to level with the ground
now there are only boogers from houses buried underground.

Chernobyl nuclear power plant named after Lenin

• We pass through the bypass road and pass the cooler pond
• Visit the observation deck code name - sheltered Arch
• Visit the memorial near the administration the Chernobyl nuclear power plant -look at the giant catfish and even feed them (if we’re lucky)
• Stop near the «Red Forest» when you see it and understand why it is so…

Pripyat - ghost town
The main attractions:

• Central square
• Hotel Polesie
• Admin town Executive Committee building.
• The park with attractions and the famous Ferris wheel which never worked
• The medical and sanitary unit (MSC-126) is located at the Ogneva Street ,2
  in which they tried to save the first victims of the explosion on April 26, 1986.
• Pool Azure
• Secondary school number 3
• Other objects

Chernobyl-2 was the secret object of the USSR - “Duga-1”
One of the most secret objects of the Soviet Union is the Duga-1 or 5N32.
It was created to alert about threats from the air (launched intercontinental ballistic missiles).
The signal transmitted by the station was reminiscent of a woodpecker knock, which is why it is also called the Russian Woodpecker.
Three such antennas were built in the USSR.
Acquaintance with the object

Lunch - 13:00-15:00
Dinner - 18:00-19:00
Meet new friends

Second level - more objects

Pripyat - 08:00 - 8:30 - Breakfast

You are already an experienced Stalker, so we will plan the second day program with you.
We offer ↓

The ghost town of Pripyat
The secret objects that are available only in the game STALKER.
The detailed study of objects, a lot of memorable photos.

Chernobyl third stage, 5 and 6 unfinished power units (outside)
Unit 5 was 80% ready, only foundation pit was dug for Unit 6,
we will see how they were built, take a look inside

Unfinished Cooling Towers (inside and outside)
The huge structures that were supposed to serve as radiators for 5 and 6 power units.

Their length is impressive, it is hard to imagine that they were built with human hands.

Go inside we will get acquainted with the famous graffiti of the famous Italian artist Guido van Helten …

The abandoned experimental base of radio-biology.
Before the accident, the base was conducting studies on the effects of ionizing radiation on biological sites.
After the accident the project was closed, all the equipment and preparations remained in the laboratory…

The artificial Pond Cooler Nuclear Power Plant
Unique hydraulic engineering structure, artificially functioning huge water body sizes, in some places more than 10 meters deep.

The railway station “Yanov” (depends on the date of the tour)

This is already a closed station for passenger trains. In April 1986, the station received the last passenger train Moscow - Khmelnitsky.
Now there are only trains left at the station - ghosts …

The village of Paryshev, Opachychy (communication with Self-shelters)
Contrary to the decree of the government of the USSR on compulsory and unconditional resettlement of residents of the Chernobyl Zone,
people did not leave their homes or returned to their homeland after a time these are Self-shelters. They are always glad to guests.

Interview with a staff of the Institute of Nuclear Safety of the
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in the town of Chernobyl

The guys will tell us only the most truthful facts about the past, present, and future of the zone …

The military town is Chernobyl-2 and the administrative building is “DUGA-1”. The population of the military camp was within 1,000; these were the soldiers who guarded and maintained the antenna, and their families. We will walk along Kurchatovstreet, the only street in the town. We will visit the command center, see the remains of huge Soviet computers …

17.00-18.00 – the checkpoint “Dityatky”. Individual Dosimetric Control

Return to Kiev (around 18:30 in the wintertime, around 19:30 in the summertime)

• Local expert guide for personalized experience
• Comprehensive price including all taxes, fees, and charges
• Delicious meals covered: lunch, dinner, and breakfast
• Comfortable travel in an air-conditioned minivan
• Engaging activities included in the tour
• Access to exclusive venues with secret capacity