Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: 1-Day Tour with Transport, Permits, and Professional Guide Included

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Experience the haunting history of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone on a 1-day tour. Explore the abandoned city of Pripyat, visit the OTH radar station ‘Duga’, and capture unforgettable photos and videos. Includes transport, permits, and a professional English-speaking guide.

Duration: 12 hours

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

Chernobyl - We meet at 07:30 for a passport check.
07:30 – 09:30 - Drive to the main entrance of the Chernobyl Zone, with a 15-minute stop at a gas station (toilet, coffee, sandwich).
09:30 – 10:00 - Police and passport control.
10:00 - 11:30 - Tour around the Chernobyl power plant, including stops at Reactors 1, 2, 3, and 4, the new Sarcophagus, the new radioactive fuel storage facility, Reactor 5, and the cooling tower.
11:30 - 13:15 - Explore Pripyat city, walking through the abandoned city to see the amusement park (with its famous Ferris Wheel), hospital, river port, central square, swimming pool, cinema theater, and more.
13:30 - 14:00 - Lunch at a canteen near the power plant.
14:00 - 15:00 - Visit the military base with the famous DUGA radar station, a ballistic missile detection system and the largest Cold War monument in Ukraine.
15:00 - 16:00 - Stop in Chernobyl town to see the 3rd Angel Memorial, the largest memorial in the Chernobyl Zone dedicated to the disaster.
16:00 - 16:20 - Pass radiation control and return to Kiev.
18:00 - 19:00 - Arrive in Kiev.
Pripyat Amusement Park - We stop at the main city square in Pripyat before taking a roughly 2-hour walk through the deserted streets of this ‘ghost city.’
Along the way, we’ll see the partially collapsed School No. 1, the highly radioactive hospital, the river port, the famous Pripyat Café, the Prometheus Cinema, the football stadium, the unused Ferris wheel, the swimming pool, and Hotel Polissya, which served as a base for Soviet nuclear physicists after the accident.
Chernobyl - Today, Chernobyl Town serves as the administrative center of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, featuring administrative buildings, a police station, fire station, several hotels and restaurants, and grocery stores. We’ll stop to visit the Third Angel monument, a memorial complex that includes a map of the Exclusion Zone and nameplates of all the abandoned villages in the region.
Duga Radar Russian Woodpecker - The military base known as Chernobyl-2 was a top-secret facility built around the massive Duga-1 Radar Antenna, a transmitter measuring 150 meters high and 1 km in length. Designed to detect incoming ballistic missiles, it was nicknamed the ‘Russian Woodpecker’ due to the tapping noise it transmitted across radio frequencies. Today, it remains one of the most impressive Cold War artifacts in Ukraine.

What's Included

On-board WiFi
Professional guide
Round-trip shared transfer
Permission for photo and video shooting
In-vehicle air conditioning
All fees and taxes included

What's Not Included

Food and drinks, unless specified
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Additional Information

The cost encompasses:

— Comprehensive tour of the Chernobyl exclusion zone

— Transportation assistance

— Arranging necessary permits for zone visitation

— Required permits for a visit to the 30km zone

— Required permits for a visit to the 10km zone

— Required permits for exploring the city of Pripyat

— Required permits for touring the (OTH) radar station “Duga”

— Expert guidance in English

— Authorization for photography and videography

Minimum age is 18 years
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Dress code is formal

Location

Volodymyrska St, 60

Volodymyrska Street

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Joy_s

Sep 7, 2021

Moving experience - Very moving experience, very well organised. The tour guide, Jenny, was very well-informed and provided a lot of information that made the experience even more enriching.

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Christina_g

Aug 25, 2021

Well worth doing - Our host was warm and friendly and very knowledgeable. Really enjoyed the experience. Thank you very much for sharing the history and stories with us.

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