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Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster |
IMPORTANT:
According to the current requirements of
the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Ukraine, the exclusive operator of
the Chernobyl tours, a formal application (booking request) has to be
submitted at least 11 business days prior to the date of your tour. Short notice
applications will be automatically rejected.
The Chernobyl tour is a strictly regulated operation. A fairly limited
number of individuals can visit Chernobyl and Pripyat on a given day. Make
sure to plan/book your tour well in advance. Please contact us for more
details regarding the application process and tour spots availability . |
Tour Booking and Info:
click here >
 On
26 April 1986, reactor # 4 at the Chernobyl (Chornobyl) Nuclear Power Station, 100 km north
from Kiev, blew up during a routine daily operation. Nearly nine tons of
radioactive material - 90 times as much as the Hiroshima bomb - were hurled into
the sky. Winds over the following days, mostly blowing north and west, carried,
fallout into Belarus, as well as Russia, Poland and the Baltic region.
The radioactive fallout affected 23% of Belarus, with 4,8% of Ukrainian territory and 0,5% of
Russian land exposed. About 135,00 people were evacuated from a 30-km radius
around the plant, with the peripheral areas remaining at a high risk of
radioactive exposure.
The reactor was enclosed in a concrete-and-steel sarcophagus. Over the following
years about 600,000 people known as "the liquidators" worked on
clean-up operations inside the 30-km zone.
Although scientists agree that there is no risk of the sarcophagus exploding,
the status of the estimated 180 tons of radioactive material
trapped inside the nuclear power plant is still unclear.
If you are interested in a day tour to the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster,
please read on.
Tour Schedule:
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Duration of the Chernobyl and Pripyat tour: 1 day - leaving Kyiv
at 9:00 in the morning
and returning to Kyiv at 6:00 in the evening. (Optional: visiting the Chornobyl Museum in Kiev
the day before the tour.)
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Kiev - Chernobyl. Passing Dytyatky, at the border of
the 30-km Chornobyl zone.
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Arrival at the town of Chernobyl. Meeting with the
authorities of "Chernobyl Interinform"
agency.
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Transfer to the village of Leliyov. Passing the 10-km zone border.
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Transfer to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station and
sightseeing of Reactor 4.
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Visit to Pripyat (Prypiat). Sightseeing of "The Dead
(Ghost) Town". (If you wish to see more of Pripyat,
please contact us to arrange for a customized trip; 2 day trips are
available.)
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Stop nearby the "Red Forest".
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Return to Chernobyl. Lunch*. (Food is delivered from outside
of the Chernobyl zone.)
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Visit to the Chernobyl Scientific Center: physical and radiochemical
laboratories, other.
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Visiting the Opachychi village, meeting with "re-settlers",
people who have moved back to their villages after evacuation (optional).
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Passage to the village of Rossokha, a cemetery of military
machineries (currently not available).
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Passage through the Dytyatky Control Point. Measuring of
radiation.
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Return to Kiev at around 6 p.m.
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This is an all-inclusive, English
guided tour. It includes: Kiev pick-up and drop-off, Zone access
pass and transportation, English guide, lunch*.
FYI:
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On entering and leaving the 30-kilometer zone,
participants undergo radioactivity testing.
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For the time of the tour, personal dosimeters are allowed.
-
Taking pictures and shooting video during the excursion IS
permitted.
Chernobyl Tour Rates:
($100 - $130 - $160 - the typical
range)
Days of Operation:
The tour operates virtually
every day,
all year round.
If a date is not listed below, it does not
mean there is no tour on that date.
You may want to join others
(and save), for
example, on:
- Small
Groups/Great Rates:
- February: virtually ANY DATE
16
(Thu), 18 (Sat), 21 (Tue), 24 (Fri), 25 (Sat), 26 (Sun), 29 (Wed), etc.
- March: virtually ANY DATE
2 (Fri), 4 (Sun), 10 (Sat), 13 (Tue), 17 (Sat), 18 (Sun), 22
(Thu), 24 (Sat), 25 (Sun), 30 (Fri), etc.
- April: virtually ANY DATE
1 (Sun), 3 (Tue), 6 (Fri), 7 (Sat), 9 (Mon), 11 (Wed), 13 (Fri), 15
(Sun), 17 (Tue), 27 (Fri), 28 (Sat), 29 (Sun), etc.
- May: virtually ANY DATE
1 (Tue), 4 (Fri), 6 (Sun), 9 (Wed), 11 (Fri), 12 (Sat), 14 (Mon), 16 (Wed),
17 (Thu), 19
(Sat), 21 (Mon), 23 (Wed), 26 (Sat), 29 (Tue), etc.
- June,
the month of EURO-2012
- book well in advance!!
1 (Fri), 3 (Sun), 5 (Tue), 7 (Thu), 9 (Sat), 10 (Sun), 12
(Tue), 14 (Thu), 17 (Sun), 19 (Tue), 20 (Wed), 23 (Sat), 24 (Sun), 25 (Mon),
26 (Tue), 28 (Thu), 30 (Sat), etc.
- other months and dates:
email us >> or send
this form >> If the date
your are interested in is not listed above, just send us an inquiry.
(Chances are good for it to be available too.)
The Chernobyl tour is a
rather small operation, with a fairly limited number of spots available on
most of the dates; make sure to book it well in advance.
**
Due to internal issues, the
Chernobyl Zone authority have been canceling tourist tours scheduled for
the first half of August. All the tours marked with ** are very likely to be cancelled and are subject to confirmation by the Zone authority. Please contact us
for more information. |
You can also use the same booking form for any information inquiries
related to the Chernobyl tour.
2-day trips and customized private excursions to the Chernobyl-Pripiat zone are also available.
*
Prices and rates are subject to change without notice. Lunch is
optional/subject to availability.
チェルノブイリ, チェルノブイリ旅行, 切爾諾培爾, 切尔诺贝利游览,
切爾諾貝利遊覽, 체르노빌 투어, de reis van Tsjernobyl
Ukraina (Oekraïne, Ucrania, Ucraina), excursion de Tchernobyl, viaje de Chernóbil, Tschornobyl
(Tschernobyl) Ausflug, Tjernobyl turnerar,
excursão de Chernobyl (Cernobyl).
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