Full-Day Private Tour to Chernobyl and Pripyat Town from Kyiv

Highlights

  • Tour the sights with personalized attention and insight from a private guide

  • See derelict Pripyat and Chernobyl’s monuments, view reactor 4, and more

  • Enjoy a flexible itinerary, private transport, and crowd-free touring

Summary

Meet your guide at your Kiev hotel or railway station and travel by private air-conditioned minivan to Chernobyl. En route, hear about the April 26, 1986, Chernobyl accident, which devastated the area. In the 18.6-mile (30-kilometer) zone, pass the derelict villages of Zalissja and Kopachi (deliberately buried to reduce contamination). Stop at the decontaminated Red Forest and Pripyat to see its decaying buildings and amusement park. View reactor 4, encased in a concrete sarcophagus, and check out the Soviet-era Duga-1 over-the-horizon radar system. In Chernobyl town, see the monument to Chernobyl’s firefighters. View the fire station and abandoned decontamination vehicles. Your tour ends at the original departure point. Note: Please contact us if you don’t receive a letter containing your tour details, including passport requirements, meeting time, departure point, and clothing in advance of your tour. This letter provides official confirmation that your tour is booked.

Tour info

Duration
12 hours
Group Size
Pricing (From)
Commentary
Meeting Point
Dropoff location

Why take this tour?

Explore Chernobyl without the distractions or restrictions of a group tour on this private tour from Kiev. Travel by private minivan and view the must-sees with the undivided attention of your guide, freeing you to ask what you want about the 1986 nuclear accident. Explore abandoned Pripyat and Chernobyl, view the Red Forest and reactor 4, and more. The flexible itinerary means you can tailor your day around you.

What’s included?

  • All taxes, fees and handling charges

  • Knowledgeable and friendly guides

  • Private tour

  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan

  • The maximal available duration of the tours

  • Flexibility of the route

  • Dosimeter rent (10USD paid locally if required)

  • Airport transfer (16-36USD paid locally if required)

Things to know

Before you book

  • Duration: 12h

  • Mobile tickets accepted

Cancellation Policy

    For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

Operated by:

CHERNOBYL TOUR

About operator:

The first-hand trips to the Chernobyl zone, Chernobyl nuclear power plant and Prypyat-town. You are welcome to join our CHERNOBYL TOUR®, during which you will see all of the allowed locations in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Professional and friendly guides. Exclusive routes. Dosimeters for rent. An open-eye experience.

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