Discover The Haunted History Of Chernobyl

For those of you looking for something radically different to your average holiday, Chernobyl offers up a treat. With a haunted history nearly 30 years after the nuclear disaster that shook Ukraine to its core, the abandoned villages and ghost towns that remain of this region have become a unique tourist destination.

Tour Operator: Faralong
Price: from €450pp

Private tours take passengers into the Exclusion Zone, nearly 50km of contamination, which include an empty kindergarten, a rusty amusement park and Reactor 4, the very one that exploded back in 1986 and released radioactive particles into the atmosphere of Pripyat, north of Kiev. But while entrance into the disaster zone is permitted, it’s not without its many security checks.

Entry is only available in an organised private tour (so you can’t just rock up and expect to be let in). There are also several checkpoints before you reach the main site, at which you’re asked for documentation. Once inside, you’re not allowed to touch anything, remove anything or even sit on the ground, and it’s just as tight to get out as it is to get in.

Even with these restrictions, people are flocking to this historic site to capture the very essence of “time stood still”.

Faralong.com provide tours to Chernobyl so you can witness what remains of the nuclear disaster. A 4-day tour includes sightseeing in Kiev, where you can see the historical and important architecture of the city, and a visit to Chernobyl, including the Wormwood Star Memorial, St Ilya Church, Kopachi Village and Reactor 4. The tour includes accommodation, three breakfasts, transport and a guide.

As with all Faralong.com trips, the more people on the tour, the less it costs per person. If two people book, it’s €450pp, but if another two join, the price drops to €440pp, up to a maximum of 10 passengers.

To visit one of the most iconic destinations in history, book your tour at faralong.com/Ukraine/kiev-and-chernobyl/152

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