By Kristin Amico November 14, Pripyat Hospital — Photo courtesy of Kristin Amcio. Walking through the old hospital in Pripyat, the abandoned town just outside of Chernobyl, sun floods in through shattered windowpanes, illuminating a lopsided operating table and vials scattered across the floor.
Our guide on the Chernobyl day tour reminds the group to avoid touching anything. But is it safe to visit Chernobyl? Chernobyl sign — Photo courtesy of Kristin Amico. All visitors need to book a tour with a licensed guide who will lead you through security checkpoints that also include radiation checks into and out of the zone.
Ukrainian tour companies including long-established ChernobylWel. You can also visit Chernobyl as part of several multi-day, multi-city tours with Intrepid Travel. The series, though it includes a few highly dramatized elements, does a good job of illustrating the complex socio-political tensions that existed in Ukraine at the time, which was part of the Soviet Union until the USSR dissolved in You can buy a ticket from the bus driver for 8. To reach the center, you can change the bus at Shuliavska subway station to metro M1.
Tickets for the metro can be purchased at the ticket offices and ticket machines. A single journey costs again 8. The train is very affordable, however not that comfortable, nor clean but definitely worth considering if you come from Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia or Poland. It takes more than a day to get to Kyiv from various European locations.
The trains are divided into:. In each wagon, there are shared toilets and washrooms with running water. There is no shower. You will find the train schedules only for Ukraine here. As of , many of our tourists are coming to Chernobyl by car if you book a Chernobyl private tour with ChernobylX, you can even save money when driving in your own car to and around Chernobyl with your tour guide.
While fuel is relatively cheap in Ukraine, be aware of fines or maybe even bribes. TIP : A good travel companion is Waze — a crowd-sourced navigation app with speed, police, or traffic alerts. Read our blog 7 ways to save money when traveling to Chernobyl. For a private tour, we will pick you up at your hotel address in Kyiv. The journey to the Chernobyl exclusion zone takes a maximum of 2 hours from Kyiv. The majority of places in Pripyat will be visited on foot.
Are you a history lover? Read more on Chernobyl history here or download our free e-book about 10 Myths and facts about Chernobyl. Since the ChernobylX group tours to Chernobyl start and finish at the Kyiv central railway station, we suggest you book some accommodation near the railway station.
From here you also have a direct connection to the Borispil airport via SkyBus or an airport shuttle train. Have more questions regarding your Chernobyl visit? You can find the answers to the most common ones here. Cookies help to improve the services we provide to you. Read information on how we use them and how you can reject cookies by setting your browser.
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News What is the age limit for visiting Chernobyl? Which documents are needed for visiting Ukraine and exploring the Chernobyl Zone? Tourists take pictures outside the New Safe Confinement, a metal dome encasing the destroyed reactor, at the closed Chernobyl Nuclear Plant, in Ukraine.
Source: torontosun. Outlook of the Pripyat Amusement Park and the famous Ferris wheel. Insurance must be purchased from a company registered in Ukraine or a foreign company that has a representative office or an insurance partner in Ukraine. Travellers must also present: a document confirming receipt of at least one dose of a WHO-approved Covid vaccination; a negative Rapid Antigen Test taken no more than 72 hours before entry, or; a negative PCR test taken no more than 72 hours before entry.
No, but it is on the amber list. Unvaccinated adults must self-isolate for 10 days upon arrival into the UK and take a second PCR on day eight. Arrivals in England have the option to pay for an extra test on day five for an early release.
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