Here at Chernobyl Tours we offer bespoke tours, designed to fit around your individual or group's needs. Our service aims to provide you with a more personal experience of what remains of Chernobyl and Pripyat following the nuclear disaster that took place on 26th April 1986. See some of the more notable attactions from the 2 cities and their location on the map below.
The Chernobyl disaster refers to a nuclear accident that took place in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the purpose built city of Pripyat. It is considered the worst nuclear accident in history, more lives were lost following the radiation released by the explosion than with the explosion itself. The radiation meant both Chernobyl and Pripyat were evacuated, the residents never retuning home leaving the cities to slowly crumble and be reclaimed by nature. The derelict cities, today, are still mostly empty with only workers maintaining the power plant, watching the checkpoints inside the exclusion zone and few inhabitants who refuse to leave the area.
#1 Reactor 4
The site of the Nuclear Chernobyl disaster of 1986. Reactor 4 is enclosed inside a steel sarcophagus, workers have been carrying out the decommissioning of the plant since 2000 which is planned to continue until 2065.
#2 Pripyat Amusement Park
Pripyat was a purpose built city, mainly inhabited by workers of Chernobyl power plant and their families. Each district had it's own school and local amenities, the city also had it's own amusement park were the ferris wheel still stands.
#3 Duga Radar
The Duga radar is believed to have been part of a huge missile defense system built by the Soviet Union, it operated between 1976 and 1989 with other similar structures dotted around parts of the former USSR. The structure still stands tall today.
#4 Red Forest
The name given to the 10 squared kilometer area surrounding the Chernobyl power plant, the name was given due to orange-red colour the pine trees turned after absorbing huge amounts of radiation and dying. The forest was buried due to the levels of radiation in the soil but remains one of the most highly contaminated areas in the world.