One of the last spots on the Chernobyl Tour is the abandoned town of Pripyat, which may be one of the most interesting areas to explore. Pripyat was built in the 1970s and named after the river. It’s purpose was…
Places you will visit on the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone tour
Early in the morning on New Year’s Day of 2017 we dragged our tired asses out of bed and went on what would turn out to be one of the best days out of our travelling lives. It sounds like…
Chernobyl Tour: The abandoned Kopachi Kindergarten
When you visit the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone on a tour, the second place on many itineraries after the village of Zalissya, is Kopachi Kindergarten. The kindergarten was only 7km from the reactor and all the buildings were buried afterwards, except…
Chernobyl Tour: The village of Zalissya
The village of Zalissya is the first stop on a tour of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Despite being close to the edge of the exclusion zone, it was the first place in the area to be fully evacuated in May…