Twilight Zone from 30 years ago is now a tourist attraction. In April 1986, exploded Reactor No. 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, releasing large amounts of radioactive chemicals into the air, which contaminate millions of square kilometers.
About 50 thousand residents of the nearby town of Pripyat, which Soviet authorities built for Chernobyl employees, had to move out within two days. On the site of an explosion killed 30 people, and several thousand more from the effects of radiation.
Chernobyl
Today, Pripyat is safe, but the radiation levels in the zone are still high, flourishing wildlife means that the area is now deemed safe enough for humans. For the tour you need permission of the government. Visitors will be escorted by guides and kept away from areas which still have high radiation levels.
In Kiev for several years now flourishing travel arrangements that offer a one-day visit to Chernobyl and Pripyat, and on request, you can also sleep there.
Prices are bit “spicy”, so the cheapest tour from Kiev costs about 67 euros, and more expensive goes to 306 euros.
Of course, solo tours in English are the most expensive, but you can get a discount on the group, as well as tours in Russian.
Also you do not have to worry whether you’ll be irradiated – at the end of each visit, you will be subjected to screening.
Chernobyl
