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Chernobyl Exclusion Zone · Disaster Dark Tourism
Site of the 1986 nuclear disaster, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone features the ghost city of Pripyat and wildlife recovery areas. Visitors can tour Pripyat, view the reactor, use dosimeters for radiation readings, and see abandoned amusement sites. It provides a sobering insight into nuclear disaster effects and nature's resilience.
Destination Overview
Site of the 1986 nuclear disaster, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone features the ghost city of Pripyat and wildlife recovery areas. Visitors can tour Pripyat, view the reactor, use dosimeters for radiation readings, and see abandoned amusement sites. It provides a sobering insight into nuclear disaster effects and nature's resilience.
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- Best season
- Spring
- Difficulty
- 8
- Region
- Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast
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