excurtions to Chernobyl

Hello,

I am planning a trip to Ukraine and then a trip to Chernobyl is an
obvious excurtion.

I have done some searching on the internet and found theese agencies:
http://www.ukrcam.com/tour/tour_3.html
http://www.elittours.com/en/ukraine/tours/chernobyl
http://www.tourkiev.com/chern.html

On the schedule, prices and program it looks like this is the same
trip, resold by different agencies to slightly different prices. Does
anyone know if this is correct?

Does any one have any experience with theese or other agencies to share
with me?

How long does it take to do thge paperwork done for the checkpoints (if
I do it through such an agency)?

Anything special I should keep in mind?

Thank you in advance,

Jan

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Hello,

I am planning a trip to Ukraine and then a trip to Chernobyl is an
obvious excurtion.

I have done some searching on the internet and found theese agencies:
http://www.ukrcam.com/tour/tour_3.html
http://www.elittours.com/en/ukraine/tours/chernobyl
http://www.tourkiev.com/chern.html

Thank you in advance,

Jan


Jan, I can't help with your specific questions, but with the anniversary of
the disaster approaching, I have been doing some reading. The BBC has a
current, ongoing series about Chernobyl he
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4843316.stm

Another site you may find interesting, both on Chernobyl and also Kiev is:
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/.
It's done by a woman from Kiev with an open perspective.

I also came across this 'trip report' of the Chernobyl tour you are
contemplating, which will lend some sense to the lack of options you see,
and the high cost. I read it because of the tagling (Chernobyl: The
World's Hottest Holiday Destination).
http://www.travelintelligence.net/ws...t_1000337.html.

If you do this trip, please write back to the group with your opinion.

Keith

wrote:
Hello,

I am planning a trip to Ukraine and then a trip to Chernobyl is an
obvious excurtion.

I have done some searching on the internet and found theese agencies:
http://www.ukrcam.com/tour/tour_3.html
http://www.elittours.com/en/ukraine/tours/chernobyl
http://www.tourkiev.com/chern.html

On the schedule, prices and program it looks like this is the same
trip, resold by different agencies to slightly different prices. Does
anyone know if this is correct?

I would be interested as well. I'm going to the Ukraine in September
and definitely want to do the Chernobyl trip. However, $344 seems on
the expensive side for a one-day excursion (I'll be travelling on my
own).

How does the pricing work? What I mean is, if three unrelated
travellers booked for the same day, would we pay $137 each, or $344
each? (prices from the http://www.ukrcam.com/tour/tour_3.html site)

Patrick

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wrote:
Hello,

I am planning a trip to Ukraine and then a trip to Chernobyl is an
obvious excurtion.

I have done some searching on the internet and found theese agencies:
http://www.ukrcam.com/tour/tour_3.html
http://www.elittours.com/en/ukraine/tours/chernobyl
http://www.tourkiev.com/chern.html

On the schedule, prices and program it looks like this is the same
trip, resold by different agencies to slightly different prices. Does
anyone know if this is correct?

I would be interested as well. I'm going to the Ukraine in September
and definitely want to do the Chernobyl trip. However, $344 seems on
the expensive side for a one-day excursion (I'll be travelling on my
own).

How does the pricing work? What I mean is, if three unrelated
travellers booked for the same day, would we pay $137 each, or $344
each? (prices from the http://www.ukrcam.com/tour/tour_3.html site)


When a friend last visited Kiev they still weren't eating the fish out of
the river .............

Surreyman

"k" wrote in message
. ..

Another site you may find interesting, both on Chernobyl and also Kiev is:
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/.
It's done by a woman from Kiev with an open perspective.

Since been moved to its own domain... not too long ago, there was another
thread on Chernobyl here in r.t.e in which someone posted the URL.

Richard

wrote:
Hello,

I am planning a trip to Ukraine and then a trip to Chernobyl is an
obvious excurtion.

I have done some searching on the internet and found theese agencies:
http://www.ukrcam.com/tour/tour_3.html
http://www.elittours.com/en/ukraine/tours/chernobyl
http://www.tourkiev.com/chern.html


After consulting a travel guide I have found 2 more agencies offering
something that looks like excactly the same trip with different
commisions:

http://www.sam.com.ua/ukraine_6.html...%E1%FB% EB%FC
http://www.newlogic.com.ua/en/servic.../chernobil.php

Jan

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wrote:
Hello,

I am planning a trip to Ukraine and then a trip to Chernobyl is an
obvious excurtion.

I have done some searching on the internet and found theese agencies:
http://www.ukrcam.com/tour/tour_3.html
http://www.elittours.com/en/ukraine/tours/chernobyl
http://www.tourkiev.com/chern.html

On the schedule, prices and program it looks like this is the same
trip, resold by different agencies to slightly different prices. Does
anyone know if this is correct?

I would be interested as well. I'm going to the Ukraine in September
and definitely want to do the Chernobyl trip. However, $344 seems on
the expensive side for a one-day excursion (I'll be travelling on my
own).

How does the pricing work? What I mean is, if three unrelated
travellers booked for the same day, would we pay $137 each, or $344
each? (prices from the http://www.ukrcam.com/tour/tour_3.html site)


When a friend last visited Kiev they still weren't eating the fish out of
the river .............

Surreyman

Farms still affected by Chernobyl

The world's worst nuclear disaster happened exactly two decades ago
Ten farms in Scotland are still under restrictions because of
radioactive contamination from the Chernobyl disaster exactly 20 years
ago.
The Food Standards Agency said it may be several years before the farms
in Stirlingshire and East Ayrshire could be given the all-clear to sell
stock.

About 3,500 sheep are currently being monitored but farmers' leaders
have called for a new risk assessment.

A plume of radioactivity blew across Europe after the nuclear accident.


Heavy rain soon afterwards washed some of the contamination onto parts
of upland Scotland.

Contamination remained

Radioactivity clung to the peaty soil and was taken up by grazing
sheep.

Initial movement and sales restrictions on almost 3,000 farms were
quickly lifted.

However, it has been a slow process clearing the entire Scottish flock,
as some contamination remained.

The National Farmers Union Scotland said it was time to revisit the
science and carry out a review of the situation.

So far, more than £3m in compensation has been paid to farmers in
Scotland.