Chernobyl Nuclear Plant & the ghost town of Pripyat: one day visit to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

On April 26th 1986, an explosion took place at reactor number 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant, releasing radioactive material to the air and causing the biggest nuclear disaster ever recorded in history.

With hundreds of deaths as a result of the high radiation levels, a 30km Exclusion Zone was established around the Chernobyl disaster area that still remains until our days. Pripyat, a city of 50,000 inhabitants built only a few years earlier for the workers of the plant and their families, had to be evacuated within hours. Its inhabitants would never return home.

Today, accessing the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is still highly restricted, but you can easily get a permit by joining one of the guided visits that depart daily from Kyiv. Check out my experience visiting the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and the ghost town of Pripyat to discover the results of the biggest nuclear accident of all times!