Travel to Ukraine: tours in Ukraine, rafting in Ukraine, trekking in the Carpathians
Vacations in Ukraine - an alternative to vacations abroad.
Prices for recreation anywhere in the world increase tirelessly, active tours abroad becomes more and more expensive. Now very few people can affort rafting in Turkey or trekking in Hymalayas. At the same time recreation in native lands becomes more and more popular, improves services, the price becomes affordable. So, active recreation in Ukraine interests an increasing number of tourists from Russia, Belarus and Moldova.
Advantages of recreation in Ukraine:
- acceptable prices for accommodation, food and entertainment. Costs of Carpathians tours are much lower than Russians (except expensive Crimea)
- proximity and availability of convenient transport links. You can easy get to Ukraine by train, by car, by plane. In summer and winter tourist season in the directions to ukrainian resorts additional trains and planes are appointed. There is no problem to get to Bukovel, Yaremche, Vorokhta, Slavske, Yasynia. In some cases you'll need a change in Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk or Lviv. You will always find there cozy hotel rooms, interesting excursions and programmes, exquisite restaurants. Everywhere taxi operators are available, schedul transport is plying;
- high quality of services. Every year conditions for recreation in Ukraine are improved. Especially should be noted the grade of Carpathians hotels. In competitive atmosphere the owners of private hotels, hostels, tuorist centers and cotteges had to improve the level of service and to contrive new discounts and promotions for their guests.
- mild climate and good weather. In summer in Carpathians the weather is warm, but not hot, and in winter the temperature is perfect for skiing and as a rule doesn't exceed -20 degrees centigrade. Herewith the amount of snow is always sufficient for skiing at the ski-resorts of Carpathians.
- the variety of nature. There are mountains (Carpathian and Crimea), seas (Black and Azov), plains and even deserts in Ukraine.
Versions of tours in Ukraine
The variety of active tours at th western Ukraine depends on season.
In summer we offer recreation in Carpathians , Dniester flaoting and Cheremosh rafting.
Hiking in the Carpathians
Resting in Carpathians you may stay in a luxurious lodge in nature far from cities and hassles. So pleasant to breath a fresh air in the mountains, gathering mushrooms in forests, fishing in mountain streams or just walking in cool forest. Or you may choose more active rest, take a backpack and go hiking. Hiking in Carpathians - it is one of the most popular forms of recreation. There are offers of weekend trips, or trips for many days for stronger ones, including overnight in tents around the campfire. The routes passes through the most interesting sightseeing places of Carpathians. You will get to Goverla, Pope Ivan mountain, Verkhovyna, Dragobrat and many gutsul villages. You are also to see unforgetable views of Carpathian highlands: polonyny-plains, forests, mountain lakes and waterfalls, silver cold streams and springs.You can taste original gutsul cheese, brynza, vurda, fresh milk and cream. Almost whole summer Carpathian forests are rich with berries and mushrooms. You will taste a plenty of blackberries, cranberries, raspberries, gather a basket of white mushrooms. On Chornogora you will visit a White Elephant - an old Polish observatory on The Pope Ivan mountain.
Routes of different duration are developed. The most popular is - "By Highest Peaks" - 6 days hiking carpathian peaks.
Dniester floating
Floating on the Dniester by catamarans - a great version of family recreation. Dniester river offers swimming, fishing, sunbathing. Besides there are a lots of sightseeings, such as waterfalls, caves, grottos of hermits, ancient graves of partisan-soldiers, fortresses and castles ruins. Dniester attracts with its clear water, wild nature - there is almost no villages by its banks. The Dniester Canyon is filled with precinctive plants, wild animals and birds. Forests along the Dniester river are good to gather mushrooms and berries.
Tuorclub efforts 2-, 5-, 7-days tours by Dniester, wich are held on every week and you can join it yourselve or with a group of 10-20 persons. All you need is to make a reservation on website and get to Ternopil or Ivano-Frankivsk.
Rafting in Ukraine
Rafting - includes floating by catamarans, rafts or canoes on mountain rivers with rapids. The best for rafting is ukrainian river Cheremosh in the deep Carpathian mountains. Rafting on Cheremosh is exiting and extremely thrill. High rapids will cover your head over and over again, and lift the boat above the water so high that you couldn't even reach the water by paddle . If you already have enough expirience in floating with rapids, challenge in floating by double catamaran or canoe. Floating by canoes is more difficult, more interesting and however more dangerous. And true professionals can try kayak.
Winter tours in Ukraine - ski resorts in Carpathians
For sure, winter is the season of skiing. For this kind of active entertainment all the conditions are created in Ukraine. And ahead of others is Bukovel - ski resort of European standarts. In Bukovel there are many trails prepared, there are constantly working snowcats, lifts operates during the whole winter and there more than 20 of them at the resort. You can hardly see queue in Bukovel as all the lifts are speed and very comfortable, so the skiers spend their time on the slopes instead of lifts. During the recreation in Bukovel would be convenient to stay for residense little far from resort - for lower prices and less of hassles. At your service are a plenty of hotels of different ranges: from cheaper rooms (7-9$ per day) to comfortable hotels cottages with pools, saunas, jacuzzi and pretty massagist-girl. Also in Carpathians there is an opportunity to drive a quad bike, to ride horses, to run cross-country skiing, to play paintball or strikeball.
Besides of Bukovel there are also other ski resorts. First of them is Dragobrat - near the Yasinia, Slavske and homonymous village on Trostyan mountain. Skiing there is less comfortable, but trails are not the less interesting.
The conclusion
Our travel agency for many years organizes active recreation in Western Ukraine. Tourists are always content with their discoveries in Ukraine. Most of our clients more and more admire picturesque nature, historical sights and hospitable ukrainian people, spending in Ukraine the majority of their vacations.
Hopefully, you will also enjoy your recreation in Ukraine and we will always be glad to help you to organize it.
