Tour operator SoloEast Travel

An amazing, eye opening and fascinating experience. Everyone I have had a pleasure of speaking to within SoloEast have been wonderful. The tour itself was action packed and the tour guide Anya was incredible. She was brilliant and truly made the experience what it was. I hope anyone who takes this tour has the pleasure of meeting her.You will not for a second regret doing this tour. just do it!

Neskutočný zážitok, výklad sme mali v českom jazyku. Baby boli úžasné. Určite sa tam vrátime ale na 2 dňový výlet. Práve bol ošiaľ corona vírusu, tak nám zrušili let. Delegátky nám povedali nech si to užijeme a oni všetko vybavia, ich manažérka s kontaktovala veľvyslanectvo, vyhľadala letenky a dala kontakt na auto ktoré nás zoberie na letisko. Čiže moc ľudský prístup. Ďakujeme im ešte raz!

After extensive research, we chose to do a 2-day tour with Solo East and it has been the best thing I've done in my life so far! It's one thing to go to Chernobyl and see the sights but its another to have a fantastic tour guide teach you the history and answer any questions you have. Our tour guide was Igor and he was absolutely amazing, he could answer absolutely any question we had, he had pictures of before the disaster so you could see the difference and he had plenty of jokes that got our group laughing. I would highly recommend asking for Igor if you do this tour!

Fab trip, very interesting and Igor our guide was very informative and helpful!

Unfortunately had to cancel our trip due to the Covid-19 outbreak but solo east dealt with this very professionally and refunded the money we had already paid within a few hours.

We went on the Chernobyl tour on 14/03/20. Our tour guide was Constantine, and our driver was Vadim. Got picked up at 8am but had a delay in leaving as we were waiting for 2 passengers (who never arrived). However we got on our way eventually! We watched 2 documentaries on the way, about the original disaster and the latest sarcophagus installation, which passed the time and built the anticipation! I’ve got to say, Constantine absolutely MADE the trip! His commentary was brilliant, really informative and punctuated with lots of funny anecdotes. He and Vadim could not have been better! The tour itself was INCREDIBLE...nothing will prepare you for what you will see. We walked for miles (my step counter was over 21,000 steps) but you just don’t notice it. Constantine has an album of photos of various places, and when you stand in the spot where the original photo was taken, he holds up the A4 photo so you can see the ‘then and now’... brilliant idea. You can tell he has a real passion for the place and he was unfailingly polite, interested, courteous and enthusiastic. Chernobyl is an experience you will never forget, and we were lucky to have such brilliant people taking us. I can not recommend this company highly enough. Book it as soon as you can!

This was a great tour that I recommend anyone visiting Kyiv or Ukraine take! The tour covers most of the highlights of Chernobyl that you can reasonably fit into a day including the power plant, the towering Duga radar station, as well as an extensive review of the abandoned city of Pripyat. There were a couple landmarks that were temporarily unavailable due to renovations - like the Monument To Those Who Saved the World, but I know that this is traditionally available otherwise. We paid a small additional fee to rent a geiger counter for the day, which I'd wholeheartedly recommend. It was very cool to see how the levels of radiation differed throughout various locations in Chernobyl. A decent lunch is provided, and well-equipped mini-vans transfer you from Kyiv to Chernobyl and back. The overall price is very reasonable in my opinion. The tour groups are still fairly small, which was nice and meant that you were still able to converse with your guide frequently. I'd also have to make special mention to our tour guide Igor! He was a very experienced tour guide and had tons of information about Chernobyl and its history, as well as the individual landmarks. There were no questions that he couldn't answer. You can tell that he is very passionate about the site. He's also very funny and I enjoyed the humor that he added to the tour. His jokes and quips made the 2 hour journey back to Kyiv fun. We were very lucky to have him as our guide, and I'd definitely recommend requesting him if you get the chance!

Booked through viator for trip to Chernobyl with solo east on Monday 16th of March. Due to covid 19 could not travel to Ukraine. Cancelled on Saturday 14th and received a full refund. Appreciated that. Will hopefully get another chance to visit in the future and will use viator and solo east due to them doing the right thing.

This really was a trip like no other. There is nowhere else in the world like Chernobyl and Pripyat and you'd really have to go there yourself to really understand how indescribable the experience is.It was our tour guide, Nazar, that was able to make this trip as incredible as it was. Chernobyl and Pripyat are buildings, but Nazar was able to tell stories, give off information like an encyclopedia, and helped to truly breathe life into a dead city. Plus, he's hilarious! Would highly, highly recommend having Nazar as a guide should you choose to go.

Ak rozmýšlate nad výberom jedného či dvoch dní určite si vyberte dva dni. V prvý deň sme mali sprievodkyňu Tanyu Z,, bola velmi optimistická a vzdelaná. Videli sme všetko známe ako opustenú dedinku, sarkofág, radar duga, mesto pripyat (obchod, park, bazén, škôlku,..), červený les, etc. Na konci dňa sme sa ubytovali v dedinke Orane, kde sme mali večeru a hlavne peknú izbu s ešte krajším výhladom. Premýšlali sme, čo bude v druhý deň, veď my sme prešli hádam všetko. Druhý deň po nás prišla sprievodkiňa Diana K., nechali sme na nej nech nás niekam zoberie. Po raňajkách v černobyle (mimochodom varia skvele a vždy tam je nejaký ten koláčik a ovocie s vodou čo si viete zobrať so sebou) nás Diana milo prekvapila, prešli sme nikdy neotvorené černobylské mesto, školu pre budúcich vojakov/vodičov, kontrolnú miestnosť radaru duga, policajnú aj hasičskú stanicu, miestnu poštu v Pripyati, nedostavané chladiace veže. Diana bola skvelá sprievodkiňa, velmi priatelská a tiež vzdelaná.Tieto dva dni boli pre mňa velmi obohacujúce, dozvedela som sa veci, ktoré možno málokto vie. V oblasti je vždy čo objavovať a ja verím, že som nevidela všetko. Určite sa prídem pozrieť nabudúce ak to bude možné a určite na špeciálne tour - dva dni, sukromné alebo možno už návšteva elektrárne.Ďakujem za všetko Tanyi, Diane a SoloEast travel.

We really enjoyed the day. Our host Tania was great. Plenty stops and a good tasty lunch was provided. The guide spoke with great knowledge of all the areas we stopped.

We did the Exclusion Zone Tour Marina was awesome Friendly Knowledgeable And wiling to answer my questions, no mater how random.