€£$
по-русскиen Español (pronto)
enter
1159places to visit
in the world
62places to visit
in Ukraine
28places to visit
in Chernobyl

The Red Forrestin Chernobyl, Ukraine

#26of 28 places to visitin Chernobyl

Adventure Rating in Chernobyl

TOP-14 adventure's step-by-step
recipes & lifehacks
How to feed giant catfish in ChernobylHow to see the giant secret station Duga-radar in ChernobylHow to see animals living in the ghost town in ChernobylHow to climb to the secret station Duga radar in ChernobylHow to climb up the the roof of 16-story building in ChernobylHow to climb onto the abandoned port crane in ChernobylHow to see ghost houses in the exclusion zone in Chernobyl
14 things to doin Chernobyl

Take local guide

You can visit this place in one of our tours.Choose
Trees in the forest became frighteningly red and their radioactive glow could be seen in the night, because of the radioactive substances ejection into the atmosphere.
The Red Forrest, Chernobyl
As a result of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a huge forest area of ​​10 square kilometers was affected by the radioactive outburst. At night it was possible to observe the red radioactive glow of trees.

Red Forest
Photo: Red Forest, © jones-y-gog

Then the disaster management team decided to demolish the trees and bury them on the place. This decision was hestile, because the forest was very close to the groundwaters so the burial of the remains of trees on the place increased the risk of radiating the Dnipro and Pripyat river basins.

The catastrophe also destroyed the historical monument "pine-cross", where Soviet partisans were hanged during the German occupation. It was located directly on the edge of the Chernobyl Red Forest.

By this time, the tree species have already partially recovered and the forest looks almost natural. On the territory of the forest an experimental polygon is developed to study the effect of radionuclides on objects in an isolated ecosystem.

The Red Forrest on the map

Tours & excursions 3

#4Cruise on the ship to Chernobyl and PripyatCruise on the ship to Chernobyl and Pripyat

Get a sea of thrills from a boat trip to the lost world of a dead city.

UAH 335000/tour
#2One-day private tour (Chernobyl + Pripyat) from KievOne-day private tour (Chernobyl + Pripyat) from Kiev

One day in the Exclusion Zone and you will learn everything about this desolate tragical place.

UAH 1794+/person
#3Urgent one-day tour (Chernobyl + Pripyat) from KievUrgent one-day tour (Chernobyl + Pripyat) from Kiev

The most horrifying post apocalyptic picture of Chernobyl and Pripyat in one day

UAH 3999+/person

Reviews

Guest18 April 2025

More places to visit in Chernobyl

#18Lenin monument in ChernobylLenin monument

The monument in honour of the first Union of Soviet Socialist Republics leader is still located in the deserted dismal Chernobyl city.

#14NPP observation deck in ChernobylNPP observation deck

You can see the sarcophagus, which is covering the fourth reactor, and the other parts of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant right from here.

#5Exclusion Zone in ChernobylExclusion Zone

The most contaminated with radiation area around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was named a 30-kilometer exclusion zone.

#4Cooling Pond Channel in ChernobylCooling Pond Channel

An artificial reservoir built to cool the reactors of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is the habitat of the giant catfish.

#8Polissya Hotel in ChernobylPolissya Hotel

The abandoned Polissya Hotel in the center of a Pripyat ghost town, where in April 1986 the liquidators of the accident were based.

#20Prometheus cinema in ChernobylPrometheus cinema

Until April 1986, Pripyat Prometheus cinema was the most popular place for meetings and leisure activities by watching films and visiting inner canteen.

#6USSR 16-story building in ChernobylUSSR 16-story building

One of the few sixteen-story buildings built in Pripyat. if you rise up here, you can see the city as on the palm of your hand.

#25Pripyat Sign in ChernobylPripyat Sign

At the entrance to Pripyat the impressive size sign with the name of the city is located. It looks like the monument, but for USSR it was too normal.

#13New Sarcophagus in ChernobylNew Sarcophagus

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant's fourth reactor is now saftly isolated by New Safe Confinement, covering the first sarcophagus - Shelter Object.

#9Azure Swimming Pool in ChernobylAzure Swimming Pool

Before the catastrophe, Azure Swimming Pool was a very beautiful place. Here the townspeople and visitors of the city came to swim and relax.

#3Abandoned cargo port in ChernobylAbandoned cargo port

In an old godforsaken quiet pier, on the sandy bank of the river, only a few rusty old port cranes remind that there was once a new cargo port.

#1Pripyat in ChernobylPripyat

A dead and long-neglected ghost town is widely known throughout the world after the tragedy that occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

Photo credit © Liz Burkinshaw