Tour Grand Dniester Canyon

Guide

Ukrainian and English speaking local guide.

Transport

Drive from Ivano-Frankivsk to Ntzhniv included

Others

Boat, vessels and life jacket

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Insurance

Insurance is not neccesary

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Day 1 Day 1
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1

We meet in Ivano-Frankivsk (or Ternopil) and drive to the Nyzhniv village, which is a place of start.

Firstly we prepare our boat and learn safety rules. It’s unusual to row in the beginning. You need to find one rhythm with your boat neighbours. When it happens the catamaran will start to float smoothly.

After 3-4 hours we stop for the night camp.

In the evening, we do some camp routine (set up tents, collect firewood, prepare dinner), sing, talk and have a rest near the fire.
Day 2 Day 2
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2

Every morning starts at 7 o’clock. Then 2 hours for: exercise, nutritious breakfast, preparation and cleaning up camping spot.

In the morning, we stroll to the top of the right bank of the canyon to a place where a fight between the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and Soviet the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) took place. There is a monument to that event.

There are also many grottoes and small caves in the vicinity, which we will look at.

In the afternon, we return to floating.

There is a palace on our way on this day. The palace belonged to the Marshal of the Galician Sejm Stanislav Baden; constructed in the style of the Viennese Renaissance. Architecturally it reproduces the royal palace in Vienna, but its small version.

Till the evening we’ll see also a lot of caves, rocks and waterfalls.

At the end of the day, we’ll see a unique travertine waterfall near the village of Kosmirin.
Day 3 Day 3
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3

On this day we pass the Nezvizko village, which is known for finding one of the biggest archaeological sites of ancient Trypillya and Chernyakhiv cultures. They also found the remains of settlements that existed here twelve thousand years ago. This area is called «Archeological treasury of Ukraine».
Day 4 Day 4
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4

After breakfast, we walk to explore the ruins of the castle in Rakovci village.

On this day, we see the unique outcrops of the Dniester, which is protected by law as a botanical site. In this part of the Canyon, Devonian rocks, over 400 million years old, appear on the surface in the form of reddish rocks.

We’ll climb the highest point of the Dniester Canyon to see the river panorama. Chervona Hora (300 meters above sea level) rises to a height of more than 150 meters above the water.
Day 5 Day 5
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5

We’ll see the highest plain waterfall in Ukraine – Dzhurinsky. There are also the ruins of the Chervonohrad castle nearby.

We float under the largest bridge across the Dniester: its length is 400 m, and the height is about 40 m.

Natural phenomena in this part are no less impressive: on the high rocks of the left bank, there is an outcrop of another geological age – the Silurian.
Day 6 Day 6
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6

On the last day, we float a few hours to the city of Zalishchiki. This city is well-known for its unique location. There is a famous panorama of this town from the southern slope of the canyon (look at the picture below). We’ll also make such photos by climbing the observation point.

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