HUTSUL CARPATHIANS + BUKOVEL (WINTER OPTION)
About this tour
Snow-capped mountains, waterfalls, skiing and sledding, interactive museums, fun, singing and dancing
ATTENTION!!! During the martial law period, the concert and entertainment program "Hutsul Zabava" will not be held!
Tour dates: 21.10, 28.10
They are waiting for you:
- acquaintance with the history, customs, culture of one of the most interesting people in the world - Hutsuls;
- the most outstanding historical and natural sights of the region: Hutsul temples, waterfalls, rivers, picturesque Carpathian landscapes, Hutsul museums;
- and unforgettable "Hutsul fun" with music, dancing, singing and delicious Hutsul dishes.
You can also join the group (11:30) and disconnect (20:30) in Ivano-Frankivsk!
Tour program:
1 Day & nbsp;
Departure from Lviv (08:00) - Halych (visit to Halych National Park, the Museum of Nature and a walk through the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center) - Yaremche (visit to the waterfall, Hutsulshchyna restaurant, souvenir shopping and lunch) - Verkhovyna (tour and photo session in Hutsul clothes at the Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors Museum, tour of the Hata Staya Museum, dinner and Hutsul Fun) - Verkhovyna (check-in at Hutsul green tourism estates at 21:00).
2 Day;
Breakfast and departure (07:30) - Verkhovyna (concert in the Roman Kumlyk Museum) - Bukovel (ascent to the top of Mount Bukovel by cable car and viewing the Carpathian panorama, lunch, skiing, free time) - Lviv (return to 22:10).
Day 1
The price is NOT included and is paid additionally: entrance tickets to tourist sites; meals; participation in the Hutsul fun.
Ticket prices: Roman Kumlyk: general, student and pupil entrance fees: 50 UAH; Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors Museum: general, pensioner, student entrance fees: 40 UAH, pupil entrance fees: 30 UAH; Hata Staya Museum: general, pensioner, student entrance fees: 40 UAH, pupil entrance fees: 30 UAH; Cable car ride to Mount Bukovel (both ways): general entrance fee: 190 UAH, pensioners and children under 12: 130 UAH.
Meals: Breakfast on the 1st day - you can have breakfast at home or take food with you to have a snack during the parking lots. Lunch on the 1st day - takes place in the restaurant "Tourist" in Yaremche. Yaremche and consists of the following dishes: soup with meatballs, rustic potatoes with French meat, vegetable salad, bread, and soup. The cost is 120 UAH. Dinner on the 1st day takes place in the museum complex "Polonyna Vatra" during the holiday "Hutsul Fun!". Hutsul dishes are offered: mushroom soup, roast, potatoes stewed with meat) sauerkraut, meat slices, bread, and uzvar. The cost is 120 UAH per person. Breakfast on the 2nd day is held in the manor houses, the menu includes: omelet, pancakes with afen (blueberries), sandwiches with cheese, tea/coffee. The cost is 80 UAH. Lunch on the 2nd day is served in Bukovel at the Hutsulska Svitlytsia restaurant and consists of the following dishes: palushky in jugs, kulesha with bear's foot (chicken chop with prunes), bread, tea made from Carpathian herbs. The price is 120 UAH.
5 reasons to choose tour
1
Getting to know the history, customs, and culture of one of the most interesting people in the world - the Hutsuls
2
The most outstanding historical and natural sights of the region: Hutsul temples, waterfalls, rivers, picturesque Carpathian landscapes, Hutsul museums
3
A visit to the Halytsky NPP, a nature museum and a walk through the Center for the Rehabilitation of Wild Animals
4
Excursion and photography in Hutsul clothing in the museum "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors"
5
Ascent by chairlift to the top of Mount Bukovel and a view of the Carpathian panorama, skiing
Key landmarks
1
Halytskyi NPP
This reserve is a unique place on the map of Ukraine, with interesting landscapes and the largest species diversity of plants, animals, and birds in Ukraine. You can find out about this in the wonderful museum "Nature of the Galician Land", and a favorite place for visitors is the Center for the Rehabilitation of Sick and Found Animals. More than 50 species of fauna are cared for here - there are bears, wild sheep, foxes, a raccoon dog, wolves, owls, eagles, herons, ducks, deer, and the Center's greatest pride is the trio of bison, the largest mammals living in Europe. The interactive quest program "Visiting Fairy Tales" is especially popular with tourists, during which you can walk along an animal trail through the forest, on which tracks of 14 forest animals are reproduced, and visit Baba Yaga's hut.
2
Yaremche
A famous climatic resort located between picturesque mountains in the picturesque valley of the Prut River. Thousands of people admire the cascading waterfall "Probiy" (Yaremchanskyi Huk) and the wooden restaurant "Hutsulshchyna" every year.
3
Verkhovyna
The ethno-geographical center of the Hutsul Region, the former Zhabye, spread out on the banks of the glorious Black Cheremosh River, besides the picturesque Carpathian panoramas, has many other charms for discerning tourists. Here you are hospitably invited to a concert-excursion to the private Hutsul museum of life and musical instruments named after Roman Kumlyk. You can learn about the great Hutsul love of Ivan and Marichka, as well as take a photo in Hutsul clothes in the house-museum of the movie "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors". You can experience the taste of Hutsul cheese in the Khata-Staya museum of Polonist life.
4
Bukovel
Ski resort No. 1 in Ukraine, where you can climb a chairlift to the top of Mount Bukovel (1115 m), which offers a wonderful panorama of Gorgan and the Chornohorsk range.
What is included?
Transfer along the route
Professional guide
Travel insurance
Accommodation
Accommodation: takes place in cozy Hutsul manors of green tourism in the city of Verkhovyna, rooms: 2- and 3-bed with benefits on the floor.
*From each purchased tour, we transfer 10% to the Ukrainian Refugee Support Fund. All profits from press tours are transferred to the reconstruction of Ukraine.
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The simultaneous stay of visitors in the hotel lobby not more than one person per 10 square meters of serviceable area is allowed.
Persons can visit hotels and stay there (outside hotel room) only if they wear respirator or face mask (including homemade mask), so that the nose and mouth are covered.
Hotel guests are obliged to keep the 1.5 meters distance.
Online check-in making in advance is recommended to avoid queues at check-in to hotel.
Meals in hotels are provided through meals delivery service to rooms upon prior order or at hotel restaurants situated inside or in open areas, provided the distance of at least 1.5 meters between seats at adjacent tables.
Not more than 4 clients are allowed to stay at the table (excluding children under 14 years old). Unless these tables are separated by a special partition;
Self-serve is not allowed.