The Old New Year in the Carpathians

We invite you to the Magic Carpathians. We will walk along the paths of the legendary Oleksa Dovbush, visit the Probiy waterfall, ride jeeps and visit the most expensive ski resort in our country. All this and more - in a three-day tour of Prykarpattia.

Tour date: January 13, 2023

Departure from RIVNE, LUTSK, L'VIV (we also provide free transfer to board the tour from the cities: ZDOLBUNIV, DUBNO, OSTROH).

Tour program

Day 1

05.30 - Departure from Rivne (Pokrovsky shopping center, stop at the Flowers store).

 Departure from Lutsk (from the Ukraina Hotel, 2 Slovatskoho St.).

We will specify the time and place of departure from other cities individually.

09.00 - stop for breakfast, toilet.

12:30 - 14:30 - Visit to the "Peppers" mountain meadow!) You will be greeted by nice hosts, an old Hutsul house with a unique flavor, and folk musicians. An unusual meadow with neat alleys, beautiful paths and ethnic sculptures will impress everyone. Incredible landscapes and delicious ecological food, ancient customs and live music will not let you get bored;

Traveling to the mountain valley, getting to know the Hutsul culture, way of life and skills of the highlanders allows every tourist to feel a little bit like a Hutsul for a moment.

In addition, you will be able to go snow tubing, taste cheeses and liqueurs in the meadow. The Residence of St. Nicholas will be open for children).

15:00 - 18:00 - enjoy a relaxing holiday for the soul at Bukovel! In addition to skiing, we offer a mega-range of additional entertainment on the vast territory of the tourist complex "Bukovel":

SPA RELAXATION: VODA day & nightclub, located on the shores of the largest artificial lake in Europe. In winter, VODA club operates in a SPA format. It has a relaxing atmosphere, so it's a great place to unload your muscles. Warm up in the swimming pools and saunas:

All-season warm pool: depth 1.5 m, temperature 32-34 ºC;

4 outdoor jacuzzis, temperature 32-36 ºC;

Mediterranean sauna, 55-60 ºC, humidity - 55%;

Finnish sauna, 80-110 °C, 10-15% humidity, made of Canadian cedar;

Roman steam room, 35-40 °C, humidity 98-100%;

salt cave, 22-24 ºC, humidity 50-60%.

VODA club professionals will help you get rid of accumulated toxins and salts. The masseurs have prepared 10 types of massage for you, including classic and stone massage, as well as peeling. You will be pleasantly surprised!

BIKE ZIP: is an opportunity to ride a bicycle on a cable car stretched across the Lake of Youth and enjoy the panoramic view of the Carpathians! The total length of one ride is 560 meters. Feel the taste of adventure and crazy drive with BIKE ZIP.

ATVs and snowmobiles: You can spend a unique winter vacation in Bukovel driving a snowmobile or ATV on caterpillar tracks on the mountain peaks of the Carpathians. Specially designed routes and prepared tracks are designed to see the picturesque landscapes of the mountains and get bright unforgettable emotions. The routes start on Dovha mountain (top of the ski lift #12) and stretch along the snow-capped peaks with stops on the forest road and mountain meadow. You can drive a snowmobile on your own and take a passenger with you. An experienced instructor will accompany you throughout the trip.

THE LONGEST ZIP LINE IN UKRAINE: Zip line is a high-speed descent on a roller along a steeply inclined cable. Flight on the Zip line "Bukovel" is a real aerial adventure! In 100 seconds you can fly from the top of Bukovel Mountain to the very center of the resort - to the roof of parking lot #2. The length of the zip line "Bukovel" is 1130 meters with a height difference of more than 190 meters! The attraction has 3 lines, is among the 10 longest in Europe and is the longest in Ukraine!

"Bukovelian Hills" is a brand new extreme entertainment for all lovers of vivid impressions. This is a zipline suspended on ropes between the trees, with ascents, descents and steep turns. The total length of the "Roller Coaster zipline" is more than 500 meters at a height of up to 15 meters. Visiting the "Bukovelian Hills", you will get a lot of cool and unforgettable emotions.

HUCUL LAND A new park has recently opened in Bukovel. The Hutsul Land ethnopark is a fascinating story about the life and way of life of the highlanders of the Ukrainian Carpathians: Hutsuls, Boikos, and Lemkos. It is an area that combines various recreation and entertainment venues on the territory of Bukovel, which is located behind the Lake of Youth. One of the main venues is a skansen. It differs from ordinary museums in that it has interactive activities with guests - you can go inside a hut that is about 200 years old, sit on a bench and watch the fire burn in the oven, try to grind wheat flour in millstones, weave a path on a real loom, watch cheese being made in a cheese factory, and even take part in a theatrical performance of a Hutsul wedding. There is also an area with a petting zoo, where domestic, exotic, wild animals and birds live in natural conditions, which will delight both children and adults.

RODELBAN "Speed fun"

This is a new all-weather toboggan run by the German company Wiegand, located for the first time in Ukraine. Twists, turns, and jumps give a special thrill. The attraction provides an opportunity to independently control the speed of the sled, which carries one or two passengers down the slope. The total length of the ride is 1500 meters. The length of the high-speed descent is 1000 meters. The sled has a braking system that guarantees compliance with a precisely set speed and distance, while ensuring maximum safety.

19.00 - Arrival at the place of settlement. Free time at your leisure. Dinner (when booking a tour with meals)

Day 2

09.00 - 09.45 - Wake up and have a good breakfast. Check-out from the hotel (with things)

10.00 - Departure for excursions.

11.00 - 12.00 - Visit to the Roman Kumlyk Museum, a private museum opened by Roman Kumlyk on January 7, 2000, and located in the family home. The owner collected materials for 30 years. These are household items, ancient Hutsul clothing, tools, banknotes of different times, and many interesting things about the life of the Hutsuls. The museum is especially proud of its collection of musical instruments. During the tour, we will plunge into the real atmosphere of the holiday!

12.00 - 13.00 - Visit the Corkscrew Museum. The Corkscrew Museum - Tasting Room is an ideal place to relax and enjoy the atmosphere of wine, as the museum has about 600 corkscrews of various types. Home-made young wine will be offered for tasting, and a story about the history and types of corkscrews will be told. Corkscrews in the form of animals, birds, keys, weapons, glasses. Different sizes and colors

13:00 - 15:00 - We will visit a real Hutsul performance (staging of a traditional wedding in the Hutsul region), with three musicians, a show of traditional dances, delicious Hutsul dishes and drinks. We will also immerse ourselves in the New Year's Eve atmosphere by singing carols! During the fun, you will enjoy: a master class in Hutsul dances: hutsulka, resheto, golubka; Hutsul songs, kolomyikas; dishes and drinks of Hutsul cuisine. You will like it!

15.30 - 16.30 - Visit the Museum of Hutsul Magic. It features exhibits telling the story of the Carpathian sorcerers and witch doctors - molfars. According to legend, they are the bearers of ancient magical knowledge and have witchcraft (psychic) abilities. You can learn about the customs and secrets of the Carpathian sorcerers in this unusual museum. In particular, the inventory used by healers to create potions or spells to help people is on display. In the museum, you can learn about the practice of two of the strongest molfars, Andriy Atamaniuk (Goi) and Mykhailo Nechai.

16.30-17.00 - Buying beer in Verkhovyna. Hutsul beer is brewed using the classic old German Osterbrau technology and Hungarian equipment. The raw materials are Verkhovyna spring water, Slovak malt, German brewer's yeast and hops. If you try it at least once, you will immediately appreciate the special natural taste and persistent foam.

18.30 - Rest in a comfortable hotel, where in the evening we will be able to relax and recharge our batteries for the next day. Free time (grill, gazebo at your service). Dinner at the hotel (when booking a tour with meals).

*For everyone, an additional attraction - cooking in vats over low heat - is the most popular activity among the tour participants. Various dried herbs are added to the water to make the "soup of tourists" more flavorful. Cooking alternates with swimming in a cool mountain river that flows nearby. Such a contrast will help you keep your tone for a whole week and give you an unforgettable experience.

Day 3

08.00 - 09.00 - Wake up and have a good breakfast (when ordering a catered tour) and go on excursions!

10.00 - Check-out from the hotel (with luggage).

10.30 - 12.30 - Walking tour to one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the Carpathians - the Huk waterfall. The 15-meter-high single-cascade beauty feels comfortable surrounded by dense forest and rocky Gorgany Mountains. It is located in the protected tract of Zhenets on the river of the same name.It is easy to get to Guk and easy to walk to: it is one of the few Carpathian waterfalls with a good asphalt road. However, it's only 3 km long, and another 3 km you have to walk on a dirt road, somewhat eroded by rain. The waterfall is tall and graceful, it does not dry out in summer and is covered with massive icicles in winter, so come visit it in any weather or season!

Or you can go Jeep riding: Excursion jeep tours in the Carpathians will certainly add drive to your vacation. After riding jeeps in the mountains for several hours, you will have a lot of impressions and emotions, as well as a lot of cool photos and videos.

12.30 - 13.00 - Buying beer in the village of Mykulychyn. Opened in 2002, the brewery brews beer in a natural way, producing it under the trademark "Hutsulske". "Hutsulske" is fermented for 7 days and matures for another 14 days. They brew Honey and Dark, Light Yubileynoye and White Hutsulske beers. By the way, honey for Honey beer is taken from their own apiary;

13.00 - 14.00 - visit the Yaremche souvenir market, where you will have free time (you can buy interesting souvenirs, admire the beauty of the Probiy waterfall, visit the famous Hutsulshchyna restaurant). At the market, you can buy a carved mug, warm knitted woolen socks, a handmade clay set, a traditional embroidered shirt, or even a warm blanket - everything that the Carpathians are rich in. The waters of the Prut fall down from a height of 8 meters. Most of the Carpathian waterfalls can be seen only from river valleys, but Probiy can be seen from all possible angles. For example, you can go down to the waterfall itself from the fairgrounds. If you're interested in the architecture of the Carpathian region, Hutsulshchyna is a great example: the restaurant was built without a single nail and is decorated with filigree carvings on the outside, reflecting the classic architectural forms of the area.

14.00 - 15.00 - lunch in a cafe (optional)

15.00 - departure home.

22.30 - return to Lutsk (approximately);

23.30 - return to Rivne (approximately). The time and place of return to other cities will be specified individually.