Belovezhskaya pushcha

Day 1

Arrival in Brest. Check-in at the hotel "Intourist". Meeting with a representative of the branch company "Alatan Tour". Lunch

Sightseeing tour of Brest (founded in 1019). Visit to the Brest Fortress Memorial, famous for the unparalleled feat of its defenders in World War II. Later the fortress received the title "Hero-fortress". Excursion in the museum "Berestye" - archeological open-air museum which includes buildings of the 11-13 centuries.

Day 2

Breakfast.

Visit to the museum of "Saved Values", displaying a unique collection of articles confiscated on the border, such as icons, paintings, coins, decorations.

Free time. Shopping. Buying souvenirs.

Departure to the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha". On the way visit to the historical monument Old Tower "Belaya Vezha" (White Tower), built in the 13th cent. It impresses greatly with the power and elegance of its lines even today. 

Arrival in Kamenuyki. Accommodation at the hotel. Dinner.

Day 3

Breakfast. 

Visit to the museum of Nature and open air cages with animals. Visit to Tyshkevich's farmstead, former forest house of one of the representatives of Polish "shlyakhta" (rich Polish and Belarusian aristocracy); walking along ancient tzar road, have been being constructed during the last Polish king Stanislav Ponyatovsky governing. Visit to one the Presidential residences in Viskouly, where the leaders of Russia, Belarus and the Ukraine signed the famous "Belavezha agreement", which stipulated the final disintegration of the USSR. Today this place is quite popular among the tourists.
- Dinner in the open air on one of the clearings with folklore show. Belarusian cuisine.

Day 4

Breakfast. 

Tour around the Pushcha by bus. Walking along the ecological routes, observation of flora and fauna of the area. Lunch-picnic at fire. Rest, walking around, gathering flowers, berries, mushrooms; riding a horse (on request). In the evening there is a possibility to visit Russian "banya" (on request).

Day 5 

Breakfast.

Departure home (or the route is to be continued)