Nature and wild life admirers
DURATION: 8 DAYS / 7 NIGHTS



The tour includes visit of Minsk - Capital City of Belarus, Brest - Western Gates of Belarus, holidays in Belavezhskaya Pushcha (Belavezhskaya Forest Reserve) not far from the city of Brest.

DAY 1
Arrive in Minsk. Check-in at "Oktyabrskaya,"Belarus", "Orbita","Yubileynaya" or "Planeta" hotel.

Half-day city tour of Minsk including architectural, historical and cultural monuments
of 17th-18th centuries, Troitskoye Predmestye (Trinity Suburb) - restored buildings of the 19th century, modern centre of the city, the local Arts Museum. Shopping. Folklore concert "Presentation of Belarus".

DAY 2
Full-day trip to the collective farm. It includes view of the collective farm, private houses, visit to the kindergarten, lunch in Belarusian national style children's folklore. Gala dinner.

DAY 3
After early breakfast departure to Brest (350 km from Minsk). Arrive in Brest by lunch. Check-in at hotel "Intourist".

Half-day city tour of Brest includes visit to Brest Fortress, the first stronghold of the Soviet Army during World War II, to an archeological museum "Berestye", Slavic settlement of ancient Brest. Dinner.

DAY 4
After breakfast departure to Belavezhskaya Pushcha (70 km from Brest). On the way visit of two Ortodox and one Catholic churches.

Arrival at Belavezhskaya Forest Reserve, which is a rare nook of virgin nature. Check-in at the hotel. Lunch.

Visit to Belavezhskaya Pushcha Museum of Nature, where one can make acquaintance of the history of Pushcha, its rich animal life and virgin forest. Dinner at the restaurant of the hotel.

DAY 5
After breakfast a bus excursion about Belavezhskaya Pushcha. Here one can find pine-trees which tower up to the very sky, magnificent oaks the sterms of which can not be embraced by several men. The age of these unique trees is more than five centuries. You'll see the surprising, poetic and fantastic animal world of Belavezhskaya Pushcha. It is a house for about 300 species of vertebrates.

The king of Belavezhskaya Pushcha is the legendary Aurochs or European bison. Pushcha is one of very few places in the world where these ancient animals live careless.

In the afternoon at leisure. Walking, cycling or horse riding (choice of the tourists). Picknick lunch or picknick dinner in Belavezhskaya Pushcha.

DAY 6
After breakfast visit to Aurochs Farm.

In the afternoon making acquaintance of hunting places of Polish kings and Russian tzars, because for many years Pushcha has been the favourite hunting place for them.

Excursion to Viskuli. Here in Belovezhskaya Pushcha in one of the Goverment Summer Houses the Soviet Union had been dismissed and CIS had been established.

Tourists are offered sauna, then dinner in the summer house in Viskuli.

DAY 7
At leisure. On Your wish You can fish, train Your skills in Iachting, gather mushrooms and berries.
Gala-dinner at the open-air restaurant of the hotel.

DAY 8
After breakfast departure to Lithuania (Vilnius) or Poland (Warsaw).
For individuals we are ready to offer a hunting tour in Belavezhskaya Pushcha, Berezinsky Nature Reserve and in the collective farm 100 km from Minsk.