Mount Khomiak hiking, Svirzh castle and cooking workshop

Tour plan:
Day 1: departure from Lviv (08:00) - Svirzh (visiting the castle) - Yaremche (visiting flysch rocks "Elephant", lunch) - Mykulychyn (museum of customary symbols, master class on cooking banosh and tasting of liqueurs) - Polyanytsya (hotel check-in, dinner).
Day 2: breakfast and departure (07:00) - Polyanytsya (preparation and ascent to the Mount Khomiak, snack on top) - Mykulychyn (walking to Zhenetsky Huk waterfall) - Delyatyn (lunch) - Lviv (return at 23:30).

Place of departure/arrival of the bus: Lviv, Chornovola Ave., 7, Lviv Hotel (near the main entrance).

Accommodation: takes place in a hotel in the village of Polyanytsya ("Bukovel" resort), comfortable 2-, 3-, 4-bed rooms with in-room amenities.

Price includes: Comfortable bus transportation, guided excursion, excursions at tourist sights, travel insurance.

Price doesn’t include: Meals, entry tickets to tourist sights and tastings.

Discounts for children:
- Children up to 6 y.o., accompanied by 2 adults and without a separate seat on the bus and accommodation - free;
- Children up to 12 y.o.: discount from the total cost of the tour - 100 UAH / person.

Technical information:
1. The length of the hiking trail to the top of Khomiak mountain and back is 6 km in one direction;
2. The ascent to the mountain lasts approximately 3.5 hours, the descent lasts about 2.5 hours;
3. Travellers will walk about 7 km from Zhenetsky Huk waterfall to the asphalt road (to the tourist bus);
4. The route is designed for the average group of physically healthy people;
5. Participation in the tour does not require prior training or experience;
6. Alcohol is strictly prohibited during the ascent and descent.

What to bring on the hike:
- identity document (passport);
- comfortable waterproof shoes (preferably mountain trekking boots with high lacing);
- windproof jacket with a hood, preferably waterproof, comfortable windproof pants, warm sweater or jacket, hat or scarf, raincoat;
- spare set of clothes (can be left on the bus);
- backpack;
- water (1-1.5 liters per person);
- snacks for the climb (sandwiches, chocolate, thermos with hot tea or coffee);
- necessary medicines (individual first aid kit) which you use, adhesive plasters.

Tour language: Ukrainian. Contact us if you would like to hire a guide who speaks English or another foreign language.

Price includes: Comfortable bus transportation, guided excursion, excursions at tourist sights, travel insurance.

Price doesn’t include: Meals, entry tickets to tourist sights and tastings.

Discounts for children:
- Children up to 6 y.o., accompanied by 2 adults and without a separate seat on the bus and accommodation - free;
- Children up to 12 y.o.: discount from the total cost of the tour - 100 UAH / person.

Cost of entrance tickets, tastings and trail:
- Svirzh Castle: adult - UAH 20, pensioner, student - UAH 10, children - UAH 5;
- Museum of customary symbols of the Hutsul region: general - UAH 20, pensioners, students, pupils - UAH 10;
- banosh cooking master class - 70 UAH.
- tasting Hutsul liquors and budz cheese (tasting board) - 120 UAH / person.
- hiking trail "To the Mount Khomiak": general: 30 UAH, schoolchildren: 15 UAH.

Meals:
Lunch on day 1 - takes place in Yaremche. The cost is 100 UAH.
Dinner on day 1 - takes place in the hotel restaurant. The cost is 120 UAH.
Breakfast on day 2 - in the hotel restaurant. The cost is 80 UAH.
Lunch on day 2 - takes place in the village of Deliatyn. The cost is 100 UAH.

Svirzh

One of the most picturesque and romantic castles in Ukraine, Svirzh Castle, built in the Renaissance style (1484) above a picturesque pond. The castle has acted as a filming location for various movies, the most famous of which is the film "D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers". Not far from the fortress are also the Church of the Assumption (1546) and the ruins of the defensive tower (1484).

Yaremche

The famous climatic resort, located between the picturesque mountains in the valley of the Prut River. Flysch rock deposits on the Prut River near Yaremche form a giant silhouette of an elephant, which we can approach to take photos.

Mykulychyn

The Museum of Custom Symbols of the Hutsul Region is one of the richest and most colorful museums in the Carpathians housed in a traditional hut. Here you can learn about the culture of Hutsuls – an ethnic group of Ukrainians living in the Carpathian mountains. You will see many unique exhibits of Hutsul life, learn the meaning of Hutsul symbols used in household items, embroidery, paintings and carving. The museum features wooden sculptures and a large round stone. In the hut near the museum, you can see how the famous dish "banosh" is prepared and taste Hutsul liquors.

Khomiak Mountain

One of the most interesting peaks is Gorgany mountain range, 1542 meters high. It was named khomiak - 'hamster' because of its resemblance to the back of a cute rodent - a hamster. The mountain offers a magnificent panorama of Gorgany, you can also see the highest peak of the Carpathians - Hoverla and Petros mountain. The Carpathian meadows will impress you with their lush herbs and rare plants such as wild violets, asters, poppies and even edelweiss.

Zhenetsky Huk

Near the longest Ukrainian village Mykulychyn, one of the most famous waterfalls in the Carpathians, Zhenetsky Huk, flows from the Gorgan peaks. It was formed in the postwar years as a result of floods. Locals named the waterfall huk because of the noise it makes. This extremely picturesque waterfall has one cascade and a height of 15 meters.