Rafting on the Psel River
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Rafting on the Psel River

Join a kayaking trip through Gogol's places in the Poltava region.

📅 3 days🥾 30 km💪 1/7 difficulty 🧭 For beginners✨ With sea swims🏕 Tent
from 1850 UAH/ person
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3 days
30 km
~10 km/day
1/7 difficulty
Myrhorod start

Join a kayaking trip through Gogol's places in the Poltava region. The Psel River is calm and beautiful. There is clean water, many sandy beaches, and comfortable campsites on the shore. Kayaking on the Psel is suitable for both beginners and experienced tourists.

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The GPS track is not digitised yet, the line is approximate (by key points).

Along the trailWhat you will see

Day by dayItinerary

1

Day 1. Myrhorod - Velyki Sorochyntsi - Psel

Group meeting at 10 am at the Myrhorod railway station. Intercity from Kyiv arrives in Myrhorod at 8:30 and 9:00 (journey time is 2:31), and from Kharkov - at 9:46 (journey time is 2:16). At the station you will be met by an instructor and a chartered minibus or taxi (depending on the size of the group). Transfer to the village of Velyki Sorochyntsi (40 minutes). On the way, we'll take a look at the site of the famous Sorochynskyi fair. We land on the banks of the Psel River and begin preparations for the start - we collect kayaks, load things and food. At the same time, you can swim and have lunch. When everything is ready, we go through a safety briefing and set off. We sail calmly, without stress. On the first day we will paddle from 5 to 8 km depending on the level of the group. There are plenty of mooring spots on the river - as soon as we swim, we moor and set up tents. Fire, fishing, relaxation.

Distance 5-8 km, driving time 1-2 hours

2

Day 2. Pokrovske - Baranivka - Velykyi Pereviz

We have breakfast, pack up camp, and set sail. Not far from the confluence of the Hrun Tashan tributary we pass a bottleneck (a fallen tree). Near the village of Pokrovske (Malyi Perevoz) we make a long stop on the beach. We go for a walk on a nearby hill. There is a house-museum of the writer Korolenko and, more importantly, from the hill there is an excellent view of the valley of the Psel River. At the same time, we go into the village and replenish our supplies of drinking water (from the well). We return to the kayaks, have lunch, and continue sailing. The next landmark is the bridge in Baranivka. Below it, the banks change and there are a lot of flooded trees around - we are approaching the Shyshatska hydroelectric power station. We stop for the night near the village of Velykyi Pereviz.

Distance 20 km, driving time 4 hours

3

Day 3. Shyshaky - Hydro Dam - Myrhorod

We slowly sail to the finish line - the Shyshatska hydroelectric power station dam. There we say goodbye to the kayaks, swim one more time and have lunch on the beach. We get into the minibus and go back to Myrhorod (1 hour). This concludes the tour program. Upon arrival, you can walk around the city, go to the Myrhorodkurort pump room and the famous Gogol puddle. Intercity departs from Myrhorod to Kyiv around 21:00, and to Kharkov at 20:20.

Distance 7 km, driving time 2 hours

The above version of the program is designed based on a leisurely pace, frequent swimming and breaks. If you have a sports group and you want and can maintain a more intense pace of movement, then in the same amount of time you can swim 2 times as much. Then you can finish in Yareski, Ustvitsa or Velyka Bahachka. This does not affect the price of the trip.

Similarly, when organizing individual rafting trips, you can change the duration of the tour - not 3 days, but 2 or 4.

Trip conditions

Accommodation. We spend the night in tents in sleeping bags. All necessary equipment can be rented from us (or you can bring your own).

Meals. The instructor purchases the products and distributes them among the participants at the beginning of the tour. The guide will have cooking pots, a burner and everything necessary for cooking with him.

Prices

from 1850 UAH / person

Included

  • 🎒Kayak and life jacket rental
  • 🚐Transfer from Myrhorod to the start and back
  • 🧭An experienced guide with the group
  • 🍽Three meals a day on the water
  • 🎒Group gear (stoves, gas, cooking pots, first aid kit, tarp)
  • 🛡Medical insurance

Not included

  • Travel to Myrhorod (train, bus)
  • Rental of tents
  • Rental of sleeping bags and dry bags

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