Join us this Spring to Belarus – Europe’s most isolated country, making it one of the most unique places in the region. This landlocked country has been ruled by the same president since 1994. Little has changed since the collapse of the Soviet Union including the trains you’ll be taking. On our Belarus tours, we […]

As an extension or a standalone tour, this is a tour through some of the modern Russia’s most significant cities: Chechnya and Stalingrad! Our first stop will be the Capital of the Chechen Republic, Grozny, once labelled as the most destroyed city on the planet after the vicious civil war which engulfed the republic for […]

We’ve worked on this tour for a while, but now we bring you back to the heart of Soviet Europe. This tour coincides with the Transnistrian and South Ossetian National Day celebrations, two of the last surviving Soviet-style military parades left in Europe! The tour will begin with a journey into the secretive state of […]

Misunderstood, unexplored, and with hardly any tourists – Russia has been a YPT favourite for many years, from expeditions to remote gulags in Siberia to navigating Chechnya and the unstable North Caucasus region. Now, we bring you our ultimate Soviet Russia tour! Beginning in the heart of the revolution, Saint Petersburg, we’ll trace the footsteps […]

During the world’s worst nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986, Belarus, lying 16km from Chernobyl was hit brutally hard by the catastrophic fallout. 66% of the territory of Belarus was contaminated with cesium-137. In response, the Belarussian government set up an exclusion zone around their contaminated territory for decades. Only now, […]

In this combo, retrace the history of the 20th century in region of Europe that would definetely gain to be more known: the Baltics, Europe’s Russian Exclave and the lesser seen side of the Chernobyl Catastrophe! YPT heads to a place infamously known as the ‘most militarized zone in Europe’ and home to the formidable […]

Join us on our Kaliningrad Tour for a summer trip you’ll not forget! Infamously known as the ‘most militarized zone in Europe’ and home to the formidable Russian Baltic Sea Fleet, the exclave of Kaliningrad is shrouded in secrecy. Being a closed Soviet military region for decades and being still laced with nuclear missiles, warships […]

Join YPT on an incredible tour in the northern reaches of the world on a cruise around Svalbard. This extraordinary adventure promises incredible landscapes and unforgettable wildlife encounters. We will start in Longyearbyen, the world’s northernmost settlement which despite its location – less than 1,000km from the North Pole – is easily accessible by plane […]

Join Young Pioneer Tours for the next part of the Summer Soviet Adventure, when we embark on a trip to one of the most remote regions on earth, and a place embedded in Soviet folklore: Magadan! Your Soviet Adventure begins in Moscow where we board the night flight to Magadan. There we are taken to the city […]

Ukraine has been a YPT favorite for a long time now. After repeated demands, we have decided to give you the ultimate Ukraine tour! This action packed adventure will bring you face to face with veterans of the 2014 revolution which saw the country descend into civil war, drive a tank, visit military cities near […]