Thursday 30^th September

• Arrival in Vilnius at own leisure and check into centrally located accommodation
• Meet up at 6 pm in the lobby, we will all get to know each other before heading out for some traditional Lithuanian food and go over the tour plan.
• Overnight in Vilnius

Friday 1st October – Vilnius

• We’ll enjoy breakfast then head out to explore the infamous KGB museum while we wait for our new group members to arrive.
• We head out to explore the tongue-in-cheek Republic of Uzupis, a trendy district of Vilnius which declared independence from Lithuania on April’s fool.
• We meet our new group members at 6 pm in the lobby, where we will all get to know each other before heading out for some traditional Lithuanian food and go over the tour plan.
• Round off the night with some world-renowned Lithuanian beer in one of the many great bars of Vilnius.
• Overnight in Vilnius.

Saturday 2nd October – Vilnius

• We grab breakfast and meet our driver outside for the journey deep into the woods of Lithuania to a former Soviet nuclear bunker. This is infamous, a no holds barred Soviet theme park that transports you back into the life of a Soviet citizen.
• On arrival, we will be stopped at a checkpoint manned by fierce, hulking KGB guards armed with Kalashnikovs and alsatians, marking the beginning of our Soviet Survival drama.
• We will then don Soviet army coats and dive into the USSR, full of tension and social peculiarities. You’ll be taken to the maze, watch Soviet propaganda and visit shops of 1984, be interrogated in a KGB office, learn the anthem of the USSR and get used to wearing a gas mask. You’ll dance to the music of the era and enjoy a Soviet dinner.
• Before leaving the bunker, you will be rewarded with a Soviet ID, an authentic gift from the Soviet times and a celebratory shot of Vodka!
• We return to Vilnius for a historical city tour.
• Evening dinner and drinks
• Overnight in Vilnius.

Sunday 3rd October – Riga

• We check out of the hotel and leave our bags in reception.
• We grab some breakfast before meeting our driver outside who will transfer us out of the city to a military base.
• We will then don army uniforms and helmets before being introduced to our vehicle for the day, a hulking military tank, we will first ride on top for a few laps of an offroad track, then each person will have a turn at driving the beast!
• After the adrenaline fuelled activity, we relax at the base with a hearty Lithuanian BBQ.
• After lunch, the adrenaline continues as we transfer to a military firing range to shoot an array of high calibre weaponry, including Kalashnikovs and other Soviet weaponry as well as modern military firearms.
• We then transfer back to Vilnius to collect our bags and jump on the bus to Riga, Latvia!
• Nighttime arrival in Riga, we check into our accommodation and head out for some food.
• Overnight in Riga.

Monday 4^th October – Riga

• We get up early, grab breakfast and then some snacks for the road as we head to Latvia’s Chernobyl (without the radiation). A secret Soviet ghost town abandoned and frozen in time since 1988. This is a great site for those interested in urban exploration.
• After a two hour drive from Riga, your guide will show you the most interesting parts of the huge complex, and you will then have some free time to explore by yourself.
• Many of the Soviet relics are still on display, from military paintings and murals to hammers and sickles, it really gives the impression of being lost in time.
• We return to Riga and explore the city.
• Evening dinner and drinks.
• Overnight in Riga.

Tuesday 5^th October – Tallinn

• We grab breakfast and check out of our accommodation before boarding the bus for the drive to Tallinn, Estonia.
• On arrival, we check into centrally located accommodation before doing a city tour of this ancient Baltic city.
• Evening dinner and drinks
• Overnight in Tallinn.

Wednesday 6^th October – Tallinn

• We grab breakfast and some snacks for the road before we begin our trip up to Narva on the Russian border! For a day discovering hammers and sickles, Lenin statues and T-34 tanks which will take us from beautiful medieval castles and coastal cliffs to ash-hills, half-empty industrial ghost towns and a Soviet themed museum.
• We will climb around the stunning ruins of Toolse fortress, Discover the Soviet industrial town & ash hills of Kohtla-Järve, enjoy amazing Stalinist architecture in Sillamäe, roam around the ghost town of Viivikonna, explore the Narva castle on the Russian border and see the 19th-century Kreenholm factory complex.
• During the day, we will grab lunch at a local Estonian tavern.
• Depending on weather conditions and time, we will also visit the Blue Hills,
• Narva-Jõesuu czarist beach resort and the Kunda Hydro plant ruins.
• Drive back to Tallinn.
• Dinner and drinks to celebrate the end of this incredible adventure through the whole of the Soviet world!
• Overnight in Tallinn.

Thursday 7th October 

• End of tour, if you are not carrying onwards with us to the Belarussian Exclusion Zone, the lesser seen part of Chernobyl!

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