Ship Akona leaves the yacht club in Podol and goes to the Velikiy island.
When calculating a route, it is important to consider:
- estimated running time to the island - 2 hours
- return of the vessel from the island to the yacht club - 2 hours
- the time of anchorage at the island is calculated according to the parking tariff
Perhaps, the most popular route for boat trips - "Podol - Veliky Island".
Outdoor recreation by a small company or a team of 100-200 people it is not an easy matter. you need to find a suitable place, organize a transfer, equip the meadow with furniture, electricity, toilets... All these problems can be easily solved if you rent a motor ship with catering services! On board you can sit in comfortable saloons and on the upper observation deck. On the boat, a banquet table or buffet is served, background music is played or a DJ is working. These few hours of travel to Velikiy Island will be a good prelude for a picnic.
Route "Podol - Veliky Island"
The walk begins in the area of Pochtovaya Square. The motor ship passes by Trukhanov Island and Rybalskiy Island, under the Zheleznodorozhny and Severny Bridges, then up between Natalka Park and the Severny and Muromets Islands, along Obolon and the Desna estuary, to Veliky Island, to which you can walk around it to the right or enter the quiet lagoon of the island.
Description of the resting place - Veliky Island
Upstream of the Dnieper River, between the dam of the Kiev reservoir and Obolon (opposite Vyshgorod), on 315 hectares, there is a natural pearl of the Kiev water area - the Velikiy Island. The shape of the island resembles a horseshoe with a comfortable lagoon. The coast of most of the island is sandy, in places steep with a beautiful beach area. The sandy edge turns into a mixed forest zone with shady lawns and open glades, where you can have a great rest, have a picnic, or passively active rest. On its territory, 24 species of animals and 4 species of plants included in the Red Book have been identified.
Ship Akona leaves the yacht club on Podol and heads to Vodnikov Island.
Note!
The motor ship does not stop on the island. Just a walk.
When calculating a route, it is important to consider:
- estimated running time to the island - 2.5 hours
- return of the vessel from the island to the yacht club - 3 hours
- the time of anchorage at the island is calculated according to the parking tariff
Route "Podil - Vodnikov Island"
Passing under a pedestrian bridge, past Trukhanov Island, the route lies along the green slopes of the Dnieper, overlooking the Mariinsky Park, Askold's grave, and passing the Metro bridge, Kiev Pechersk Lavra, Pevcheskoe Pole and Glory Park. We pass under the Paton, Darnitsky and Yuzhny bridges. Having passed the island of Zhukov and the passage to the Galernaya Zatoka, the ship approaches the goal of the walk - the island of Vodnikov.
Description of the resting place
Vodnikov Island (54 hectares) is a historical area on the territory of Kiev near Zhukov Island. The islands were connected by a dam, along which a highway was laid. A workshop of the Kiev shipbuilding and ship repair plant was built on the island and its bay was turned into a convenient harbor for wintering the river fleet. Now there is a large sandy beach on Vodnikov Island, it is convenient to cook barbecue, fish and swim here.
In the 30s, for military purposes, a tunnel with a railway was laid through the island, but at the beginning of the war, the construction that had begun was mothballed and flooded, and in 1946. tubing and tunnel equipment were used in the construction of the Kiev metro, and in 1974. (after the launch of the Kanevskaya hydroelectric power station) was flooded again.