Travel Services Specializing in Ukraine

The following agencies are based in the U.S., Canada or Great Britain and can serve clients anywhere. Check out their interesting and informative web sites, and you'll learn about Ukraine as well as about the services and tours these agencies provide. Inclusion on this list cannot be considered an endorsement, since I'm not personally familiar with every one of these agencies.

Go to travel agencies located in Ukraine that serve incoming tourists.

Bloor Travel Agency Ltd
2336A Bloor St West, Ste 200
Toronto, Ontario M6S 1P3 Canada
Tel.(416)535-2135; Fax: (416)535-2341
E-mail: bloortravel@on.aibn.com

Bravo International, Inc.
1320 Hamilton Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18102
Tel. (610) 437-4815

Camelot Travel & Tours, Inc.
6005 - 103 Street
Edmonton, Alberta, T6H 2H3 Tel. 403-430-8747. Fax: 403-430-0571
E-mail: camelot@datanet.ab.ca

Chumak Travel Agency
P.O. Box 171, Toronto, Ontario, M9A 4Y2
STN.D Etobicoke
Tel. 905-804-8826
E-mail: ukrainetour@ukrainetour.com

Diaspora Enterprises, Inc.
220 South 20th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
New Jersey: (201) 762-3090. Philadelphia: (215) 567-1328
Tel. 1-800-487-5324. Fax (215) 567-1792

Dunwoodie Travel Bureau
771-A Yonkers Avenue, Yonkers, New York 10704
Tel. (914) 969-4200. Fax (914) 969-2108

Euroscope, L.L.C.
P.O. Box 5358
Winston-Salem, NC 27113-5358
Tel. (336) 722-2455
Fax (336) 631-9573
E-mail: EUROSCOPE@prodigy.net This agency is run by Igor Portnov, a native of Ukraine.

Hamalia Travel Consultants
43 St, Mark's Place, New York, New York 10003.
Tel. (212) 473-0839 or 1-800-HAMALIA
Fax (212) 473-2180
E-mail: hamalia@netscape.net

IBV Bed and Breakfast Systems
13113 Ideal Drive, Silver Springs, Maryland 20906.
Tel. (301) 942-3770. Fax (301) 933-0024.

JSB Travel
6831 Pembroke Rd.
San Antonio Texas 78240-2724
Tel. (210) 296-9962
E-mail: tex750@sbcglobal.net
JSB Travel specializes in Crimea. To contact their on-site guide in Ukraine, phone 380-50 589-77-56.

Karpaty Travel
120 Runnymede Road, Toronto
Ontario, Canada M6S 2Y3
Tel. (416) 761-9105; 1-800-265-7189.

Lotus Travel Ltd.
475 Fifth Avenue, Suite 31112, New York, New York 10017
Tel. (212) 586-4545 or 1-800-998-6116.

Meest-Karpaty
2236 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60622.
Tel. (773) 489-3977 or (773) 489-9225. Fax (773) 489-4203.

Pallada International, Inc.
98 Second Avenue, 2nd Fl., New York, New York 10003
Tel. (212) 387-8683

Panorama Tours
Vista Office Centre, 6th Floor, Tower A
50 Salisbury Road
Hounslow, England TW4 6JQ
Telephone: +44(0)870-066-2052; Fax: +44 (0)870 774 5459
E-mail: reservations@panorama-tours.com.ua

Panorama Tours operates City Breaks packaged tours to Ukraine, departing from fourteen European cities and two in the Gulf on scheduled flights operated by Ukraine International Airlines fleet of modern Boeing 737 aircraft. Additional holiday options include extensions to Odesa and Lviv, day trips to Chornobyl, as well as tailor made programs for individuals and groups to Crimea, the Carpathian Mountains and throughout Ukraine. Included are return flights in Economy Class on Ukraine International Airlines, airport-hotel transfers, hotel accommodation, daily breakfasts, and services of Panorama Tours representatives. Panorama Tour' head office is in England, with offices in six other European countries.

Rahway Travel
35 E. Milton Avenue, Rahway, New Jersey 07065
Tel. (732) 381-8800 or 1-800-526-2786.

RJ's Tours Limited
10224 - 174 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta Canada T5X 5W5
Telephone and Fax: 780/415-5633
E-mail:rjstours@shawbiz.ca

Scope Travel,Inc.
101 S.Centre Street,
South Orange, New Jersey, U.S.A. 07079
Telephone (toll free): 877 357 0436 or (973)378-8998. Fax: 973 821 4855.
E-mail: scope@scopetravel.com.

Shipka Travel Agency
5434 State Road, Parma, Ohio 44134
Telephone: 1-800-860-0089; Fax (216) 351-0610

Travel to Crimea
39, Runbury Circle, Kingsbury, London NW9 8RX, UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 8200 6834; Mobile: 07808 160 621
Fax: +44 (0)870 831 5263
E-mail: philbaker@blacksea-crimea.com

Located in London, this travel service specializes in Crimea, providing apartments, hotels, transfer from airport or train, guides and interpreters.

Miscellaneous Programs and Travel in Ukraine

  • Interested in working or studying in Ukraine? TryUkraine.com has information on job or internship opportunities and language study. The web site offers a savvy understanding of the culture with travel tips and an extensive photo album of major tourist destinations plus photos of the Orange Revolution.

    Ukrainian Travel Services

    Many travel agencies located in Ukraine will work directly with you in planning your trip, booking lodging, arranging in-country transportation, and providing guides and special tours. However, they're not able to book your air transportation TO Ukraine. Their web sites are often a wonderful source of information about Ukraine.

    AdventureCarpathians
    prospekt Svobody 1/3, room 5,
    Lviv 79005, Ukraine
    Phone for English representative: +44-773-938-9495
    E-mail: martinadventure carpathians.com

    AdventureCarpathians, a new company with western European partners, offers professional guidance to a variety of winter and summer mountain sports adventures in the beautiful Carpathian region, plus apartments and tours of Lviv. A>

    Algol Travel, Ltd.
    16a Melnyka Street,
    Lviv, 79044 Ukraine
    Phone or Fax: (380) 322 42-41-21
    E-mail: algol@algol.com.ua

    Algol Travel offers group and individual tours across Halychyna, including Lviv, Ternopil, and Ivano-Frankivsk. The company also arranges stays in health spas and resorts in Truskavets; visits to cultural events and programs in Verkhovyna, Yaremcha, and Slavske; skiing and snowboarding in the Carpathians; summer holidays on the Crimean peninsula; and hunting and other sports.

    Intours-Kiev
    12 Hospitalna Street,
    Kyiv 01001 Ukraine
    Telephone(380)44-234-75-52; 234-72-82
    E-mail: tourism@carrier.kiev.ua

    Intours-Kiev is a larger agency with 75 years of experience in providing tourist services. The agency works with both individuals and groups to arrange business trips, conferences, guided tours of Ukraine, and theme tours. At its disposal are guides, interpreters and comfortable coaches. Located next to the President Hotel.

    Kiev City Tours
    contact Okasana
    8B Velyka Zhitomirska, Office 6
    Kyiv, Ukraine
    Telephone(380) 67-265-79-92; Fax (380) 44-235-55-90
    E-mail: info@kievcitytours.com.

    Kiev City Tours offers tours of Kyiv, day-long excursions to regional tourist attractions, and longer tours to more distant regions of the country. A special feature of this company is a variety of religious tours, for example, "Orthodox Easter in Kyiv." Other tours examine the roots of Ukrainian Christianity in Chernihiv, and look at many facets of religious life in Uzhhorod or Lviv.

    Lviv EcoTour
    Tiutiunnykiv St. 37/4,
    Lviv 79011, Ukraine
    Phone or Fax:(380)676 70 08 40
    E-mail: slav@lvivecotour.com

    Lviv Eco Tour is a small English/Ukrainian speaking company providing general travel advice for Ukraine, guided local area tours, Ukrainian/ Polish/ Jewish genealogy tours, trips to the Carpathian Mountains, transportation by private car, Lviv airport and train station pick-ups, and booking tickets and accommodation.

    London Sky Travel Agency
    Sea Passenger Terminal
    6 Prymorska Street
    Odesa 65026 Ukraine
    Telephone(380) 48-729-31-96; Fax (380) 48-729-31-83
    E-mail: lstravel@te.net.ua.

    London Sky Agency, located at the seaport in Odesa, offers a variety of Black Sea and Dnipro River cruises, conducts group and individual tours, and makes hotel reservations. The agency also organizes seminars, conferences, and exhibitions in Odesa.

    Navigator Tours
    7, Mayakovskogo Lane,
    Odessa, 65026, Ukraine
    Tel. (380)(048) 728 97 07
    Tel./Fax (380) (0482) 343 887
    E-mail: navigator@farlep.net.

    Based in Odessa, "The Pearl of the Black Sea," Navigator Tours is an experienced, energetic company with an intimate knowledge of Ukraine and committed to providing the best tours, hotels, and transportation at the best prices.

    Navkolo Svitu (Around the World)
    Saksahaskoho Street 5/2,
    Lviv, Ukraine, 79005
    Tel/fax:(380)322 97-18-69
    Fax:(380)2 25 62-49
    E-Mail: navksvit@lviv.farlep.ua

    Registered since 1994, Navkolo Svitu specializes in servicing group or individual travelers to Lviv and western Ukraine and provides as much or little support as the client desires. It also offers a variety of package tours for diverse interests and needs, such as a pysanka making course or a birdwatching expedition. Guides speak English and many European languages.

    New Logic
    6-a Mikhailivska Street,
    Kyiv, Ukraine 01001
    Telephone/fax(380)442 06-33-22
    E-mail: info@newlogic.ua.

    In operation since 1994, New Logic offers incoming tourist services including guides, transportation, and hotel booking throughout Ukraine. Its excursions include a tour of Chornobyl as well as cultural and historic sites around Ukraine. It also arranges conferences and seminars.

    Olymp Travel, Ltd.
    24 Shovkovychna Street,
    Kyiv 01024 Ukraine
    Telephone:(380) 442 53-71-08
    Fax:(380)442-53-83-29
    E-mail: welcome@olymp-travel.kiev.ua

    Olymp Travel is a Founder member of the Ukrainian Tourist Association (UTA) and actively involved in improving the quality and standards in Ukraine's Tourism Industry. Located in the Perchersk district of Kyiv, the company specializes in organizing and providing all-inclusive travel, tourism and conference services for groups, individuals and businesspersons, offering discount hotel accommodation, all-inclusive tours, excursions, guide services and all travel arrangements across Ukraine. It works with more than 100 travel agencies abroad and dozens of suppliers of services throughout Ukraine to provide the greatest number of options at the best prices. Hotel applications throughout Ukraine can be made through the Olymp web site.

    Outdoor Activities and Travel in Crimea
    92 Kievskaya Street,
    Simferopol 95026, Crimea,
    Ukraine
    Telephone/fax(380)652-22-20-87
    Mobile phone(380)677-93-91-00
    E-mail: SergeySorokin@list.ru

    Contact Sergey Sorokin at the Crimea Tourist Bureau for mountain biking, rock climbing, or trekking, or other outdoor activities in beautiful Crimea.

    Rural Green Tourism Association is an association of Carpathian mountain home owners, not a travel agency. Contact them to arrange a home stay in the beautiful, unspoiled Carpathian mountains. Payment goes directly to the homeowners - no one else profits. The association was organized by a U.S. Peace Corps worker.

    Transbus
    contact Alexander Ischenko
    Mayakovskoho Street,
    Ukraine, 38044 Kyiv
    Telephone(380)44-532-08-07
    E-mail: transbus@adamant.net

    Transbus can provide airport transfer, rental of economy or luxury car or minibus, and English-speaking guides. The company offers more than 250 secure apartments for rent in Kyiv, starting at $40 per night. Apartments are near the city center and include SAT-TV, video, and furnished kitchens.

    Travel Ukraine Agency, Pvt.
    contact Alexander Denisenko
    38/9 Drahomanova Street,
    Lviv, Ukraine 79005
    Telephone(380)322 61-14-73; Fax 1(503)217-84-96
    E-mail: tuag@is.lviv.ua

    Travel Ukraine Agency is run by travel professionals with years of service who know the country thoroughly and are experienced in customizing itineraries for professionals and businesspersons and setting up religious and ethnic tours. TUA offers some package tours but can customize them according to interest. It arranges trips to ancestral towns in Ukraine for those of non-Ukrainian ancestry; for example, working with certified genealogists from the US and Israel to help those of Ukrainian and Jewish origin find their roots. Click on the title above for a nice photo tour, with commentary, of Lviv and click here to see a rental apartment not far from the center of town.

    Ukraine-Rus'.
    63 Melnikova Street, office 310
    Kyiv 04050
    Tel/fax (380) 444 83-23-74; 13-23-74; or 444-83-05-12
    E-mail: agency@ukr-rus.kiev.ua.

    Operating since 1992, Ukraine-Rus' provides all support services for individual tourists as well as for group tours. It specializes in cultural heritage and business tours. Theme tours cover all aspects of Ukrainian history, culture, traditions, nature. Tours throughout all of Ukraine as well as to Russia and Belarus can be arranged.

    UKRUS
    P.O. Box 10450, 14 Gudanova Street,
    Kharkiv 61002 Ukraine
    Telephone(380)577 55-56-63; cell phone and fax (380)675 75-39-67
    E-mail: agency@ukrus.kharkov.ua

    A small agency responsive to e-mail and fax, UKRUS arranges customized individual or group tours, providing transportation, interpreter and guide services. Sightseeing excursions visit fascinating historical sites, explore cities, enjoy theatres, opera, circus, museums, and relax in scenic Carpathian mountains or picturesque Crimean Black Sea resorts. Homestays, apartment rentals, or hotel lodging can be arranged.

    Unipress BTD
    Planeta Business Center, Office 5, 6th floor
    120/2 Balkovskaya Street
    Odesa 65005 Ukraine
    Telephone (380) 487-86-05-16; Fax(380)487-86-06-21
    E-mail: welcome@ukrainetours.com

    Unipress is based in fascinating Odesa with a branch in Kyiv. The creative and enthusiastic staff provides all services for customized itineraries in the Odesa region, from general sight-seeing to providing a yacht with a crew, as well as making arrangements for travel and lodging throughout Ukraine. They also offer a wide range of apartments for rent in Odesa.

    VsuduBudu ("Everywhere")Travel
    18/29 Sichnevoho Povstannya Street
    Kyiv, Ukraine
    Telephone: (380)44 254 39 10; Tel/fax (380)380 44 254 32 52
    E-mail: igor@everywhere.com.ua

    VsuduBudu ("Everywhere") Travel is a new, large full service agency based in Kyiv that specializes in educational tours and business and corporate travel for international groups. The agency offers a large number of interesting theme tours across Ukraine. Among the topics explored are opera, art, WWII history, wine production, casinos, river cruising, and even a day trip to Chornobyl.

    Here are more agencies in Ukraine on an Internet listing .


    Copyright 2007 by Linda Hodges, L.Hodges@prodigy.net. Please contact me if you discover inaccurate information or other agencies that should be included on this list.
    Adapted from the Language and Travel Guide to Ukraine by Linda Hodges and George Chumak, Hippocrene Books, Inc., 2000 - 2004.
    Go to Linda's Ukrainian Language, Culture, and Travel Home Page.