The Carpathian Tram is Ukraine’s only operating narrow-gauge railway, with a 750-millimetre gauge, carrying tourists through the valley of the mountain Mizunka river near the village of Vyhoda. The little train with its locomotive and carriages winds over bridges, through forests and past waterfalls. This tour from Truskavets combines the tram ride with the Narrow-Gauge Heritage Centre and lunch in Vyhoda.

Why go

  • Ukraine’s only operating narrow-gauge railway, with a 750-millimetre gauge and charming little carriages among Carpathian forests
  • A ride along the mountain Mizunka river over bridges and through forests, with stops at the waterfall cascade and suspension bridge
  • The locomotive has seats for tourists, from where you can watch the driver of the little mountain train at work
  • The Narrow-Gauge Heritage Centre in the oldest building in Vyhoda, with interactive exhibits that children especially love
  • Picturesque Carpathian views from the train windows, photo stops and an unhurried lunch in a Vyhoda café

Route

Starting point:
Truskavets, pick-up at your hotel
Departure at 08:00
Drive to Vyhoda
About 2.5 hours through the Prykarpattia region
Carpathian Tram station in Vyhoda
Boarding the train, the start of the route along the Mizunka river
Carpathian Tram ride
Bridges, forest and a mountain river, the guide’s story about the narrow-gauge railway
Tram ticket – UAH 300 adult, UAH 200 child, paid separately
Mizunka waterfall cascade
A photo stop by the waterfalls
Suspension bridge by the Dzherelo Prykarpattia sanatorium
A stop on the bridge over the Mizunka
Lunch in Vyhoda
Carpathian cuisine in a village café
At your own expense
Vyhoda Narrow-Gauge Heritage Centre
An interactive exhibition on nature, forest and the railway
Admission – UAH 50 adult, UAH 40 child, paid separately
Return to Truskavets
About 2.5 hours
Truskavets, at your hotel
Expected return around 19:00

Good to know

What’s included
Travel by comfortable bus or minibus Truskavets – Vyhoda – Truskavets and a guide for the whole day.
Paid separately
Carpathian Tram ticket – UAH 300 for adults and UAH 200 for children, admission to the Narrow-Gauge Heritage Centre – UAH 50 for adults and UAH 40 for children. Everything can be added to your order. Lunch is at your own expense.
Tram schedule
The Carpathian Tram runs on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, so the tour runs on those days. The ride along the Mizunka takes about three hours and starts at 11:00.
What to bring
Warm clothes, because it is cooler in the mountains than in Truskavets, shoes for wet paths near the waterfalls, and water.
Tour language
The tour is conducted in Ukrainian.

The narrow-gauge line began to be built at the end of the 19th century to haul timber: Baron Leopold Popper laid the track along the Mizunka. Today a section of it is open to tourists, and the mountains, the river and the bridges look much as they did a century ago. The train consists of a locomotive with seats for tourists, from where you can watch the driver at work, and carriages: a closed one for the cold season and an open one for the warm. The route runs along the Mizunka, and along the way the train stops at the Mizunka waterfall cascade and at the suspension bridge by the Dzherelo Prykarpattia sanatorium. The guide tells the history of the narrow-gauge railways of the Prykarpattia region and explains how this branch was restored. After the ride there is lunch in Vyhoda and a visit to the Narrow-Gauge Heritage Centre in the oldest building in the village: an interactive exhibition about Carpathian nature, the forest and the railway, especially popular with children. Zakhid Travel provides transportation and a guide, and tickets for the tram and the centre can be added to your order.

Schedule

Wed
Nov 11
08:00
18 seats left
Sat
Nov 14
08:00
18 seats left
Sun
Nov 15
08:00
18 seats left
Wed
Nov 18
08:00
18 seats left
Sat
Nov 21
08:00
18 seats left
Sun
Nov 22
08:00
18 seats left

Organized by: Zakhid Trevl · Guide: Melnyk Andrii Vasylovych