Things to see and do Kaniv (Канів)

If the cliff where the great poet is buried has become a natural reserve, another large natural reserve, which also participated in Kaniv's reputation, is located 15 km south of the city. Established in 1923, this reserve is one of the oldest in Ukraine. Its territory represents 2 049 ha and one can walk along the Dnieper, its tributaries, and observe the Kruglik and Chelestov islands that wind in the middle of the Dnieper. The hills of the reserve offer various very interesting prehistoric and geological phenomena. There is a very famous phenomenon in the geologists universe: kaniviennes dislocations. These are old rocks distorted by the action of a cooler that has been in existence for 200 000 years. These old rocks allow to observe many traces of the Paleolithic. Finally, there are 974 species of natural plants and all kinds of animals. The reserve also hosts a natural history museum comprising four sections: zoos, geological, botanic and archaeological. Kiev students in natural history regularly go there for excavations.