Tour Peat briquetting plant Ditva
Tour description
Price
per person
49'256 ₽ for group*
от 7'037 ₽ c чел.
66'498 ₽ for group*
от 3'500 ₽ c чел.
96'206 ₽ for group*
от 1'850 ₽ c чел.
109'468 ₽ for group*
от 1'610 ₽ c чел.
The cost of excursions is approved in Belarusian rubles and when paying in other currencies the final cost may differ from the one indicated on the site depending on the exchange rate of the card issuing bank (MIR, Visa, Mastercard).
Description
The tour along the Lida — Dytva route is a one-day trip from Minsk combining historical landmarks with a visit to one of Belarus’s unique industrial facilities. The program includes a visit to Lida Castle and a production tour of the Dytva Peat Briquette Plant, featuring a ride on the plant’s narrow-gauge railway.
The first stop is a guided tour of Lida with a visit to the 14th-century Lida Castle — one of the most important monuments of defensive architecture in Belarus. Participants will learn about the medieval history of the region and the castle’s role in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Next is the production tour of the Dytva Peat Briquette Plant. Guests will get acquainted with the railway station and depot operations, inspect specialized machinery, and then take a ride on the narrow-gauge railway — passing by both active and reclaimed peat extraction fields. The route covers approximately 10 km one way.
The tour to Lida and the Dytva Plant will be of interest to school, corporate, and tourist groups. Upon request, individual tours along the Lida — Dytva route can be arranged based on participants’ preferences.
Excursion type
Thematic
Distance
350 km
Duration
7 hours
Language of training
Russian
Excursion subject
Kind
Bus-Walking tours
Program
Gathering the group
Moving in Lida (170 km)
Lidа castle
In 1323 the prince Gedimin gave the order to put the stone lock to cover to knights the road to the center of lands of the principality Lithuanian. In 5 years the kostel was built. Time the lock was besieged by the English, German, French knights. The Lidsky lock is "time machine" and a fascinating travel to the Middle Ages where continually there is a place to romanticism and knightly valor. Here everyone will be able to feel as the ancient soldier, having tried on an armor and to like the mystical atmosphere, having learned what ghost protects a citadel.
Moving in Ditva (12 km)
Peat briquette factory DITVA
Open Joint Stock Company «Peat briquette factory DITVA» is one of the largest in Belarus for the extraction of peat and the production of fuel briquettes, charcoal, fertilizers «Biogumus».
During a tour of the enterprise, you will get acquainted with the technologies of peat extraction and processing, with the railway station and the railway depot. After that, you will be put into a special wagon that rides along the peat extraction fields along a narrow gauge track (about 10 km one way) and inspect the production base with peat extraction equipment.
Moving in Minsk (175 km)
The end of the tour
Route map
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