Presents… AGRICULTURAL TOUR TO UKRAINE

Kyiv – Chernihiv – Sumy – Poltava – Uman – Odesa

Departing June 21st – July 3rd 2020

International flight departs Friday June 20th, 2020 overnight flight Day 1: Sat, June 21, 2020 (D) overnight in Kyiv - Arrival at the Boryspil International Airport - Meeting & greeting with tour guides. Transfer to the hotel - Check-in at the hotel - Kyiv City Tour will take you to must-see attractions including the Golden Gate, St. Sophia’s Cathedral, St. Andrew’s Descent, Independence Square, Mariinsky Palace, Besarabsky Market, Old Podil, etc

- Dinner at Ukrainian restaurant with traditional dishes and drinks

Day 2: Mon, June 22, 2020 (B/L/D) overnight in Chernihiv Breakfast at the hotel Meeting with representative of Association of Beef Breeders of Ukraine to talk about beef cattle farming in Ukraine

Depart for Chernihiv

Visit to family-owned farm: land bank – 1500 ha; cattle farming – 300 headcount, including 170 dairy cows, Aberdeen-Angus cattle and sheep herd; own forages – corn and sorghum for silage and alfalfa for haylage

Lunch on the way

Arrival in Chernihiv. Check-in at the hotel & Time to refresh

Short city tour of Chernihiv

Dinner at the local restaurant Kyiv – Farm visit (~ 55 km), Farm visit – Chernihiv (~160 km)

Day 3: Tue, June 23, 2020 (B/L/D) overnight in Chernihiv Breakfast at the hotel Depart for farm visit Visit to beef farms of Ukrainian agro-holding (the largest beef breeders and producers): total land bank – 39,000 ha; total beef headcount – 6,000; breeds - Aberdeen Angus, Limousin, Charolais, Simmental, Poliska, Southern and Znamenska Ukrainian breeds. Visit their breeding center and feedlots, pastures

Lunch on the way

Visit to beef farm & pasture: beef headcount – 1,700 of exclusively Ukrainian beef breeds; cattle are on grazing – 1100 ha of pasture (partly irrigated) Return transfer to Chernihiv Arrival in the hotel. Time to refresh Dinner at the restaurant Chernihiv – Farm visit #1 (~140 km), Farm #1 – Farm visit #2 (~30 km), Farm visit #2 – Chernihiv (~150 km)

Day 4: Wed, June 24, 2020 (B/L/D) overnight in Sumy Breakfast at the hotel Check-out & Departure for Sumy region Visit on the way historic town Baturyn well known from the 17 century as the capital of the Cossack Hetmanate. Visit National Historical Cultural Reserve “Hetman’s Capital” place of the interesting monuments of history, architecture, culture, archeology and nature

Lunch at the local restaurant

Keep going to Sumy

Visit to dairy farm: total land bank – 14,000 ha; crop farming: corn, sunflower, soybeans; grain

elevator with storing capacity of 85,000 tons; cattle farming: dairy cattle – 4,000 cows on 2 sites;

feedlots for fattening dairy bull calves (based on American system)

Arrival in Sumy Dinner at the hotel’s restaurant Chernihiv – Baturyn (~155 km), Baturyn – Farm visit (~70 km), Farm visits – Sumy (~115 km)

Day 5: Thu, June 25, 2020 (B/L/D) overnight in Poltava Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out Visit to ag machinery factory: leading Ukrainian manufacturer of tractor trailers, carts, and wagons, chaser bins, etc.

Lunch on the way Depart for Poltava Stop in Opishnya village that gives you an insight into the Ukrainian traditional crafts and popular art: embroidery, ceramics, carpet-making, artistic carving and “pysanka” making (painting of Easter eggs). Arrival in Poltava. Check-in at the hotel Dinner at the restaurant Day 6: Fri, June 26, 2020 (B/L/D) overnight in Poltava Breakfast at the hotel Departure for farm visits Visit to farm involved in organic cattle and crop farming: land bank - 8.5 thousand ha of organic certificated land; tillage: no-till; crops - wheat, barley, sunflower, corn, oats; total cattle herd – 6200, including 1880 milking cows; beef cattle (Aberdeen Angus) – 1000; average milk yield – 8000 kg per cow.

Lunch on the way Visit to dairy farm, subsidiary of huge dairy complex: total cattle herd – 980, including 745 milking cows; breeds – Ukrainian Black and White, Holstein; average milk yield – 30.5 l per cow; own heifer complex to breed young stock. Visit to feed center supplying 12 farms of dairy complex with feed: production capacities – 300 tons per day; different rations produced for milking cows, drying-off cows and calves.

Transfer back to Poltava Dinner at the restaurant Poltava – Farm visit #1 (~80 km), Farm visit #1 – Farm visit #2 (~70 km), Farm visit #1 – Poltava (~115 km)

Day 7: Sat, June 27, 2020 (B/L/D) overnight in Kyiv Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out City Tour of Poltava – famous for its cultural and historical heritage. Poltava Battle (between Sweden and Russia), a crucial event in the world history, took place here in 1709. It preserves authentic landscapes of the 18th century, original remnants of the defensive redoubts as well as memorable monuments and sights of the Great Northern War period. Visit to Poltava Long-Rage Aviation Museum – located on the territory of the former airbase that was functioning in the period of the World War II and later, in the period of the Cold War. Exposition consists of heavy bomber aviation, rare aircrafts from the Soviet period, as well as bombs and missiles. Lunch in the city Depart for Kyiv (~300 km) Arrival in Kyiv. Check-in at the hotel Dinner at the hotel’s restaurant

Day 8: Sun, June 28, 2020 (B/L/D) overnight in Kyiv Breakfast at the hotel Visit to Mamaeva Sloboda. You can see and feel how Ukrainian Cossacks lived at the Mamaeva Sloboda open-air museum. All the objects at the skansen reconstruct the life of the real 17-18th century Cossack settlement. Take part in traditional handicrafts: blacksmithing, candle-making, making a traditional reeled doll or dumplings (varenyky)

Traditional lunch on the territory Kyiv Pechersk Lavra Tour. It is a historic Orthodox Christian monastery situated atop the right bank of the mighty Dnipro River. The monastery was founded in 1051, today is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The complex includes 20 hectares of territory with 16 churches, two underground cave systems that contain the remains of Orthodox saints, a central cathedral, seminary and 96.5 meter tall bell tower. Dnipro riverboat trip to observe the main sights of Kyiv and fascinating panoramic view Dinner on the board Day 9: Mon, June 29, 2020 (B/L/D) overnight in Uman Breakfast at the hotel Check-out. Departure for Uman Visit to mixed farm: total land bank – 3,5 thousand of leased land; own seedling: grains (winter and spring wheat, barley) & corn; commercial production of cereals, flour and sugar; own production of corn and wheat hybrids; horticulture and cattle farming

Lunch on the way Visit to mixed farm, operated by Dutch farmer: total land bank - 16000 ha; crops - corn, winter wheat, rapeseed, soybeans, sunflower, sugarbeet; vegetable growing – onion, carrots, cabbage; tillage: no-till, mini-till; dairy farming & dairy training center: total cattle herd - 2226 cows,

milking herd – 994 cows; breed – Ukrainian black-and-white and Holstein; daily milk yield per milking cow - 30 kg Transfer to the hotel. Check-in Dinner at the hotel’s restaurant Kyiv – Farm visit #1 (~130 km), Farm visit #1 – Farm visit #2 (~105 km), Farm visit #2 – Hotel Day 10: Tue, June 30, 2020 (B/L/D) overnight in Odesa Breakfast at the hotel Check-out. Transfer to Uman for meetings Meeting with Ukrainian Agricultural Council, aims at lobbying the interests of the agricultural sector. This is the umbrella association that unites: • Association of Milk Producers: total herd – 135 thousands, total number of cows – 56 thousands, land bank – 1.3 million ha, 140 members; • Association of Pig Breeders: total number of sows – 95 thousands; total land bank – 500 thousands ha, 30 members; • National Association of Sugar Producers: land bank – 2 million ha, 22 members; • First Ukrainian Agricultural Cooperative: land bank – 190 thousand ha, 66 members. Lunch Transfer to Odesa Arrival. Check-in at the hotel Dinner at the restaurant Uman – Odesa (~270 km) Day 11: Wed, July 1, 2020 (B/L/D) overnight in Odesa Breakfast at the restaurant Visit to Odesa Grain Terminal. It renders services in grain receiving, storing and ship loading for both export and import. Total service grain capacity - 97500 tons including elevator – 67500 and storing – 30000 tons. Main storing crops - wheat, maize, barley, rape sunflower Visit to Odesa Commercial Port. The largest port in the Black Sea-Azov region: 52 protected berths with a total quay length over 9000 m make it possible to accommodate 300 m long vessels with cargo carrying capacity up to 100 thousand tons (general tour around port territory)

Lunch in the city Odesa City Tour: National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, Deribasovska Street, Primorsky Boulevard, Potemkin Stairs, Duke de Richelieu Monument, City Garden, Belvedere of Vorontsov’s Palace Dinner at the restaurant

Day 12: Thu, July 2, 2020 (B/L/D) overnight in Odesa Breakfast at the hotel Departure for farm visits Visit to dairy farm & chees-making: land bank – 250 ha, total cattle herd – 1018; milking herd – 580 cows; breed – holstein, ukrainian black-and-white; annual average milk yield – 8400 kg per cow; housing system – free stall, open lot for milking herd; cheese-making factory: total milk processing capacity – 50 tons, current processing capacity – 35 tons

Lunch at the restaurant of winery

Visit to Shabo winery & vineyards. It produces Shabo-branded noble beverages at own production

facilities located in the immediate proximity of vineyards. You visit the wine culture center,

processing facilities, vineyards and tasting room, including wine degustation

Transfer back to Odesa Farewell dinner at the restaurant Odesa – Farm visits (~75 km) Day 13: Fri, July 3, 2020 (B/L) Departure - Breakfast & Check-out - Free time in the city: shopping, visit to wholesale agri-food market - Transfer to the airport - Registration for the flight. Departure

* Timing and program depends on departure flight

UKRAINE AG TOUR

Pricing for twin share rooms 20 Passengers LAND ONLY: $4459.00 per person 25 Passengers LAND ONLY: $4205.00 per person 30 Passengers LAND ONLY: $3998.00 per person

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS *2020 flight schedules have not been released by the airlines Based on 2019 rates the approximate flight cost is $1439 per person

Tour inclusions: • Accommodation in the 4*hotels (12 nights), twin sharing • Transportation by comfortable coach (water/snacks/wifi on board) • Full board: three-course meals & drinks included for the welcome and farewell dinners • English-speaking interpreter and tour coordinator services • Farm visits and meetings • City tours and leisure activity as per program, including entrance fees • Shabo wine tasting

To register your interest please contact: Leader Tours Inc.

Contact: Lawrence Rowley Toll Free: 1-844-370-7044 / Phone: 403-764-2044 [email protected] www.leadertours.ca