Discover Donetsk Oblast

• The «Zustrich» and «Dubovyi hai» ecological educational trails are located in Sviati Hory National Nature Park.
• The chalk cliffs near Bilokuzmynivka are a geological natural monument of local significance, located 500 m from the center of the settlement.
• Cultural heritage sites include the Sviatohirsk Dormition Monastery and St. Nicholas Church in Druzhkivka.

The natural areas described here are quite different: Sviati Hory National Nature Park lies in the Sviatohirsk community along the Siverskyi Donets River. Meotyda National Nature Park brings together sea spits, salt lakes, small rivers, warm sea waves, reed beds, saline soils, steppe slopes, and granite formations. Kleban-Byk Regional Landscape Park is described as one of the places in the oblast with particularly beautiful nature and good opportunities for recreation. These names represent different landscape themes, not the same kind of nature experience.

The chalk cliffs near Bilokuzmynivka also offer a distinct feature. They are considered a geological natural monument of local significance and are located 500 m from the center of Bilokuzmynivka in Kostiantynivka Raion. If you are initially looking for a specific landscape theme, you can distinguish these chalk formations from river landscapes, salt lakes, and steppe slopes.

Sviati Hory National Nature Park has two ecological educational trails: «Zustrich» and «Dubovyi hai». The latter passes by a Patriarch Oak, described as 600 years old. It is 29 m tall, 2 m in diameter, and has a trunk circumference of 6.3 m.

Excursion and tourist routes in Sviati Hory National Nature Park pass through the chalk mountains, also known as the Holy Mountains. For planning purposes, you can distinguish between the named «Dubovyi hai» educational trail, which is associated with the Patriarch Oak, and the excursion and tourist routes, which pass through the chalk mountains.

The Sviatohirsk Dormition Monastery is a religious, architectural, and natural heritage complex, and is one of eastern Ukraine's oldest spiritual and cultural centers. In Druzhkivka, St. Nicholas Church was added to the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine as a cultural monument of national significance; this was reported in April 2026. The church offers a different way to explore cultural heritage than the complex in Sviatohirsk.

Ukraine is also part of the broader cultural context of travel. Four of the Struve Geodetic Arc's original survey points are in Ukraine, established between 1816 and 1851. In Kyiv, Saint Sophia Cathedral preserves a collection of mosaics and frescoes dating from the 11th century.

First, decide which of the themes described matter for your trip: chalk formations, educational trails, river and salt lake landscapes, or cultural monuments. This gives you a clear idea of the regional focus you want when beginning your hotel search, without treating nature and cultural attractions as the same thing. So start by choosing the theme you would like to explore, then compare the available hotels according to your own travel plans.

Discover more destinations: Donetsk, Makiivka, Amvrosiivka, Yenakiieve, Mariupol, Kostiantynivka, Amvrosiivskyi Raion, Kostiantynivka, Horlivka, Shchurove, Prymorske, Sviatohirsk, Melekyne, Yatskivka, Bilosaraiska Kosa, Nyzhnyа Krynka, Kramatorsk, Yasynuvata, Pokrovka, Sedove, Sloviansk, Prokhorivka, Pokrovsk, Vodyane and Stepanivka.

What nature themes can you find in Donetsk Oblast?

The examples range from chalk cliffs and chalk mountains to river landscapes, salt lakes, reed beds, and steppe slopes. Kleban-Byk Nature Park is also associated with beautiful nature and opportunities for recreation.

What makes the «Dubovyi hai» educational trail distinctive?

It passes by a Patriarch Oak described as 600 years old. Its stated measurements are 29 m in height, 2 m in diameter, and 6.3 m in trunk circumference.

Which cultural sites are mentioned in Donetsk Oblast?

The Sviatohirsk Dormition Monastery is a religious, architectural, and natural heritage complex. St. Nicholas Church in Druzhkivka was added to the state register as a cultural monument of national significance.

For the broader travel overview: Ukraine.