National Park "Biloberezhzhya Svyatoslav"

"Beloberezhe Svyatoslav" - a national park, which is located in Ochakov and areas Berezan Mykolayiv region. The park is taken under the protection of the unique nature of Kinburn Spit - a long peninsula that separates the Dnieper-Bug estuary and the Gulf Yagorlytsky . The length of the streamer is about 40 km and the width - 8-10 km.

Beloberezhem Slavs called sand bars on the banks of the Dnieper. In the year 972, returning from the Bulgarian campaign, on the shore of the peninsula wintered Prince of Novgorod and Kiev Svyatoslav. According to one legend is on the Kinburn Spit was a temple of Demeter - the goddess of fertility.

Because on the one hand the peninsula washed by the Dnieper, the other - the Black Sea, then formed a kind of microclimate. The shore is covered with pine forests and dotted with a variety of herbs. Some species listed in the Red Book of Ukraine. This is one of the largest areas of wild orchids in Europe, an area of about 60 hectares. Another natural attraction Kinburn Spit - lake with healing mud, there are about 150 sources. Here are found not only the steppe animals, but there are unique raccoon dog, spotted deer, foxes and beavers. On the beach you can find a sea turtle, its shell diameter is 40 cm.

National Park "Beloberezhe Svyatoslav" was created in 2009 by presidential decree, its area reaches 35 thous. Ha. He is one of the best places in Nikolaev for ecological tourism.