Okhtyrka district (Okhtyrskyi) is located in the southern part of Sumy region, in the historical and ethnographic region of Slobozhanshchyna. The Vorskla River flows within the district.
The nature of the Vorskla floodplain is protected by the Hetman National Nature Park with the Litovsky Bir tract and the Bakirovsky hydrological reserve.
The administrative center of Okhtyrskyi district is the city of Okhtyrka, where the Intercession Cathedral, the Church of the Transfiguration, the Church of the Nativity of Christ, the Church of the Archangel Michael and other churches are located. But the main tourist center of the district is the city of Trostyanets, which attracts such historical and cultural monuments as the estate "Round Yard", Holitsyn Palace, Chocolate Muse ...