Attractions of Kobeliaky

The Kobeliaky Ecopark opened in 2018 as a municipal enterprise of the Kobeliaky City Council. It is located in a green area near the forest on the banks of the Vorskla River on the eastern outskirts of the city.

The ecopark is based on a contact zoo, which is home to such exotic animals as ostriches, kangaroos, monkeys, and porcupines. In addition, deer, foxes, nutria, the wild boar family are more common here, as well as domestic ponies, donkeys, sheep, goats, etc.

The Kobeliaky ecopark has recreation areas where you can conveniently have a picnic. Pony riding is offered, and there are several photo zones.

The Kobeliky Museum of Literature and Art is named after its founder, a local teacher, local historian, artist and writer Oleksiy Kulyk. It was thanks to his active work that the museum opened in 1982 (a memorial plaque was installed).

The museum is located in a separate building built in 1913. It presents about 2,000 exhibits.

The exposition tells about outstanding creative personalities of Kobeliaky region: bandura player Tamara Hrytsenko, poet Pavlo Usenko, writers Pavlo Zahrebelnyi and Oles Honchar, poetess Lyudmyla Ovdienko, artists Dmytro Levytskyi and Anatoliy Petrytskyi, and many other representatives of the creative and scientific intelligentsia.

A special place in the exposition is reserved for representatives of the Georgian community of Kobeliaky and the surrounding area.

Also in the museum you can learn about the origin of the name of the city, hear legends about its foundation, and get acquainted with historical facts about the development of the Kobeliaky.