North Korea Tour Information

Our North Korea tours start in Dandong, situated in North East China.

Here is the 4 day tour itinerary. For details of the longer tours please email us.

 

Day 0: Free day in Dandong whilst we process your visa. We recommend you take a boat trip along the Yalu River to get your first taste of north Korea - looking over from the other side.

 

Boating trip along the Yalu river, viewing the old North Korean ships on the other side   Chairman Mao statue, Dandong 

 

Day 1: We will meet outside Dandong train station at 9am ready to board the train into North Korea. We cross the Yalu river on the Sino-Korea Friendship bridge over to Siniuju. Leave the train after customs checks and transfer to North Korean train and meet your tour guides. Train leaves for Pyongyang, packed lunch is provided of authentic Korean food. View the beautiful Korean countryside through the train windows throughout your journey to Pyongyang. We reach Pyongyang in time for dinner before later heading to the Yanggakdo hotel. Evening spent at leisure around the hotel grounds.

 

Sino Korea Friendship bridge  North Korean countryside at Myohang 

 

Day 2: After breakfast we visit the Mansudae Monument, a huge 20 metre bronze statue of Kim Il Sung and the Cholima Statue. We then head to Panmunjom in Kaesong the 'truce village' that straddles the North/South Korean border and visit the Armistice Hall, where the truce was signed at the end of the Korean war. We are given talks by North Korean military personnel explaining the history of the site before heading over to visit the DMZ or Military Demarcation line; an area that Bill Clinton described as 'one of the most dangerous places in the world'. Afterwards we will go for lunch before returning to Pyongyang in the afternoon to view the Sino-Korea Friendship Tower and visit Kim II Sung’s former residence at Mangyongdae village. We will go for a traditional Korean meal before; depending on the time of year we will either return to the hotel to spend the night at leisure or head to the national stadium to view the Mass Games or 'Arirang' a huge event held in the national stadium consisting of more than 150,000 performers.

 

North Korean soldier in the Armistice Hall at Panmunjom  Mangyongdae village

 

Day 3: After breakfast we are driven to Mount Myohang to appreciate one of the most beautiful areas in the Korean peninsula. Afterwards we visit the International Friendship Exhibition Hall, a huge complex consisting of over 90,000 gifts given to Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il. Including the amazing extravagant site of two trains given to Kim Il Sung by Chairman Mao and Joseph Stalin! After lunch we return to Pyongyang and visit the worlds deepest subway to admire the incredible murals and take a trip along the subway on one of the trains. Afterwards we will visit the Youth palace to watch students in training before viewing a special performance by local children. We go to a local restaurant for full three course Korean dinner before heading back to the hotel to spend the evening at leisure.

 

Mass Games  Pyongyang Subway

 

Day 4: After breakfast we will have time in the export store for shopping. Your chance to buy items such as Korean literature, artwork and much more. We are then driven out to view the Arch of Triumph and Tower Of The Juche Idea before returning to the train station before dinner for our journey back to Siniuju and out of North Korea. Lunch is provided on the train.

 

Tower of the Juche Idea  The Arch of Triumph

 

 

 

*tours are subject to change. Some aspects of the tour might be altered slightly depending on the guides/weather/time of year. Some guides will offer extra places to visit, depending on how much they like you!

 

Our budget priced North Korean tours allow you to enter the country by train, thus enabling you to view true north Korean village life as you pass through the countryside. However, for anyone who would prefer to travel by air, we can arrange flights by Air Koryo on request.