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North Korea Tour Info
Now on sale! 2012 DPRK Amateur Golf Open. Click here for more details
Our other upcoming current group tours are as follows:
15th-19th May 2012: 5 day/4 night £799
15th-22nd May 2012: 2012 DPRK Amateur Golf Open £1249
4th-7th June 2012 and 6th-9th June 2012: 4 day/3 night tour £599
15th-18th August 2012: Mass Games tour £699 (inc Mass Games ticket)
22nd-25th August 2012: Mass Games tour £699 (inc Mass Games ticket)
29th August-1st September 2012: Mass Games tour £699 (inc Mass Games ticket)
11th-14th September 2012:
Mass Games tour
£699 (inc Mass Games ticket)
7th-10th November 2012:
4 day/3 night tour
£499
Details of our standard tour are below:
Our North Korea tours start in Dandong, situated in North East China. However,
we can arrange onward travel to and from Beijing.
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.
Day 1:
We will meet outside Dandong train station at 9am ready to board the
bus into North Korea. We cross the Yalu river on the Sino-Korea Friendship bridge over to Sinuiju. Leave the
bus 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 Korean countryside
and workers in the fields through the train windows throughout your journey to Pyongyang.
It is a great chance to mix with locals on the train and also stand on the
bustling platforms while the train stops at each town and city along the way.
We reach Pyongyang in time for dinner before later heading to the Yanggakdo hotel. Evening spent at leisure around the hotel grounds.
Day 2:
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 Arch of Triumph and Mangyongdae Native House.
Afterwards we will visit the Youth palace to watch students in training before
viewing a special performance by local children. 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.
Day 3:
After breakfast we
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'. Also visit the
Koryo History Museum and the Tomb of king Wang Gwon. Afterwards we will
go for lunch before returning to Pyongyang in the afternoon to view the
Tower of Juche Idea and take a trip on the Pyongyang Metro. We will go for a traditional Korean meal before
returning to the hotel where you will have the chance to shop at the
export store.
Day 4:
After breakfast we will return to the train station for our
journey back to Sinuiju and out of North Korea. Lunch is provided on the
train. Arrive back in Dandong at 16.30.
*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.
