Tours & Tour dates

Itinerary - Summer Exclusive Tour

Thurs 26th Aug

AM: N/A

PM: JS252 flight from Beijing to Pyongyang, meet your Korean guides who will accompany you during your stay. Drive to hotel via Arch of Triumph - similar to the French version (but bigger) - commemorates the liberation from Japanese rule - where you can go to the rarely visited top level. Also pay a visit to the Fountain Park - a picturesque area in the centre of Pyongyang (an opportunity to mix with locals) and the Mansudae Grand Monument - statue of DPRK President Kim Il Sung. Check in hotel.

OVERNIGHT: Potonggang Hotel, Pyongyang

Fri 27th

AM: Start the day with a visit to the Grand People’s Study House - enormous library/public university building modelled in traditional Korean style over looking Kim Il Sung Square - here you will meet with a local expert, after that walk round Kim Il Sung Square, followed by a tour led by an expert round the Central Art Gallery - the Louvre of Pyongyang showcasing historical and modern works of DPRK art. Lunch in Ok Ryu restaurant, Pyongyang’s most famous restaurant which specialises in cold noodles.

PM: After lunch visit the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum (Korean War Museum) - hear and see the DPRK version of the conflict, then hear a performance and meet the students and teachers at the Pyongyang Conservatoire, after which you'dd drive to the beautiful Mount Myohyang area (2 hrs). Dinner in Hyangsan Hotel revolving restaurant.
OVERNIGHT: Hyangsan Hotel, Mt Myohyang

Sat 28th

AM: DPRK Holiday, Liberation Day: International Friendship Exhibition - a series of enormous subterranean exhibition rooms housing gifts given to the DPRK’s leaders by foreign political figures, notable figures and organisations, Pohyon Temple - historical Buddhist temple which originates from 1042, but has been rebuilt often since. Lunch in Hyangsan Hotel restaurant.

PM: Return to Pyongyang (2 hrs), Moranbong Park - where locals like to spend their freetime, USS Pueblo - tour the American espionage ship captured in the 1968 and meet one of the sailors who captured the ship, expected Mass Dance and other events to mark Liberation Day (anniversary of Japanese surrender in 1945). Dinner in Chongryu Sinsillo Restaurant.
OVERNIGHT: Potonggang Hotel, Pyongyang

Sun 29th

AM: Kumsusan Memorial Palace - Mausoleum where President Kim Il Sung lies in state, private boat trip down the Taedong River to the Pyongyang suburb of Mangyongdae. Lunch and entertainment on the boat.

PM: Mangyongdae Native House - birthplace of the DPRK founder Kim Il Sung, Pyongyang Metro - the deepest in the world, take an extended ride on the trains with the locals, Moranbong Park - where locals like to spend their freetime, Department Store. Dinner in National Restaurant.
OVERNIGHT: Potonggang Hotel, Pyongyang

 

Mon 30th

AM: Drive to Kaesong (2.5 hrs) - a historical city near the DMZ which avoided being destroyed in the Korean War, visit the Panmunjom/DMZ - boundary between North and South Korea, Kaesong Embroidery Institute - where the finest embroidery in Kaesong is produced. Lunch in ‘Reunification’ restaurant.

PM: Local park and pavilion, Kim Il Sung statue, Tomb of King Kongmin - beautiful twin-domed tomb of the 31st King of the Koryo dynasty and his Mongolian wife, return to Pyongyang (2.5 hrs), Pyongyang Diplomatic Club for dinner.
OVERNIGHT: Potonggang Hotel, Pyongyang

 

 

Tues 31st

AM: Flight from Pyongyang – Beijing 09:00-10:00. End of tour.

 

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TOUR COST: EUR 2390 (please note this tour is limited to 8 places and needs a minimum of 4 to run)

VISA FEE: EUR 30 (to be paid at the pre-tour meeting)

PRE-TOUR MEETING: Wednesday 25th August, 4PM, at our office in Beijing

EXPECTED WEATHER: It will be hot at this time with possible rain showers, around 20-25°C during the day.

 

TOUR FEE INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:

1. return flight Beijing-Pyongyang (business class if available)
2. all meals on the tour
3. deluxe class hotel accommodation
4. all entry fees
5. two guides and a driver per group
6. all transportation in DPRK
   
   

NOT INCLUDED IN THE TOUR FEE:

1. single room supplement of EUR 50 per night
2. spending money for drinks and souvenirs
3. DPRK visa fee EUR 30
4. tip for the guides (approx EUR 35-40 total)
5. entry tickets for Mass Games and special events if applicable – for example Revolutionary Opera if being staged, or a visit to the funfair
6. meals will have complimentary beer but you will have to pay for extra drinks above those provided. If you are vegetarian or have special dietary requirements then please inform us beforehand

 

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