August Tour North Korea - visit the DPRK in the Summer of 2012

August Tour North Korea - Liberation Day Tour

Tourism North Korea - Liberation Day 2012, anniversary of the end of Japanese colonial rule on the Korean peninsula. The application deadline for this tour is July 18 2012. If interested in extending your tour please send us an e-mail stating how long you would like to extend for and if there are any specific places you would like to visit.

If not a US citizen, you can also join this tour by train. Please contact us if you are interested in this option.

Day 1 - August 14 (Tue)

Depart from Beijing at 13.00 flight JS 152 Terminal 2, Beijing Capital Airport
Arrive in Pyongyang at 16.00 (Pyongyang time)

Fountain Park
Mansudae Grand Monument
Arch of Triumph
Hotel check in
Welcome Dinner: Yanggakdo Hotel

Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang

Day 2 - August 15 (Weds) - National Liberation Day, National Holiday

Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
War Museum - see the North Korean version of the war. This museum contains original vehicles and weapons used during the Korean War
USS Pueblo - US spy ship captured in 1968. The only US vessel held by a foreign country
Ride on Pyongyang Metro with locals - take the deepest metro in the world with Koreans

Lunch: Picnic Lunch, Pyongyang - chance to see locals celebrate a national holiday
Moranbong Park - where locals gather on national holidays
Juche Tower - chance to see the entire city of Pyongyang by going up 150 metres (the tower is 170 metres tall including its flame)
Mangyongdae Native House (Kim Il Sung's Birthplace)
Kim Il Sung Square - expected Mass Dances. Chance to dance with North Koreans during the celebrations of this National Holiday
Local funfair
Mangyongdae Restaurant

Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang

Day 3 - August 16 (Thurs)

Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
Kumsusan Memorial Palace (where the body of Kim Il Sung lies in state)
Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery

Bus Stop North Korea

Lunch: City restaurant, Pyongyang
Drive to the port city Nampo
Chongsan Cooperative Farm - see how farmers and their families live in this model cooperative farm, typical of communist countries
West Sea Barrage - see the 8 km long barrage that seperates the West Sea and the Taedong River; a source of national pride in the DPRK
Nampo Orphanage
Return to Pyongyang
Dinner: City Restaurant, Pyongyang

Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang

Day 4 - August 17 (Fri)

AM Young man in North Korea

Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
Depart to Kaesong (Panmunjomm, the DMZ)
38th Parallel - chance to enter the famous blue negotiation rooms where talks between North & South Korea have taken place

Lunch at Tongil Restaurant (Kaesong)
Koryo Museum (Kaesong)
Concrete Wall - built by the South and only visible from the North. See one of the world's most important nature reserves as hardly any humans have stepped on the land dividing the Korean peninsula since 1953
Tomb of King Wanggong
Drive back to Pyongyang
MASS GAMES
Farewell dinner: Pyongyang Duck BBQ Restaurant

Overnight: Yanggakdo

Day 5 - August 18 (Sat)

Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
Train to Beijing - ride through second tier cities and rural areas

Stopover at Sinuiju train station bordering China

Day 6 - August 19 (Sun)

Arrive in Beijing at 08:31 am

End of tour

Please go from our Liberation Day Tour page to our North Korea Tourism section to see more information on other group and independent tours that we offer in the DPRK.