Kim Il Sung Birthday tour, 100th Birthday of Kim Il Sung

Kim Il Sung Birthday Tour 2012

Kim Il Sung Birthday Tour 2012. The application deadline for this tour is March 12 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 - April 12 (Thurs)

Depart from Beijing at 14.00 flight JS 252 Terminal 2, Beijing Capital Airport
Arrive in Pyongyang at 17.00 (Pyongyang time)

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

Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang

Day 2 - April 13 (Fri)

Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
Depart to Kaesong (Panmunjom, the DMZ)
38th Parallel (DMZ) - 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
Dinner: Yanggakdo Hotel

Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang

Day 3 - April 14 (Sat)

War museum North Korea

Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum
USS Pueblo - US spyship captured in 1968. Only US vessel in possession of foreign country
Ride on Pyongyang Metro, the deepest in the world, with locals

Lunch: City restaurant
Drive to the port city of Nampo
Chongsan Cooperative Farm - see how Koreans work and live in this model cooperative farm
Nampo Orphanage
West Sea Barrage
Drive back to Pyongyang
Dinner: Rungrado Restaurant

Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang

Day 4 - April 15 (Sun) - National Holiday - Kim Il Sung's 100th Birthday

Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery

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

Lunch: Pyongyang City Restaurant
Mangyongdae - Kim Il Sung's Birthplace
Moranbong Park (where locals picnic and gather on national holidays)
Juche Tower - chance to go up the 150 metre tower (170 metres including the torch) that offers a panoramic view of Pyongyang
Mass dancing in Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate this National Holiday - other celebrations may be expected though these have yet not been confirmed
Farewell Dinner: Duck BBQ, Pyongyang

Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang

Day 5 - April 16 (Mon)

Breakfast
Train to Beijing

Stopover at Sinuiju train station bordering China

Overnight: train

Day 6 - April 17 (Tue)

Arrive in Beijing at 08:31 am

End of tour

*Please note that the 100th Anniversary of the Birthday of Kim Il Sung will be one of the most important dates in the recent history of North Korea. As a result a high number of political delegations will be expected in the DPRK and the program above may be subject to change.

Please click go to our North Korea Tourism page to see more information on other tours that we offer other than our Kim Il Sung Birthday Tour.