North Korea Extended Easter Tour 2012
North Korea Easter Tour 2012. The application deadline for this tour is March 9 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 5 (Thurs)
- Depart from Beijing at 14.00 flight JS 252 Terminal 2, Beijing Capital Airport
- Arrive in Pyongyang at 17.00 (Pyongyang time)
PM
- Fountain Park
- Mansudae Grand Monument
- Arch of Triumph
- Hotel check in
- Dinner at Yanggakdo Hotel
Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang
Day 2 - April 6 (Fri)
AM
- 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
PM
- 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
- Ride on Pyongyang Metro - take a ride in the deepest metro in the world with local Koreans
- Dinner: Chongryu Restaurant, Pyongyang
Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang
Day 3 - April 7 (Sat)
AM 
- Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
- Drive to Mount Myohyang - "fragrance mountain" is located in a beautiful quiet area of Korea. Chance to see a variety of landscapes when driving there
- International Friendship Exhibition Centre - see where thousands of gifts have been presented to Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Suk (wife and mother of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il respectively)
- Pohyon Temple
PM
- Lunch: Chongchon Hotel
- Drive back to Pyongyang
- Middle School
- Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum
- Dinner: Rungrado Restaurant, Pyongyang
Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang
Day 4 - April 8 (Sun)
AM 
- Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
- Kumsusan Memorial Palace (where the body of Kim Il Sung lies in state)
- Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery
PM
- Lunch: City Restaurant, Pyongyang
- Walk around Kim Il Sung Square
- Mangyongdae Native House - Kim Il Sung's Birthplace
- USS Pueblo - US spy ship, the only US vessel in possession of a foreign country
- Moranbong Park - where locals gather on holidays
- Juche Tower - chance to go up the 150 metre tower (170 metres including the torch) that offers a panoramic view of Pyongyang
- Workers' Party Foundation Monument
- Dinner: Pyongyang Duck BBQ Restaurant
Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang
Day 5 - April 9 (Mon)
AM
- Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
- Drive to Nampo City
- Chongsan Cooperative Farm - see how Koreans work and live in this model cooperative farm
PM
- Lunch: Restaurant in Nampo City
- Nampho Orphanage
- West Sea Barrage
- Nampo Mineral Water Factory
- Drive back to Pyongyang
- Dinner: Yanggakdo Hotel
Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang
Day 6 - April 10 (Tue)
AM
- Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
- Pyongyang Maternity Hospital
- National Institute of Embroidery
PM
- Lunch: City restaurant, Pyongyang
- Grand People's Study House - huge study house with an interesting variety of literature and amazing view of Kim Il Sung Square
- D.P.R.K Art Studio - wide variety of different forms of Korean art, including North Korean propaganda
- Children's Palace - children's performance
- Farewell Dinner: Pyongyang City Restaurant
Day 7 - April 11 (Weds)
AM
- Breakfast
- Train to Beijing
PM
- Stopover at Sinuiju train station bordering China
Overnight: train
Day 8 - April 12 (Thurs)
Arrive in Beijing at 08:31 am
End of tour
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