North Korea May Holiday Tour 2012 - Extended
North Korea May Holiday Tour 2010. The application deadline for this tour is April 3 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.
Day 1 - April 28 (Sat)
- Depart from Beijing at 13.00 flight JS 152 Terminal 2, Beijing Capital Airport
- Arrive in Pyongyang at 16.00 (Pyongyang time)
PM
- Fountain Park
- Mansudae Grand Monument
- Arch of Triumph
- Hotel check in
- Welcome Dinner: Yanggakdo Hotel
Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang
Day 2 - April 29 (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
- 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 3 - April 30 (Mon)
AM
- Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
- Depart to Kaesong (Panmunjom, the DMZ)
- 38th Parallel - chance to see the line dividing the Korean peninsula and enter the blue rooms used for negotiations between North and South Korea
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 Kongmin
- Drive back to Pyongyang
- Workers' Party Monuments
- Dinner: Chongryu Restaurant, Pyongyang
Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang
Day 4 - May 1 (Tue) - International Workers' Day
AM
- Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
- Korean Art Studio - where statues, paintings, carvings and many forms of DPRK propaganda are produced
- Korean Film Studio - see where DPRK films are produced
PM
- Lunch: Picnic lunch, Pyongyang
- Moranbong Park - see locals celebrate Workers' Day
- Ride on Pyongyang Metro with locals - the deepest metro in the world
- Mangyongdae Native House - Kim Il Sung's birthplace
- Juche Tower - chance to go up the 150 metre tower (170 metres including the torch) that offers a panoramic view of Pyongyang.
- Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum
- Walk around the Taedong River
- Kim Il Sung Square - Mass Dances expected
- Dinner: Duck BBQ Restaurant, Pyongyang
Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang
Day 5 - May 2 (Weds)
AM
- Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
- Drive to Mount Myohyang
- International Firendship Exhibition Centre - exposing thousands of presents given to Kim Il Sung, his son Kim Jong Il and his wife Kim Jong Suk
- Pohyon Temple
PM
- Lunch: Chongchon Hotel, Mt. Myohyang
- Drive back to Pyongyang
- Grand People's Study House
- Pyongyang Maternity Hospital
- Farewell Dinner: Pyongyang City Restaurant
Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang
Day 6 - May 3 (Thurs)
AM
- Breakfast
- Train to Beijing
PM
- Stopover at Sinuiju train station bordering China
Overnight: train
Day 7 - May 4 (Fri)
Arrive in Beijing at 08:31 am
End of tour
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