North Korea May Week Tour 2011
North Korea May Week Tour 2011. The application deadline for this tour is April 4 2011. 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 30 (Sat)
- Depart from Beijing at 13.00 flight JS 152 Terminal 2, Beijing Capital Airport
- Arrive in Pyongyang at 16.00 (Pyongyang time)
PM
- Mansudae Grand Monument
- Fountain Park
- Hotel check in
- Welcome Dinner: Yanggakdo Hotel
Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang
Day 2 - May 1 (Sun) - International Workers' Day
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
- Mangyongdae Native House - Kim Il Sung's birthplace
- Moranbong Park - see locals celebrate Workers' Day
- Ride on Pyongyang Metro - the deepest in the world
- 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
- Dinner: Rungrado Restaurant
Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang
Day 3 - May 2 (Mon)
AM
- Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
- Depart to Panmunjom (the DMZ) by coach
- 38th Parallel
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 3 (Tue)
AM 
- Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
- Drive to Mount Myohyang
- International Friendship Exhibition Centre
- Pohyon Temple
PM
- Lunch: Hyangsan Hotel
- Drive back to Pyongyang
- Korean Art Studio - where statues, paintings, carvings and manyforms of DPRK propaganda are produced
- Korean Film Studio - settings where DPRK movies are filmed
- Children's Palace / Middle School - see children's performance
- Farewell Dinner: Duck BBQ Restaurant, Pyongyang
Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang
Day 5 - May 4 (Weds)
AM
- Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
- Train to Beijing
PM
- Stopover at Sinuiju train station bordering China
Overnight: train
Day 6 - May 5 (Thurs)
Arrive in Beijing at 08:31 am
End of tour
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