North Korea Summer Tour 2012

North Korea Summer Tour 2012. The application deadline for our standard North Korea Summer Tour is May 30th 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.

Day 1 - June 19 (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: Yanggakdo Hotel
Welcome Dinner: Yanggakdo Hotel

Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang

Day 2 - June 20 (Weds)

Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
Drive to Mount Myohyang
International Friendship Exhibition Centre - exposing thousands of presents given to Kim Il Sung, his son Kim Jong Il and his wife Kim Jong Suk
Pohyon Temple

Lunch: Hyangsan Hotel
Drive back to Pyongyang
Ride on Pyongyang Metro
Juche Tower - chance to go up the 150 metre tower (170 metres includingthe torch) that offers a panoramic view of Pyongyang
Dinner: Rungrado Restaurant, Pyongyang

Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang

Day 3 - June 21 (Thurs)

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

Lunch: local restaurant in Pyongyang
Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum (Korean War Museum)
USS Pueblo - US spyship captured in 1968. Th only US vessel in possession of a foreign country
Children's Palace with performance
Drive to Kaesong
Check-in Minsok Hotel

Overnight: Minsok Korean Folk Hotel, Kaesong

Day 4 - June 22 (Fri)

AM Koryo Tombs Kaesong

Breakfast: Minsok Hotel
38th Parallel (DMZ)
Koryo Museum (Kaesong)

Lunch at Tongil Restaurant (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
Return to Pyongyang
Workers' Party Monuments
Walk around Kim Il Sung Square
Dinner: Duck BBQ Restaurant, Pyongyang

Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang

Day 5 - June 23 (Sat)

Mural in Wonsan City North Korea AM

Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
Drive to the coastal city of Wonsan (east coast) - cross the DPRK from all the way to the east coast, a very rare occasion to see towns and life in these isolated areas of the country
Stop at Sinpyong Guest House

Songdowon Beach (chance to swim in the sea), optional sludge baths
Songdowon Park
Check-in Dongmyong Hotel
Dinner: Dongmyong Hotel

Overnight: Dongmyong Hotel, Wonsan

Day 6 - June 24 (Sun)

Breakfast: Dyongmong Hotel
Chonsam Cooperative Farm - chance to see how farmers and their families work and live
Wonsan Agricultural University
Walk to Jandok Island
Walk around Wonsan City; Central Square and the pier

PM Children in North Korea

Return to Pyongyang
En-route picnic lunch
Arrival in Pyongyang
Evening walk around by the Taedong River in the centre of Pyongyang
Farewell Dinner: Yanggakdo Hotel

Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel

Day 7 - June 25 (Mon)

Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
Train to Beijing

Stopover at Sinuiju train station bordering China

Day 8 - June 26 (Tues)

Arrive in Beijing at 08:31 am

End of tour

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