Tourism North Korea - Liberation Day Tour to the DPRK

Tourism North Korea - Liberation Day Tour

Tourism North Korea - Liberation Day 2012, anniversary of the end of Japanese colonial rule on the Korean peninsula. The application deadline for this tour is July 18 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 - August 14 (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
Welcome Dinner: Yanggakdo Hotel

Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang

Day 2 - August 15 (Weds)

National Liberation Day, National Holiday

Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
War Museum - see the North Korean version of the war. This museum contains original vehicles and weapons used during the Korean War
USS Pueblo - US spy ship captured in 1968. The only US vessel held by a foreign country
Ride on Pyongyang Metro with locals - take the deepest metro in the world

Lunch: Picnic Lunch, Pyongyang - chance to see locals celebrate a national holiday
Moranbong Park - where locals gather on national holidays
D.P.R.K Film Studio - see where movies in North Korea are filmed
Mangyongdae Native House (Kim Il Sung's Birthplace)
Kim Il Sung Square - expected Mass Dances. Chance to dance with North Koreans during the celebrations of this National Holiday
Local funfair
Mangyongdae Restaurant

Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang

Day 3 - August 16 (Thurs)

AM Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery

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

Lunch: City restaurant, Pyongyang
Drive to the port city Nampo
Chongsan Cooperative Farm - see how farmers and their families live in this model cooperative farm, typical of communist countries
West Sea Barrage - see the 8 km long barrage that seperates the West Sea and the Taedong River; a source of national pride in the DPRK
Nampo Orphanage
Return to Pyongyang
Dinner: City Restaurant, Pyongyang

Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang

Day 4 - August 17 (Fri)

Kim Il Sung Monument in Kaesong AM

Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
Depart to Panmunjom (the DMZ) by coach
38th Parallel - 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
MASS GAMES
Dinner: Pyongyang Duck BBQ Restaurant

Street on the way to Mount Myohyang Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang

Day 5 - August 18 (Sat)

Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
Drive to Mt. Myohyang
International Friendship Exhibition Centre - after spending the night in this relaxing mountain in North Korea, 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

Lunch: Chongchon Hotel
Drive back to Pyongyang
Grand People's Study House
D.P.R.K Art Studio - see where North Korean propaganda in form of paintings and statues, as well as other artsworks, are made in North Korea
Dinner: Rungrado Restaurant, Pyongyang

Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel

Day 6 - August 19 (Sun)

Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
Drive to Wonsan (East coast) - see the scenery across North Korea; from west to east
Stop at Sinpyong Guest House

Lunch: Wonsan
Songdowon Beach - chance to swim with locals
Songdowon Children's Camp
Evening in Wonsan Square, Oriental Park
Hotel check-in: Songdowon Hotel

Overnight: Songdowon Hotel

Day 7 - August 20 (Mon)

Hamhung North Korea AM

Breakfast: Songdowon Hotel
Drive to Hamhung City - discover the second largest city in the DPRK. This industrial city was only open to tourism in 2010
Mt. Donghung - with an impressive view of Hamhung City, this place is a popular place for newly-weds

Lunch: hotel in Hamhung
Hamhung Palace - impressive building located in the city centre. The sight of foreigners here is extremely rare, as is the case throughout North Korea, in spite of this being a city of 800,000 people; the second largest in the DPRK.
Hungnam Fertiliser Factory
Risongye's House - house of the man who brought down the Koryo Dynasty
Drive to Majon guesthouse
Check-in Majon guesthouse - stay in a cottage located on the firstline of the beach
Dinner: Clam BBQ

Overnight: Majon guesthouse

Day 8 - August 21 (Tues)

Breakfast: Majon guesthouse
Bujon Revolutionary Sites
Drive back to Wonsan
Wonsan Agricultural University

Lunch: Wonsan city restaurant
Walk to Jangdok Island
Drive back to Pyongyang
Farewell Dinner: City restaurant, Pyongyang

Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang

Day 9 - August 22 (Weds)

Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
Train to Beijing

Stopover at Sinuiju train station bordering China

Overnight: train

Day 10 - August 23 (Thurs)

Arrive in Beijing at 08:31 am

End of tour

Please go from our Tourism North Korea - Extended Liberation Day Tour page to our Tourism North Korea section to see more information on other group and independent tours that we offer in the DPRK.