Kim Il Sung 100th Birthday Extended Tour 2012
Kim Il Sung 100th Birthday Extended Tour 2012. The application deadline for this tour is March 12 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 12 (Thurs)
- Depart from Beijing at 14.00 flight JS 252 Terminal 2, Beijing Capital Airport
- Arrive in Pyongyang at 17.00 (Pyongyang time)
PM
- Mansudae Grand Monument
- Fountain Park
- Hotel check in
- Dinner at Yanggakdo Hotel
Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang
Day 2 - April 13 (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
- Dinner: Yanggakdo Hotel
Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang
Day 3 - April 14 (Sat)
AM
- Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
- Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum
- USS Pueblo - US spyship captured in 1968. Only US vessel in possession of foreign country
- Ride on Pyongyang Metro, the deepest in the world
PM
- Lunch: City restaurant
- 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 4 - April 15 (Sun) - National Holiday - Kim Il Sung's 100th Birthday
AM
- Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
- Kumsusan Memorial Palace (where the body of Kim Il Sung lies in state)
- Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery
PM
- Lunch: Pyongyang City Restaurant
- Mangyongdae - Kim Il Sung's Birthplace
- Moranbong Park (where locals picnic and gather on national holidays)
- Juche Tower - chance to go up the 150 metre tower (170 metres including the torch) that offers a panoramic view of Pyongyang
- Mass dancing in Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate this National Holiday - other celebrations may be expected though these have yet not been confirmed
- Dinner: Duck BBQ, Pyongyang
Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang
Day 5 - April 16 (Mon)
AM
- 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 Buddhist Temple
PM
- Lunch: Chongchon Hotel
- Drive back to Pyongyang
- D.P.R.K Films Studio - see where North Korean movies are filmed
- Grand People's Study House
- Dinner: City Restaurant, Pyongyang
Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang
Day 6 - April 17 (Tue) 
AM
- Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
- Drive to the port city of Wonsan on the East Coast
- Stop at Sinpyong Guest House
PM
- Lunch: Tomyong Hotel
- Old Train Station - see the train station visited by Kim Il Sung after the liberation of Korea from Japan
- Wonsan Agricultural University - university that has been visited many times by the leaders of the DPRK, it is located in the outskirts of the city of Wonsan
- Check-in: Tongmyong Hotel
- Dinner: City Restaurant, Wonsan
Day 7 - April 18 (Weds)
AM
- Breakfast: Tongmyong Hotel
- Walk to Jangdok Islet
- Wonsan Central Square - visit this lively square and see people go around their daily lives
- Drive to Pyongyang via the beautiful Ulim Waterfalls - (meaning "Echo Waterfalls" in Korean because of the noise they make) are located in an impressive secluded part of North Korea and a visit there will provide a great opportunity to relax enjoying its mountainous and lush landscape after a week of travel all over the DPRK.
- Gentle walk around the area
PM
- Picnic lunch
- Arrival in Pyongyang
- Walk around the Taedong River
- Farewell Dinner: City Restaurant, Pyongyang
Overnight: Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang
Day 8 - April 19 (Thurs)
AM
- Breakfast: Yanggakdo Hotel
- Train to Beijing
PM
- Stopover at Sinuiju train station bordering China
Overnight: Train
Day 9 - April 20 (Fri)
Arrive in Beijing at 08:31 am
End of tour Kim Il Sung 100th Birthday Tour
*Please note that the 100th Anniversary of the Birthday of Kim Il Sung will be one of the most important dates in the recent history of North Korea. As a result a high number of political delegations will be expected in the DPRK and the program above may be subject to change.
Please click go to our North Korea Tourism page to see more information on other tours that we offer other than our Kim Il Sung 100th Birthday Extended Tour.
