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Welcome to the Young Pioneer Tours Blog, the place where we we keep you informed about everything YPT, from current tours, to future tours and a whole lot of eclectic stuff in between.
YPT first started blogging in 2008 and are considered the best North Korean Travel blog that there is.
But, as Young Pioneer Tours have expanded our locations, so have we expanded our blog. Now we have one of the best travel blogs in the world!
And while most of our content is about the numerous destinations we go, including travel guides and what to pack, we also delve into more serious subjects such as the safety of certain destinations, as well as how LGTBQ+ friendly the places we visit are.
While the vast majority of our content is produced in-house, we are always on the look-out for guest bloggers and writers. Want to write for us? Then simply get in touch.
You can also check out our sister publication YPT Life.
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Top 11 Korean Foods to try
17 December 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
At Young Pioneer Tours we do not just consider ourselves experts about North Korea, but about all things Korean in general. We have written a lot about the top street food, snacks and foods of North Korea, but by doing this have skipped a whole beat ab …
Cutud Lenten Rites 2020 Media & Photography Packages
17 December 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Cutud Lenten Rites Festival is a yearly festival held in San Pedro, Pampanga Province. The Cutud Festival is the largest of its kind whereby penitents get nailed to the cross on Good Friday. This is one of the largest media events in the Philippines, w …
Kenji Fujimoto’s sushi restaurant
17 December 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Kenji Fujimoto is famous as being the former chef of Leader Kim Jong Il. He has also written a few books, and publicly maintains a close friendship with Marshal Kim Jong Un, which led to him coming back to Pyongyang and opening a restaurant. So, what i …
How to say Hello in Mongolian
17 December 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Tours to Mongolia are one of our favorite things to do at Young Pioneer Tours, be it passing through on the Trans-Mongolian Railway, taking part in the Nadaam Festival, doing a bit of Mongolian Wrestling, or simply chilling in the Gobi Desert. Whilst m …
Everyday DPRK – Sinuiju City
17 December 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Sinuiju city is the border city between North Korea and China. Sitting opposite Dandong and across the Yalu River, Sinuiju is the first “taste” of North Korea that tourists travelling into the country get. The Sinuiju – Pyongyang train actually spends …
North Korea in January
17 December 2019 / by Nicolas Platt
While January may not be the most popular month to travel to North Korea, going during the countries low season has its own distinct advantages. Despite January being the coldest month of the year in Korea, here are our top 5 reasons to visit North Kor …
Which travel company should you use to Visit North Korea?
17 December 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Traveling to North Korea is a big enough choice in itself, then of course you have to decide which company to go with. There are a lot of different (Western) companies offering various tour packages to North Korea. Now for obvious reasons we consider Y …
Korean International Travel Company (KITC)
17 December 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
All travel agencies that bring people to North Korea use a local (North Korean) based travel agency. The situation is not dissimilar to InTourist, for those old enough to remember travel to the old Soviet Union. Both InTourist and KITC not only ran/run …
Nampho West Sea Barrage
16 December 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Nampo Beach Young Pioneer Tours like to get our customers as off the beaten track as possible (as in not just staying in Pyongyang), and one of our favourite palces is Nampho/Nampo, situated on the West Coast of North Korea. There are a lot of reasons …
