Thursday 24^th October

• Meet your YPT guide at 1:30pm at the Beijing Zhong Gu Hotel near Beijing Railway Station found here. During this meeting, we’ll go through the tour’s itinerary, receive DPRK visas and tickets, as well as a great chance to meet your fellow travellers and to discuss any other questions you may have about the DPRK.
• Train takers depart Beijing Central station at 5:25pm for the 24 hour sleeper ride to Pyongyang.

Friday 25^th October

• Train group arrive at Dandong at 7:00am for Chinese border control then depart for Sinuiju at 10:00am for the extensive border control from the DPRK side
• Flight takers depart Beijing Airport Terminal 2 on Air Koryo at 12.55pm (Group will meet at Air Koryo check in counter).
• Flight group arrive in Pyongyang at 3:30pm to a warm welcome from your Korean guides.
• Train group arrive at 6:45pm to an equally warm welcome.
• Night stroll down Ryomyong Street, newly constructed in 2017 and known as Pyongyang’s ‘Green Street.’ This area houses professors and students of the nearby Kim Il Sung University.
• Traditional Korean dinner on Ryomyong Street.
• Overnight at the Koryo Hotel.

Saturday 26^th October Morning

• Walk through Mansudae Fountain Park and see the mosaic pictures of President Kim Il Sung and the Leader Kim Jong Il.
• Visit Mansudae Grand Monument – the two large bronze statues of President Kim Il Sung and Leader Kim Jong Il overlooking the city. (Optional extra – you can present flowers if you wish: small bunches are 2 euro, larger ones 4).
• Grand Peoples Study House – the largest public library in the DPRK with chance to view and even take part in an English lesson.

Afternoon

• Lunch at Okryu Restaurant – without question the most famous restaurant in the DPRK, known for its Pyongyang Cold Noodles, with the chef here responsible for cooking for Marshal Kim Jong Un and President Moon Jae-in at their first Inter-Korean summit in 2018.
• Pyongyang Metro! Ride from Stop 1 to Stop 2 then on to stop 6! Exiting to: The Arch of Triumph – The largest Victory Arch on the planet, it celebrates the victory over the Japanese and the return of the Kim Il Sung to his home city. Here we’ll also sample some snacks from the local street food vendors including the North Korean specific injo gogi bap, kim bap and locally made ice creams.
• Juche Tower – Monument to the everlasting Juche Ideology (optional 5 euro to go to the top).
• Monument to the Party Foundation – Built in 1995 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Worker’s Party.
• Dinner at Taedonggang Seafood Restaurant. Recently opened in 2018, this massive river-side establishment houses multiple restaurants and surreal, giant tanks with live fish and hosted Marshal Kim Jong Un and President Moon Jae-in for dinner in 2018.
• Overnight at the Koryo Hotel.

Sunday 27^th October Morning

• Kumsusan Palace of the Sun – the Mausoleum for the Great Leader President Kim Il Sung and the Dear Leader Kim Jong Il.

Afternoon

• Lunch at Kwangbok Department Store Food Court! Join the locals at East Pyongyang’s most popular lunch spot. This is the only place in Pyongyang where we can exchange our foreign currency for local currency and choose from a wide range of buffet food – food court style! Home to the cheapest draft beers in Pyongyang at 20 cents a pop.
• Visit the recently renovated Korean War Museum – let the local military guide show you around the enormous museum featuring dioramas, locally used weapons, tanks, aircraft and captured American equipment!
• USS Pueblo – The only US Naval Ship still held captive by another nation.
• School Children’s Palace – the largest of the school children’s palaces (extra-curricular centres) in the DPRK, we’ll first observe some lessons then watch the amazing performance.
• Dinner at Chaesong Restaurant – a conveyor belt shabu shabu restaurant only recently opened to tourists and one of the most unique, new restaurants showcasing a changing Pyongyang restaurant scene.
• After dinner we’ll head back to the hotel for a special North Korean liquor tasting night with a resident expert in all things locally-made North Korean liquor. With tasting notes we’ll try soju, makgeolli, red wine, brandy and sake all made locally in the DPRK.
• Overnight at the Koryo Hotel.

Monday 28^th October

• Morning stroll from the Grand Theatre down to Kim Il Sung Square – the Central Square of Pyongyang city and the place where all the action happens!
• Foreign Language Bookshop – with a large selection of books (even North Korea cook books!) in English and other European Languages as well as other souvenirs.
• Sample Pyongyang’s burgeoning café culture at what we like to dub Pyongyang’s first ‘hipster café’ – the Kumrung Café. (Coffee of your choice at extra cost).
• Head next door to Gold Lane Bowling Alley to bowl with the locals and experience the ‘4D Cinema’ complete with battle scenes against U.S. war ships!
• For lunch we’re heading to a Cooking Class where we will learn how to prepare a series of traditional Korean foods that we’ll prepare for our own lunch.
• Trip highlight! After lunch we’ll head to a very special visit to the Taedonggang Beer Brewery. North Korea’s most famous beer, this is the only tour that visits the brewery itself. After a tour of the brewery we’ll be able to sample the eight different varieties of beer at the brewery’s bar.
• What better way to finish off a beer brewery tour than a pizza dinner at Pyongyang’s very own Italian Pizza Restaurant. The chefs here were trained by Italians, with stone pizza ovens shipped over from Italy. Hands down the best pizza in Pyongyang. (Pizza extra cost at roughly $5-$10 per person)
• Stroll down the recently opened Mirae Future Scientist Street to see the futurist socialist architecture. Great for night photography.
• Overnight at the Koryo Hotel.

Tuesday 29^th October Morning

• Up nice and early to drive to Kaesong and the DMZ.
• The DMZ – See the rapidly changing face of what was once one of the most tense places on earth with the help of a friendly KPA officer who will not only give you a guided tour but also keep you safe. Also the only place you can take photographs of and even with a soldier!

Afternoon

• Head to the Kaesong Minsok Folklore Hotel where we’ll take part in a traditional Korean Bean Cake making workshop which we’ll enjoy with our traditional lunch of Korean Pasangi, a series of dishes served in bronze bowls. (Optional local specialty extras include ‘Sweet Meat Soup,’ otherwise known as dog soup (5 euro) or locally grown Ginseng stuffed whole chicken (30 euro) which can be split between several people).
• Koryo Museum – Korea’s first university and now a museum of history and culture. Also home of the best stamp and propaganda poster shop in the DPRK – so don’t forget your wallet!
• Drop by Sariwon City (capital of North Hwanghae province) to walk in the local folk custom park and view the city from the mountain pagoda.
• Try a locally-brewed fermented rice wine Makkoli in the local tea house.
• Photo opportunity of the Monument to the Three Charters of National Reunification that stands over the Thongil Highway.
• Dinner at the famous Pyongyang Duck BBQ restaurant for a quintessential Korean BBQ experience – Pyongyang style.
• Overnight at the Koryo Hotel

Wednesday 30^th October

• Early departure to visit the Ostrich Farm just outside of Pyongyang. Ostriches here are farmed for their meat and eggs. The eggs can feed up to ten people and are said to be a source of protein for the military.
• Next we’ll head to the Catfish Farm to see the processes of catfish being farmed, frozen and distributed. Here we can also try their smoked and dried catfish jerky. Surprisingly delicious!
• Head back into Pyongyang where we’ll have lunch at the Pottonggang BBQ Restaurant. One of our favourite local establishments before heading to the nearby
• Rakwon Beer Bar, a small micro-brewery and bar for some pints with the optional extra visit to pay a visit to the famous Kenji Fujimoto Sushi Bar. This little sushi bar is owned by the once private chef of General Kim Jong Il. (Sushi at extra cost depending on your appetite).
• Head to Munsu Water Park for a little end-of-tour R&R with indoor and outdoor pools and amazing waterslides. The park also features plenty for those who don’t want to swim, including a Haemaji coffee shop, a beer bar, table tennis, billiards, massage, or a beauty salon (various services extra charge, swimming and access to the gym, table tennis and billiards is 10 euro).
• Farewell dinner at the Ryugyong Restaurant. With the teppanyaki chef here having cooked not only once, but twice for Marshall Kim Jong Un, this is one of, if not Pyongyang’s fanciest establishment.
• Overnight at the Koryo Hotel.

Thursday 31^st October Morning

• Flight members depart at 10:30am for Beijing on Air Koryo (arriving at 11:30am Beijing time).
• Train members depart at 10:25am for Beijing on train K28

Friday 1^st November Morning

• Train members arrive at Beijing Railway Station at 9:00am

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