Friday 9^th May – Beijing, China

• Meet your YPT guide at 1:00pm at Mansudae Art Gallery in 798 Art Zone. During this meeting, we’ll go through the tour’s itinerary, tourist regulations, receive DPRK delegation visas, as well as a great chance to meet your fellow travellers and to discuss any other questions you may have about the DPRK.

Saturday 10^th May – Beijing – Pyongyang, DPRK

• Meet YPT staff at Beijing Capital Airport (PEK) Terminal 2 at the Air Koryo check-in counter at 9:30am for your departing flight at 12:25pm arriving into Pyongyang at 3:30pm to a warm welcome from your Korean guides.
• Dinner at a local restaurant on Ryomyong street – a residential street constructed in 2017 with a metro station, local shops and lines of new tall apartment buildings
• Check in and overnight at the Koryo Hotel.

Sunday 11^th May – Pyongyang

Morning

• Buffet breakfast at hotel
• Morning walk along Pyongyang’s main avenue from Pyongyang Grand Theatre down towards Kim Il Sung Square
• Explore Kim Il Sung Square – the central square of the capital and where previously military parades have taken place
• The Foreign Language Bookshop – your perfect opportunity to purchase North Korean books, magazines, pins, posters, newspapers, and other collectables
• 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: 40RMB or 5 euros).
• Grand People’s Study House – a library and academic centre for adults. Languages classes are occasionally held here and teachers welcome our groups for impromptu lessons. This grand building is built in the Korean style and affords a great view over the central square.

Afternoon

• Lunch at the KITC restaurant in Mangyongdae District – here you can have the chance to sample Pyongyang’s famous Cold Noodle dish or the Korean traditional Bibimbap amongst other dishes.
• Visit the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum (Korean War Museum) – an English-speaking Korean People’s Army officer will guide you through this enormous museum featuring captured American weapons, tanks, air planes, and a panoramic dioramas
• USS Pueblo – the only US Naval vessel held captive by another nation and the centre of a major incident in 1968.
• Ride the Pyongyang Metro – ride 6 stops in total on the famous and deepest underground metro in the world!
• Exiting at the Arch of Triumph – the second largest Victory Arch in the world, built to celebrate the triumphant return of Kim Il Sung after the Anti-Japanese war.
• Stop by Kwangbok Department Store – Pyongyang’s busiest department store. Here is your best chance to browse through locally made North Korean goods and to have access to local DPRK Won currency.
• Hwasong Beer Bar – usually a very busy and happening bar in Pyongyang, cheap beers with over seven different local brews on tap! Coffee and soda also available
• Dinner at the Korean Hot Pot restaurant
• Overnight at the Koryo Hotel

Monday 12^th May – Pyongyang

Morning

• Buffet breakfast at hotel
• Attend the opening ceremony of the Pyongyang International Spring Trade Fair and explore over 450 different booths and demonstrations that will be taking place this morning at the Youth Hall. This is the largest trade fair held in North Korea. Products and presentations vary from agriculture to pharmaceuticals, from the latest IT technically to construction equipment, and from household goods to foodstuffs.  This also happens to be a great scene into the street food of North Korea. We will spend the majority of the morning here to give you time to explore.

Afternoon

• Lunch at Moran Hill Restaurant
• Visit Kim Jong Suk Textile Mill – established in 1948, it is the largest textile factory in Pyongyang with over a thousand employees producing fabric. The local workers will demonstrate the spinning, dyeing, and weaving techniques used in the DPRK.
• Visit Mansudae Art Studio – where the nation’s most important art work and statues are created. This is where we get to meet some of the local artists too.
• Head to Gold Lanes Bowling to play and mingle with some locals – bowling is 20RMB or 2.50 euros per game – here they also have laser ag, and a 4D simulator with locally made virtual movies including one of our favourites that has you in the front seat of a pilot during a battle with an unknown enemy.
• Dinner at the Pottongang Restaurant
• Overnight at the Koryo Hotel

Tuesday 13^th May – Pyongyang – Mt. Myohyang

Morning

• Buffet breakfast at hotel
• Revolutionary Martyr’s Cemetery – the resting place of the greatest anti-Japanese revolutionary fighters, each grave features a bronze bust of the hero laid to rest within.
• Monument to the Party Foundation – the iconic stone monument with the giant hammer, sickle and calligraphy brush – built in 1995 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea
• Juche Tower – The second tallest stone tower in the world, it represents the eternally burning Korean Juche Ideology. To visit the top is 40RMB or 5 euros.

Afternoon

• Lunch at Pyongyang’s famous Korean BBQ Restaurant – located across the road from Pyongyang’s famous central park
• Begin drive up to Mt Myohyang along the highway – 2 and a half hours north of Pyongyang.
• Explore Manpok Valley – a gentle hike through along the river which includes waterfalls, and unique rock formations. For those energetic we’ll guide you to the top which offers stunning views of the Myohyang mountain ranges.
• Check-in to Hyangsan Hotel – considered the best hotel in the entire country. This five-star deluxe hotel is situated between the mountain ranges of Mt. Myohyang and offers an indoor swimming pool, spa, sauna, massage, karaoke bar and a revolving restaurant on the top floor.
• Dinner, drinks and overnight at Hyangsan Hotel

Wednesday 14^th May – Mt. Myohyang – Pyongyang

Morning

• Breakfast at hotel
• Visit the International Friendship Exhibition – buried deep into the mountain, these two large exhibitions hold the gifts presented to Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un from people, governments and institutions all over the world. One of the most unique visits we’ll be making this tour.
• Pohyon Temple – One of the five famous temples of Korea and one of the largest Buddhist temples in the DPRK.

Afternoon

• Lunch at the Hyangsan Hotel
• Drive back to Pyongyang and on the way stopping at Ryongmun Cavern – one of the most famous cave complexes in the DPRK and is famous for its stalactite and stalagmite formations. Be sure to pack a jacket as the caves are rather cool all year round.
• Arrive in Pyongyang and dinner located downtown
• Evening stroll from the west side of Pyongyang to the east crossing over the Taedong River for a perfect photo opportunity of May Day Stadium – the world’s largest seated capacity stadium.
• Check-in to Koryo Hotel
• Kaeson Funfair – enjoy the latest of the DPRK’s amusement parks! (Entry 20RMB or 2 euros per person)
• Overnight at Koryo Hotel

Thursday 15^th May – Pyongyang

Morning

• Buffet breakfast at hotel
• Morning walk along Hwasong Street – one of the largest construction projects in Pyongyang’s recent history. Opened in 2024, Hwasong (translating to Mars) houses up to 50,000 families and showcases futuristic designs, blending modern skyscrapers with traditional socialist monuments, contributing to Pyongyang’s distinctive cityscape.
• Attend a presentation by the Pyongyang Chamber of Commerce for an in-depth overview and analysis of the DPRK economy.

Afternoon

• Lunch in downtown Pyongyang at a local restaurant
• Kangdong Greenhouse Farm – a large-scale agricultural project dedicated to increasing food production for Pyongyang. Spanning over 1,050 structures, it includes advanced greenhouses, processing facilities, residential quarters, and public buildings. Innovative cylindrical cultivation systems enhance nutrient absorption and light exposure, accelerating plant growth and allowing crops to be harvested within 20 days of transplanting seedlings
• Mangyongdae Schoolchildren’s Palace – the DPRK’s largest schoolchildren’s palace. We’ll have a chance to visit classrooms to see students studying their elective subjects including dancing, sports, musical instruments, calligraphy, computer science, embroidery and more. The students of the palace will put on a spectacular performance.
• Mangyongdae Native Home – Birthplace of the President Kim Il Sung and where he spent the early years of his childhood.
• Dinner at Pyongyang’s New Hope Restaurant with a live performance and farewell
• Overnight and farewell drinks at the Koryo Hotel

Friday 16^th May – Pyongyang

Morning

• Buffet breakfast at hotel
• Munsu Water Park – with Indoor and outdoor pools and waterslides available, the park also features plenty for those who don’t want to swim, including a café, beer bar, table tennis, billiards, gym, massage or get a North Korean haircut – swimming 80RMB other services around 50RMB. A great place to mingle with local people!

Afternoon

• Attend the final day of the Pyongyang Trade Fair and the closing ceremony. This will take up most of the afternoon.
• Taedonggang Beer Bar – usually a very busy and happening bar in Pyongyang, with Pyongyang’s finest brew on tap. Coffee and softdrink also available
• Farewell dinner at the Korean National Restaurant
• Overnight at the Koryo Hotel

Saturday 17^th May – Pyongyang – Beijing

• Head to Pyongyang Sunan International Airport and depart at 9:00am on Air Koryo flight arriving into Beijing Capital Airport (PEK) Terminal 2 at 10:00am
• Tour concludes

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