National Day tour 2012
Last updated: Dec 14, 2012
Sep 6 (Thu) – Sep 13/14 (Thu/Fri) Flight in/train out
9 days/ 7 nights in DPRK+1 night at the train
Pyongyang – Panmunjom – Kaesong – Mt.Myohyang – Wonsan – Mt.Kumgang -Pyongyang
Day 1 (Thu, Sep 6) - Arrive in Pyongyang by flight JS 252 at 17:10. Meet guides at Sunan airport. Sightseeing city-tour with Arch Triumph (three meter higher than in Paris) andMonument of Party Foundation.Check in and dinner at the Yanggakdo 4* Hotel. Expected ARIRANG MASS GAMES*.
Day 2 (Fri, Sep 7) – Breakfast.Drive to Panmunjom (village, where the 1953 armistice that halted the Korea War was signed), DMZ on the 38 parallel, Concrete wall. Drive to Kaesong - ancient capital of the first unified state on the Korean peninsula (Koryo) and home of Koryo insam (Ginseng). Lunch at Tongil Restaurant with national Korean cuisine Pansanggi. King Kongmin Tomb, Janamsan Park with wonderful view. Back to Pyongyang. Dinner at Mangyondae Restaurant.
Day 3 (Sat, Sep 8) - Breakfast. Drive to Myohyang Mountains. International Friendship Exhibition (halls of gifts to Eternal President Kim Il Sung and Dear Leader Kim Jong Il), Buddhist Temple Pohyon from 11th century. Lunch at Hyangsan Hotel 3*. Back to Pyongyang. Korean War Museum with animated 1:200 models (moving soldiers, blasting bombs and revolutionary music), Bowling center. Dinner at Chongryu Restaurant (Hot Pot).
Day 4 (Sun, Sep 9) – National Day – 64th anniversary of Foundation of Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea. Breakfast. KumsusanMemorial Palace - Mausoleum of President Kim Il Sung (no T-shirts, jeans, miniskirts etc.), Mansudae Grand Monument (flowers presented at 20 m high bronze statue of President Kim Il Sung),Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery (memorial to revolutionaries who fought against Japanese occupation). Lunch on the Boat Restaurant Pyongyang № 1. US spy ship "Pueblo" (captured by North Korea in1968), Pyongyang’s Metro (probably the deepest in the world, some stations about 150 m under surface), Juche Tower (150 m high view over the city, lift is 5 EUR/person). Book & Stamp Shop (you can ask about some "propaganda" posters there). Expected Mass Dance Evening at the Kim Il Sung's Square. Dinner at Duck Restaurant.
Day 5 (Mon, Sep 10) - Breakfast. Grand People’s Study House (people’s library), Art Gallery (from historical pieces to anti-imperialist art), Mangyongdae Native House (birthplace of President Kim Il Sung). Picnic lunch on Ryongak Hill. Mansudae Art Studio, Middle School with children’s performance, walking in Fountain Park. Dinner at the restaurant.
Day 6 (Tue, Sep 11) - Breakfast. Drive to Wonsan - the biggest North-Korean seaport (3,5 hour journey to the East Coast, driving across North Korea - not so many people have done it!). Visit Ullim Waterfall en-riute. Check in Songdowon 3* Hotel. Lunch. Chonsam cooperative farm, Songdowon International Schoolchildren's Camp, Botanical garden. Dinner at Kalmaegi Restaurant.
Until recently tourists from the North cannot visit the most beautiful part of Kumgangsan Mountains (Outer Kumgang), because it was rented by South Korean Hyundai Asan and accessible only for South Koreans. For now Outer Kumgangsan area opened for all tourists and we offer you to make a journey to the mysterious Diamond Mountains famous by its fantastic scenery!
Day 7 (Wed, Sep 12) - Breakfast. Drive to Kumgang Mountains (Diamond Mountains), trekking in Outer Kumgang to Kuriong Waterfall. Lunch at Mokran Restaurant. Stop at Samil Lagoon (Sea Kumgang) and rest there. Back to Pyongyang. Farewell Dinner.
Day 8 (Thu, Sep 13) – Breakfast. Transfer to Pyongyang main railway station and departure at 10:10 am.
Day 9 (Fri, Sep 14)- Arrive to Beijing at 9:40 am.
* Attention! The Mass Games Show date is subjects to changes.