Victory Day tour 2012
Last updated: Nov 22, 2011
July 26 (Thu) - Aug 2/3 (Thu/Fri) Flight in/ train out
9 days/ 7 nights in DPRK +1 night at the train
Pyongyang - Mt.Myohyang - Kaesong - Panmunjom - Wonsan - Mt.Kumgang - Pyongyang
Note please! Slight changes in the itinerary are possible after arrival in DPRK and beyond our control.
Day 1 (Thu, July 26) - Arrive in Pyongyang by flight JS 252 at 17:10. Meet guides at Sunan airport. Sightseeing city-tour with visiting Arch Triumph (three meter higher than the one in Paris). Check in and dinner at the Yanggakdo 4* Hotel.
Day 2 (Fri, July 27) - Victory Day in the Fatherland Liberation War (Korean War 1950-1953). Breakfast. Mansudae Grand Monument (flowers presented at 20 m high bronze statue of President Kim Il Sung),Chollima Statue, Juche Tower (150 m high view over the city, lift is 5 Euro/person), Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War, Mangyongdae House (birthplace of Kim Il Sung). Picnic lunch on Ryongak Hill. Pyongyang Circus performance* (entry ticket from 10 Euro/person), US spy ship “Pueblo” (captured by North Korea in1968), Bowling center. Expected Mass Dance Evening at the Kim Il Sung's square. Dinner at Chongryu Restaurant (Hot Pot).
Day 3 (Sat, July 28) - 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*. Chonju Rock (which is associated with ancient legend about King Tangun), trekking in the mountains with visiting Habiro Hermitage. Back to Pyongyang. Dinner at the restaurant.
Day 4 (Sun, July 29) - Breakfast. Kumsusan Memorial Palace - Mausoleum of President Kim Il Sung (no T-shirts, jeans, miniskirts etc.), Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery, Pyongyang's Metro (probably the deepest and the most beautiful subway in the world-wall size mosaic paintings and marble everywhere, some stations about 150 m under surface). Lunch at the restaurant. Drive to Kaesong - ancient capital of the first unified state on the Korean peninsula (Koryo) and home of Koryo insam (Ginseng). City tour, King Kongmin Tomb, Janamsan Park. Check in Folk Custom Hotel 3* with heated floor (no beds!) and dinner.
Day 5 (Mon, July 30) – Breakfast. Drive to Panmunjom (village, where the 1953 armistice that halted the Korea War was signed), DMZ on the 38 parallel, Concrete wall. Lunch at Tongil Restaurant with national Korean cuisine Pansanggi in Kaesong. Back to Pyongyang. Korean War Museum with animated 1:200 models (moving soldiers, blasting bombs and revolutionary music), Mansudae Art Studio (a lot of Korean Art pieces, you can buy the famous celadon ceramic here), Middle school with children’s performance. Dinner at the restaurant.
Day 6 (Tue, July 31) – 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-route. Check in Songdowon 3* Hotel. Lunch. Chonsam cooperative farm, Songdowon International Schoolchildren's Camp, Botanical garden. Dinner.
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, Aug 1) – Breakfast. Drive to Kumgang Mountains (Diamond Mountains), trekking in Outer Kumgang to Kuriong Waterfall. Lunch at Mokran Restaurant. Stop at Samil Lagoon (Sea Kumgang). Back to Pyongyang. Book&Stamp Shop(you can ask about “propaganda” postersthere). Farewell Dinner at Duck Restaurant. Expected ARIRANG MASS GAMES*.
Day 8 (Thu, Aug 2) – Breakfast. Transfer to Pyongyang main railway station and departure at 10:10 am.
Day 9 (Wed, Aug 3) - Arrive to Beijing at 9:40 am.
* Attention please! Dates of Circus performance and Mass Games are subject to change.