• • Seeing sights that few Westerners get to view
  • Developing cross-cultural relationships with your guides and gaining possible insights into North Korean life
  • Experiencing perhaps brief but telling interactions with some local people
  • Visiting the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)  
  • Marveling at mountain scenery and weirdly shaped rock formations
  • Touring a country where little has changed for decades

North Korea Tour Highlights

Day 1, Arrive Beijing: Forbidden City, overnight train to Pyongyang

Day 2-4, Pyongyang: Arch of Triumph, Fountain Park, USS Pueblo, Fatherland Liberation War Museum, Juche Tower, Mansudae Art Studio, Grand People's Study House

Day 5, Mount Myohyang: Pyohon Temple, International Friendship Exhibition, enjoy a traditional Korean BBQ

Day 6, Kaesong: DMZ, site of the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement, Koryo Museum, Tomb of King Kongmin

Day 7, Return to Beijing

Trips that follow this itinerary:

North Korea Highlights with Intrepid - 9 Days, value trip

Expedition - Pyongyang Marathon in North Korea - 10 Days, value trip 

Inside North Korea with Explore - 12 Days, value trip