Our 2015 Golf Tour program gives amateur and not-so-amateur golfers and golf enthusiasts the opportunity to play on one of the world's least-known and most challenging golf courses. The program provides an exciting balance of golf play and cultural and social excursions. The focus of the tour is to interact with local golfers and to test oneself and each other on the Pyongyang Golf Course. Very few foreigners have trodden here before, and the course record is definitely up for grabs.
The match play format is still being negotiated with the local partners, but we promise that our participants will be in for a golf treat that very few have experienced before.
The basic tour is for five days and four nights, allowing for everyone to take a short break from work and to add a competitive round on the world's most exclusive golf course to their track record.
We will also visit sites of national and cultural interest in Pyongyang, and we will take an overnight tour to Kaesong and the Demilitarized Zone in the south of the country. This trip offers unrelenting sensational experiences and will take your breath away ! We will also enjoy some down-time with our local golf friends at the Kaeson Fun Fair and hopefully witness a performance by the incredible Pyongyang Circus or at the School Children's Palace !
Provisional trip program*
Day 1 - Saturday June 13th
Meet at Beijing Capital Airport Terminal 2 at 10.00 am for Check-in
13.00 Flight from Beijing to Pyongyang, arrival in Pyongyang at 16.00 (local time; two-hour flight)
Customs at Pyongyang Airport, meet guides and driver, visit Mansudae Grand Monument, Fountain Park, walk along the Taedong River from Kim Il Sung Square to the Grande Theatre. Transfer to Koryo Hotel.
Accommodation : Koryo Hotel, Pyongyang
Evening entertainment (microbrewery, bowling, ...)
Day 2 - Sunday June 14th
Morning : Visit to Mangyongdae (birthplace of Kim Il Sung), Tower of the Juche Idea, Monument to the Party Foundation, Pyongyang Metro (6 stops)
Afternoon : Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery, Moranbong Park (see the locals on their day off), War Monuments, Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum, USS Pueblo
After dinner : Kaeson Fun Fair (1 or 2 Euros per ride)
Meeting to discuss and finalise tournament format, handicaps and pairings.
Accommodation : Koryo Hotel, Pyongyang
Evening entertainment : visit microbrewery, discuss handicaps and tournament format. Practice at the Pyongyang Driving Range or at the Koryo Hotel indoor practice area
Day 3 - Monday June 15th
Morning : Practice round on Pyongyang Golf Course (8.30 am to 2 pm). Where needed, setting of handicap.
Lunch at the Pyongyang Golf Course restaurant
Afternoon : Visit Kang Bang Suk Secondary School - meet with the Principal, visit classrooms, meet and spend time talking with the students, student performance.
Drive to Kaesong, make stop at the tomb of King Kongmin and/or at the Concrete Wall in the DMZ.
Transfer to Hotel in Kaesong.
Accommodation : Minsok Folklore Hotel, Kaesong (traditional hotel, we sleep on thin mattresses on the heated floor)
Day 4 - Tuesday June 16th
Morning : Guided visit to the DMZ and the Panmunjom Peace Village - see the last Cold War frontier on our planet and learn more about what keeps these two countries divided. Visit Koryo Museum, stamp and gift shop, and Kaesong City.
Lunch in Kaesong, then return to Pyongyang
Afternoon : Visit the School Children's Palace - guided tour, attend a stunning performance. Visit Mansudae Art Studio, Paradise Department Store
Accommodation : Koryo Hotel, Pyongyang
Day 5 - Wednesday June 17th
Morning : Golf competition - the official event ! We hit the greens and the roughs on the Pyongyang Golf Course, aiming to become the first ever DPRK Koryo Golf Open Champion.
Competition round from 8.30 am until 3 pm (depending on the quality of play)
Lunch at the Pyongyang Golf Course restaurant
Afternoon :Visit Grand People's Study House, Kim Il Sung Square, Foreign Languages Bookstore
After dinner : Awards ceremony and farewell dinner with local hosts. Followed by drinks at local micro-brewery, coffee shop or Minigolf Course.
Accommodation : Koryo Hotel, Pyongyang
Day 6 - Thursday June 18th
Morning : Depart Pyongyang by Air Koryo at 9 am, arrive Beijing 10 am local time.
Alternatively*, depart Pyongyang by train at 10.30 am, arrive in Dandong at 6 pm. Dandong extension option, or continue on overnight train to Beijing, arrival in Beijing at 8 am on Tuesday June 23rd.
End of trip
Extensions to this tour are possible, and non-US passport holders* have the option to leave the DPRK by train (via Dandong). For further details on these options, please contact us.
*Please be advised that the above program is provisional and that some small changes may occur
The match play format is still being negotiated with the local partners, but we promise that our participants will be in for a golf treat that very few have experienced before.
The basic tour is for five days and four nights, allowing for everyone to take a short break from work and to add a competitive round on the world's most exclusive golf course to their track record.
We will also visit sites of national and cultural interest in Pyongyang, and we will take an overnight tour to Kaesong and the Demilitarized Zone in the south of the country. This trip offers unrelenting sensational experiences and will take your breath away ! We will also enjoy some down-time with our local golf friends at the Kaeson Fun Fair and hopefully witness a performance by the incredible Pyongyang Circus or at the School Children's Palace !
Provisional trip program*
Day 1 - Saturday June 13th
Meet at Beijing Capital Airport Terminal 2 at 10.00 am for Check-in
13.00 Flight from Beijing to Pyongyang, arrival in Pyongyang at 16.00 (local time; two-hour flight)
Customs at Pyongyang Airport, meet guides and driver, visit Mansudae Grand Monument, Fountain Park, walk along the Taedong River from Kim Il Sung Square to the Grande Theatre. Transfer to Koryo Hotel.
Accommodation : Koryo Hotel, Pyongyang
Evening entertainment (microbrewery, bowling, ...)
Day 2 - Sunday June 14th
Morning : Visit to Mangyongdae (birthplace of Kim Il Sung), Tower of the Juche Idea, Monument to the Party Foundation, Pyongyang Metro (6 stops)
Afternoon : Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery, Moranbong Park (see the locals on their day off), War Monuments, Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum, USS Pueblo
After dinner : Kaeson Fun Fair (1 or 2 Euros per ride)
Meeting to discuss and finalise tournament format, handicaps and pairings.
Accommodation : Koryo Hotel, Pyongyang
Evening entertainment : visit microbrewery, discuss handicaps and tournament format. Practice at the Pyongyang Driving Range or at the Koryo Hotel indoor practice area
Day 3 - Monday June 15th
Morning : Practice round on Pyongyang Golf Course (8.30 am to 2 pm). Where needed, setting of handicap.
Lunch at the Pyongyang Golf Course restaurant
Afternoon : Visit Kang Bang Suk Secondary School - meet with the Principal, visit classrooms, meet and spend time talking with the students, student performance.
Drive to Kaesong, make stop at the tomb of King Kongmin and/or at the Concrete Wall in the DMZ.
Transfer to Hotel in Kaesong.
Accommodation : Minsok Folklore Hotel, Kaesong (traditional hotel, we sleep on thin mattresses on the heated floor)
Day 4 - Tuesday June 16th
Morning : Guided visit to the DMZ and the Panmunjom Peace Village - see the last Cold War frontier on our planet and learn more about what keeps these two countries divided. Visit Koryo Museum, stamp and gift shop, and Kaesong City.
Lunch in Kaesong, then return to Pyongyang
Afternoon : Visit the School Children's Palace - guided tour, attend a stunning performance. Visit Mansudae Art Studio, Paradise Department Store
Accommodation : Koryo Hotel, Pyongyang
Day 5 - Wednesday June 17th
Morning : Golf competition - the official event ! We hit the greens and the roughs on the Pyongyang Golf Course, aiming to become the first ever DPRK Koryo Golf Open Champion.
Competition round from 8.30 am until 3 pm (depending on the quality of play)
Lunch at the Pyongyang Golf Course restaurant
Afternoon :Visit Grand People's Study House, Kim Il Sung Square, Foreign Languages Bookstore
After dinner : Awards ceremony and farewell dinner with local hosts. Followed by drinks at local micro-brewery, coffee shop or Minigolf Course.
Accommodation : Koryo Hotel, Pyongyang
Day 6 - Thursday June 18th
Morning : Depart Pyongyang by Air Koryo at 9 am, arrive Beijing 10 am local time.
Alternatively*, depart Pyongyang by train at 10.30 am, arrive in Dandong at 6 pm. Dandong extension option, or continue on overnight train to Beijing, arrival in Beijing at 8 am on Tuesday June 23rd.
End of trip
Extensions to this tour are possible, and non-US passport holders* have the option to leave the DPRK by train (via Dandong). For further details on these options, please contact us.
*Please be advised that the above program is provisional and that some small changes may occur