Welcome to the Young Pioneer Tours Blog, the place where we we keep you informed about everything YPT, from current tours, to future tours and a whole lot of eclectic stuff in between.
YPT first started blogging in 2008 and are considered the best North Korean Travel blog that there is.
But, as Young Pioneer Tours have expanded our locations, so have we expanded our blog. Now we have one of the best travel blogs in the world!
And while most of our content is about the numerous destinations we go, including travel guides and what to pack, we also delve into more serious subjects such as the safety of certain destinations, as well as how LGTBQ+ friendly the places we visit are.
While the vast majority of our content is produced in-house, we are always on the look-out for guest bloggers and writers. Want to write for us? Then simply get in touch.
You can also check out our sister publication YPT Life.
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27 December 2015 / by Gareth Johnson
Following news that the British, American, French, and Australian embassies are warning about possible attacks on Westerners in Beijing, YPT would like to give our own advice and take on things, particularly for those of our guests traveling …
22 December 2015 / by YPT Team
We’ve always taken interesting people to even more interesting destinations. It now happens to include an area commonly referred to as Central Asia. By Central Asia, we refer to the five ex-Soviet ‘Stans: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, …
19 December 2015 / by Gareth Johnson
Our local partner in Eritrea, Tekeste, truly is a sweetheart. Helpful, knowledgeable and adorable, YPT has been very impressed by his professionalism since the beginning of our collaboration. In his spare time, he teaches and mentors young st …
18 December 2015 / by Gareth Johnson
So December, and thus the end of the year, seems to have appeared from nowhere; meaning our thoughts move onto all the exciting things happening next year in North Korea. If you have not seen it already, the Young Pioneer Tours 2016 DPRK tour schedule …
15 December 2015 / by Gareth Johnson
Back by popular demand! Enjoy the tantalizing tones of YPT’s YouTube exclusive live stream of the Korean Central Broadcasting Station via medium wave broadcast from 873 kHz, Sinuiju. Available only in the DPRK or the border regions of China a …
13 December 2015 / by Alistair Riddell
Aside from Young Pioneer Tours regularly blogging about our budget tours to North Korea and the many new North Korean Tourist attractions that pop up in Pyongyang and other cities, we also try and do the odd piece about the wider is …
6 December 2015 / by Gareth Johnson
Our partner in Somaliland, Abdirizaq, tells us about his experiences and tourism in Somaliland. Is ka warran and soo dhowow! (hello and welcome) YPT: Thanks for your time today. To begin with, could you briefly introduce yourself to our blog …
30 November 2015 / by Gareth Johnson
A bridge is often a thing of unity, of connectivity and a symbolization for the joining together of places, people, or ideas. Not so in Mitrovica. In this Kosovan town where the southern half is made up of ethnic Albanians and the northern half of Koso …
23 November 2015 / by Gareth Johnson
Aside from Young Pioneer Tours regularly blogging about our budget tours to North Korea and the many new North Korean Tourist attractions that pop up in Pyongyang and other cities, we also try and do the odd piece about the wider issues and interests o …