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 May 2020 / by YPT Team
All the ingredients were present: Cheap, cold beer. A repressive Regime. Beautiful women. An amazing landscape with an engaging history. And, as usual, difficult to visit. Clearly, this recipe was uniquely created for a Young Pioneer adventure. I was f …
27 May 2020 / by YPT Team
We love unusual, little-known countries that no longer exist. We also love a country with a great name. The Bukharan People’s Soviet Republic ticks both of those boxes. The Emir of Bukhara, who managed to score one of the earliest colour photographs Th …
27 May 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
When you look at a map, Samoa and Tonga look quite close together, at least by Pacific standards anyway. Alas, there are no direct flights between Apia, the capital of Samoa and Nuku’alofa (easy for you to say) the capital of Tonga. The most popular wa …
27 May 2020 / by Pier Doyon
Mauritania has its own currency contrary to many of its neighbouring countries, which are all using the CFA. It is also interesting that the name of the Mauritanian currency, Ougiya is unique around the world, contrary to dollars, dinars and so on. Oug …
27 May 2020 / by Pier Doyon
The flag of Mauritania is probably the most recent flag of Africa. As we’ll see in more details below, its new shape has been adopted in 2017. It is a flag that symbolises the islamic culture of Mauritania. Design of the flag of Mauritania The flag of …
26 May 2020 / by Paris Hailwood
Bored of isolation and champing at the bit to get moving again? Well here are a few of our Central Asia Tours highlights that you can look forward to in 2024. Afghanistan Mega Tour, May Like with all of our Afghanistan tours we don’t publish these itin …
26 May 2020 / by
We’ve all heard of the Tom Daley’s and Michael Phelps’s of this world, but we seldom hear about the likes of Kim Kuk-hyang and Woo Ha-ram. Is there a reason for this? Well, yes – Probably because they’re distinctly average at watersports. So let’s have …
25 May 2020 / by Pier Doyon
The national flag of Eritrea is a colourful flag of East Africa. It has been the symbol of the country since 1995. Design of the flag of Eritrea The flag of the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front The Eritrean flag is a combination of the party flag of …
25 May 2020 / by Pier Doyon
The flag of Somalia is a very unique flag in Africa, where flags tend to go for the tricolor stripe design. Design of the flag of Somalia The Somali flag’s design is simple yet very efficient. It consists of a white five-pointed star on a light blue ba …