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 July 2015 / by Gareth Johnson
What is it like living in Transsnitria? YPT’s Gareth decided to give it a bash! A cold war relic. The last remnant of the Soviet Union. The only place in Europe that didn’t get the memo about the Berlin wall coming down. Strange flags, statues of …
26 June 2015 / by Gareth Johnson
A face crumpled with puzzlement, the brow all squished up, the corner of the mouth raised to the sky, and a particularly high inflection on “Turkmenistan?”, is usually what I’m greeted with when I tell peopleabout my favourite country and the …
28 May 2015 / by Nicolas Platt
The vast majority had previously taken part in marathon events – but undoubtedly there was something special about taking part in the Pyongyang marathon. After a feast of breakfast in the hotel banquet room that included everything from apples to …
16 May 2015 / by Gareth Johnson
In the spirit of all things World Cup, Young Pioneer Tours took a group of eight people in 2015 to Pyongyang to play a friendly game of football against local Koreans. We played the match on Friday morning and although Messi was replaced by Kim, and Pa …
5 May 2015 / by Gareth Johnson
On Wednesday April 22nd 2015, seven travelers hailing from the the US, Canada, Australia, and Ireland, became part of the very small handful of people to have walked across the bridge from Tumen, China into Namyang, DPRK. As if enterin …
30 April 2015 / by Gareth Johnson
Unfortunately due to the poor performance of the euro, and the rising costs we’ve faced because of this, we have had to increase some of our prices and there may be more to come soon. We will be increasing the costs of Victory Day Group A, Liberation D …
30 April 2015 / by Gareth Johnson
Unfortunately due to the poor performance of the euro and the rising costs we’ve faced because of this we have had to increase some of our prices and there may be more to come soon. We will be increasing the costs of Victory Day Group A, Liberation Day …
9 April 2015 / by Gareth Johnson
Think you know your North Korea? Here’s our alphabet run-through. A is for alcohol. A common misconception about the DPRK is that as the DPRK is a very strict society alcohol is not readily consumed. This couldn’t be further from the …
2 April 2015 / by Gareth Johnson
Marathons, beaches, markets, rural DPRK and more! Now that the borders are open again lets take a look at some of our more unique and exciting tours planned for the rest of 2015: The Mt Paektu Adventure Tour This trip is one of the most exciting and ep …