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Welcome to the Young Pioneer Tours blog about everything North Korea, and all of our other special off the beaten the track destinations.
Since starting in 2008 we have seen blogging about North Korea and our other great destinations as a great way to engage with our customers and to show the world a slice of life in the great destinations we visit.
Due to the mass amount of great content we create, as well as receive from our Pioneers we have since started our travel lifestyle magazine “The Young Pioneer”.
We’re always looking for contributors to our sites, so feel free to browse through our blogs, and , get in touch if you’d like to write for us.
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Top 5 Reasons to visit Sudan
November 20, 2019 / by nicplatt
Young Pioneer Tours just embarked on an epic trip to Sudan, Bir Tawil, and South Sudan. To say we loved all three places would be doing a great disservice, all of them very much had their own charms and are worth a visit. Today though, let’s concentrat …
Wine Tours to Morocco
November 20, 2019 / by nicplatt
Back in the day, Morocco was a huge winemaking country, despite being a Muslim country. Over the years as religious issues got in the way, wine production decreased massively, but now under the stewardship of the current ruler King Hassan II. In the la …
Stag Tours to Chernobyl (and Kiev)
November 14, 2019 / by nicplatt
We have been running both independent, and group tours to Pripyat, and Chernobyl for over 10 years now, we know Kiev inside out, and in our humble opinion Kiev, with a side dish of a visit to Chernobyl make for a fabulous bachelor party.
Top 5 Silliest questions I got as a tour guide in North Korea
November 14, 2019 / by nicplatt
Look, we all travel to learn, no doubt. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a firm believer that “there’s no such thing as a stupid question,” but from time to time North Korea inspires odd questions that do a little more than cock an eyebrow. So in the interest o …
YPT’s Inaugural Tour to Bir Tawil
November 14, 2019 / by nicplatt
At Young Pioneer Tours we are always looking to push the boundaries of established tourism by trying to get as off the beaten track as possible. This is what led us to Bir Tawil… If you have never heard of Bir Tawil, read this blog, but to give the ver …
Win a Free Trip to North Korea (is back)!
November 14, 2019 / by nicplatt
Every year for the last 7 years Young Pioneer Tours have been running a competition to win a free trip to North Korea. Other companies have tried similar things, but only YPT have kept it running year by year. And now we are back! For 2019/2020 we are …
Ri Myung Hun – The World’s Tallest Basketball Player!
November 13, 2019 / by nicplatt
Many people talk about North Koreans being short, and whilst some of them obviously are, I know at least a few that are very tall. There’s a guide I know called Mr Lee, everyone calls him tall Lee. I’ll accept that’s fairly anecdotal, but then there’s …
Differences Between Southern Iraq and Kurdistan
November 13, 2019 / by nicplatt
Iraq (Iraq proper, Baghdad Iraq or Southern Iraq, as you might call it) and Iraqi Kurdistan are destinations that are dear to our heart, having been doing tours there for years now. While the people of those two regions have the same passport, use the …
