Over the last few weeks the world has gone from the grip of election fever to frankly election fatigue! Yes, it does appear that Biden has beaten Trump, although with both still claiming victory and the courts still to come, who actually knows what will happen. The Trump presidency obviously ruffled a few feathers and […]

We are launching our new brand of exclusive t-shirts and want to hear feedback from our pioneers! Please vote for your favorite design below and share it on your Facebook/ Twitter / Instagram. We will randomly select one person who has shared the above to win the design that receives the most votes.

At YPT we are always looking for new staff members to join our team around the world. We often don’t require experience in the industry or specialist skills but a willingness to be part of the team and learn new skills in a number of fields, from marketing, website development to tour guiding. Job opportunities […]

It is fair to say that YPT, and me, in particular, have more than a passing interest in eating street food, and it is rare to take a tour with Young Pioneer Tours, including North Korea where we do not indulge at least a little with street food? But how do you define street food? […]

As a primarily online company we have, as you’d might expect, more than a passing interest in the website of both our competitors and friends. It’s particularly heartwarming when one of our customers begins a website that blossoms into a pretty big deal. Lounge Review is one such website. Lounge Review: a brief history Patrick […]

Young Pioneer Tours are famous for taking people to ‘places your mother would rather you stayed away from’, but there are some places that, regardless of what your mother thinks, you really shouldn’t go to. North Sentinel Island is one of those places. North Sentinel Island is part of the Andaman Islands, a bunch of […]

La Mauritanie, colonie française puis ancien territoire d’Outremer jusqu’à son indépendance dans les années 60, est l’un des pays du nord de l’Afrique que l’on mentionne moins. Bien que son industrie touristique en soit à ses premiers balbutiements, le pays, trait d’union entre le Maghreb et l’Afrique Sub-saharienne, gagne à être découvert! Plusieurs activités ne […]

Breaking news regarding the DPRK travel ban: As you may by now be aware, the DPRK has closed it’s borders to tourists to prevent any possibility of Ebola entering their country. Further measures have been implemented to protect the DPRK from Ebola. The DPRK government, concerned about the spread of the virus, has set up the […]

YPT are still planning to run their annual Pyongyang Amateur Golf Classic, for those interested in playing golf in the DPRK, or golf in North Korea if that makes more sense…. We ran our first competition in 2010, and whilst it was not the first time that people have played golf in North Korea, or […]

We have just returned from our first tour of the year to the DPRK, taking 7 of only 21 tourists in the whole country!!!! We will be posting pictures as soon as possible. We currently have around 10 each signed up for both our April and May tours, with spaces still available for Young Pioneers […]