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[kass]

I tried doing a search here and couldn't find anythign. Anyone been on one of these? Which company did you go through?

[JustJohn]

There is a recent thread on this. Shouldn't be that hard to find.


However, I still have had anyone tell me how to get a one day trip to the mountain so I may as well ask again.

Anyone know?

[crazy_arcade]

Here's the deal:

1) You can go to a mountain and be bored in a resort that doesn't allow you to do anything.

2) You can take a very expensive day trip to kaesong.

3) You can go to Beijing and from there take a very expensive trip to Pyongyang.

4) Trip to North Korea will only be interesting if you have a high level of Korean.

5) Any tourist who pays the extreme fees to visit the country is helping to prop up that disgusting regime.

[mmace1]

With slightly more detail, your options are:

Go from S. Korea to Kaesong for a day trip (~200,000 won)
Go from S. Korea to a mountain tour for 1-3 days (price varies depending on days & quality of hotel, I believe it was around 200,000 - 600,000 won)

The two above are VISA-free so anyone can go.

Additionally, one take one of a multitude of longer & much, much more expensive tours. These tours require going to Beijing first then flying into N. Korea. It requires a VISA (S. Koreans can't get these), Americans sometimes can get VISAs for the mass games. Just google search "N. Korea tours" and you'll find them.

I don't know how to find the Kaesong/Mountain tours, as my Korean friend set them up.

You don't need to know Korean!! In fact it doesn't matter - they don't let you talk to the general population anyway (at least on the Kaesong tour - guessing it's the same for all tours.)

I went on the Kaesong tour & highly recommend it.

[jen_the_great]

[kass]

Thanks for the help guys.

[wings]

When you go on the tour to Kaesong do you get an exit and entry stamp in your passport?

Has anyone who is not on a work visa done this as a way to get 3 more months in the country?

Cheers!

[jen_the_great]