Beijing Dandong Tour
(North Korean Border Glimpse Tour)

Tour Description

Your tour guide will meet you at your hotel in Beijing and transfer you to Beijing Railway Station. You will be escorted to the Train No. K27 leaving Beijing at 17:27 for the city of Dandong. Stay overnight on the train ( 4-bed cabin ).

Meals: No

Arriving in Dandong at 07:15am, met by your tour guide in Dandong and transferred to Crowne Plaza Hotel Dandong for buffet breakfast. After breakfast, visit Great Wall at Tiger Mountain. Tiger Great Wall is named after the same name Tiger Mountain ( Hushan Mountain ). It is located by the Yalu River, opposite to the North Kore's Yuce Island and the old Shinuiju, about 15km to the east of Dandong's city center.

Tiger Great Wall is a restored stretch of the Wall with a length of 1250 meters with a sea level of 146.3 meters. Tiger Great Wall was built in 1469, often regarded as the eastern tip the Great Wall built in Ming Dynasty. In the scenic area, there is a Great Wall Museum – Tiger Great Wall Museum, one of the four Great Wall Museums in China. Standing on the Hushan Mountain (Tiger GreatWall ) where you can have a bird's-eye view of Yalu River and the North Korean Border.

Then visit Korea War Museum, officially known as Anti-US Aggression & Aid Korea Memorial. The memorial was inaugurated in 1958 and renovated and expanded in 1984. The whole memorial comprises three principal buildings – the Memorial Pagoda, the Exhibition Hall and the life-sized Diorama Hall. The Exhibition Hall has 10 show rooms displaying over 500 valuable prictures and 1000 artifacts, reproducing the magnificent scene of the War.

After lunch at a North Korean restaurant with singing and dancing, continue to have a boat trip on Yalu River. Take a speed boat from the pier for a 30-minute boat ride allowing you to have a glimpse of the North Korea's Border.

Stroll along the"Broken Birdge" , the first bridge ever built over Yalu River. It was constructed between August 1909 and October 1911, an iron bridge, 944.2 meters long, 11 meters wide with 12 arches. In December, 1950, the bridge was bombed by US Air Force during the Korean War. The bridge has been left less than halfway cross the river from Chinese riverside, hence the name of Duanqiao ( Broken Bridge). Now it has become an intriguing sight in Dandong. You can stroll along the Broken Bridge, feeling the Korean War by looking at the bullet and shell holes and bomb-damaged remains.

Then take the overnight train No.28 leaving Dandong at 18:31 for Beijing. Overnight on train ( 4-bed cabin ).

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Arriving in Beijing at 8:31am, met and transferred to your hotel in Beijing. End of your North Korean Border Glimpse Trip.

Meals: No

Price List for this tour (Price per person in US dollars)

Price inclusion: 1.All transfers and city transportation for your own use 2.Entrance fees and meals as mentioned 3.Private car or van with English speaking guide 5.Beijing - Dandong - Beijing overnight train ( soft sleeper) 6.The above private escorted tour can be tailor made.

Price exclusion: Tips to your tour guide and driver

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