Hi BdLkwk1969, Hartelijk bedankt! Thanks so much for your review and for having gone to North Korea with KTG Tours! It was a pleasure arranging your trip and meeting the three of you person! All the best, Rayco / KTG

Hey D4535UHsultana! Thanks so much for your review and picture! It’s a true honour to hear that out of the 3 companies you have been to DPRK with that you prefer KTG! We do work with who we think are the best guides in the DPRK based on our experience travelling with them and feedback from our travellers and also keep group sizes small (this New Year's Tour group had 12 people including our 2 DPRK guides and colleague going in with the group). It was a true pleasure meeting you at our offices in Shenyang and I hope to see you on more of our DPRK tours in the future! For anyone reading, D4535UHsultana decided to go to North Korea via Shenyang, where his DPRK visa was handed to him, and our colleague in Dandong went with him from Dandong by train to Pyongyang. The other travellers went by plane to Pyongyang from Beijing. Our departures are mainly from Beijing but we can arrange for you to go from Shenyang (train or plane) or Dandong (train) too if you prefer. All the best! Rayco / KTG

Hey Jordi! Thanks so much for your detailed feedback and for having gone to DPRK with KTG. It was a true pleasure meeting you in person and thank you too for sending those beautiful pictures and videos you took! Very glad to see that you enjoyed our small group. We firmly believe that having small groups allows for more flexibility once in North Korea and it also allows us to establish a much closer relationship with our local Korean guides. As you mention, it would be very hard to do so, or so we feel, with a group of say 30 people. Guides - we work with a list of guides who we think are best for the dynamics of the group and are very happy to see that you enjoyed the company of Sun Mi and Hyang Mi. We see them too as friends. They are curious and understanding and for us it is critical that we have guides in Korea who we deem to be top guides. Sun Mi guides many, many of our groups and we have always received excellent feedback for her, in fact she is always in high demand! She always loves our groups too, or so she tells us! Hyang Mi too guides many of our Spanish speaking travellers and we have received great feedback for her too. I agree that the general perception of people is that guides are very strict, hardly allow you to take pictures, etc, when it is pretty much the opposite. The most important thing is that we follow the rules you mention, which are very straightforward as you say. As you say too, Koreans are indeed very proud people and those who show foreigners their country take a lot pride in doing so. And true, customs too tend to be very kind and this surprises many travellers. Thank you too for your feedback regarding the places you enjoyed the most. New Year’s in Pyongyang is indeed a unique experience, gathering with thousands of locals at Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate the New Year. As for the Munsu waterpark, I am extremely happy to see that you enjoyed it as we will be adding it more to our tours. It offers us a great chance to relax and enjoy an afternoon with locals! Thank you once again for your valuable feedback Jordi! We hope to have you join one of our tours again in the future! Best regards, Rayco / KTG

Hello Piet! Thank you for your detailed feedback. I am very happy to see that you enjoyed our November Tour. It was a pleasure meeting the two of you. Glad to see that you liked the combination of different aspects of Korea that you saw. We try to show people as much as many aspects as possible! Although this is one of our lowest priced tours we stay at the Koryo Hotel in Pyongyang which is one of the best. Staying one night at the folk hotel in Kaesong city certainly adds to the experience! Great to see that you enjoyed the diversity in the group. Although there were just 7 travellers there were people from 5 countries! We always have this happen in our group tours. For our New Year tour for example we had 10 travellers and people from 8 different countries! Thank you once again for your feedback Piet! Best regards, Rayco / KTG

Hello Øyvind, Thank you so much for your detailed feedback and for having picked KTG for your DPRK trip! It was a pleasure arranging everything and coordinating with you, video calling via Skype months before the trip and of course meeting you in person in Beijing. On a personal note, thank you so much for your feedback regarding my service and it was a pleasure being in touch with you when arranging everything! Very glad to see that you enjoyed the service provided by your Korean guides in DPRK. Many travellers expect them to be extremely strict and they are always surprised to see the they are humorous, approachable and basically just very nice people. We always work with guides we have received great reviews for from travellers. As for the hotels, the deluxe hotels are indeed very nice and well equipped. We use these hotels for all of our group tours too. The folk hotel does is indeed very modest but one night there adds to the experience. Well noted about the family visit in Pyongyang and we told our partners regarding this for any future requests. We understand that travellers may feel a bit sceptical making any deposit payments to an agency based so far away from Europe which is why we have been accepting deposit payments via PayPal or card for over 10 years now. Great idea to visit the beer bars in Pyongyang. It allows us to see locals have a drink and relax with friends and to get to mingle with them. Thanks once again for everything Øyvind! Best regards, Rayco Vega / KTG

Hi Frank A! Thank you for your review and for having gone on our Party Day Tour in October. It was a pleasure arranging everything with you and we are glad to see that the tour surpassed your expectations. Good to see you were happy with the hotel too! We use the highest standards hotels in Pyongyang for all of our group tours, even our lowest priced ones. All the best, Rayco Vega / KTG

Hi Tom! Thank you so much for your feedback! It was a pleasure arranging your trip and I am glad to see that you are happy with KTG's services. The programs are indeed packed, we want to make sure that people see as much as possible of the country! Great to see that you enjoyed Han and Kim. As mentioned on many of our replies, the Korean guides we work with are amazing people. All the best, Rayco Vega / KTG

Dear Tobia, Thank you so much for your review! It was a true pleasure arranging your private tour and meeting the two of you in person before your trip. DPRK is indeed changing quickly, especially Pyongyang and now too the east coast with the Wonsan-Kalma project. Should be excited to see once it's finished! The Mass Games are too amazing! They had a break from 2013 to 2018. Let's hope that they will have them again in the future! Best regards Tobia, Rayco / KTG

Dear Viggo, Thank you so much for your review, it means a lot to us. It was a true pleasure arranging your private trip to North Korea, meeting you in Beijing before the trip and in Dandong after the trip and chatting with you about the experience. I am glad to see that you enjoyed Mr. Kwak’s services in North Korea. Thank you once again Viggo! Rayco / KTG

Dear Vidar, Thank you for your detailed review! I am sure it will help future travellers! It was a true pleasure meeting you. We are very glad to see that you enjoyed the trip and our services. Indeed, the Mass Games are truly impressive. The Palace of the Sun is amazing, a sacred place in Korea. The Gift Museum and War Museums are impressive too, it only took 10 months for the War Museum to be built! It is a pity that we cannot take pictures inside, though we can take pictures outside and of the USS Pueblo. We definitely recommend taking the train at least once. It does allow us to see more and experience more of the DPRK. If anyone reading this thinks that taking the train both ways may be too tiring, it is possible to fly one way and take the train the other way. In such case we would strongly recommend flying in and exiting by train, especially after a long flight from Europe to China. Thanks again Vidar! Best regards, Rayco / KTG