Duration: 12 hours (full day)
06:00 Early morning transfer to Kraskino village, excursion to Krestovaya hill, enjoy all-around view of Pos’et Bay and Bohai sile of 10th century (it is supposed to be a center of Bohai district Yan, which maintained active cooperation with Japan)
Lunch at local cafe
Transfer to Khasan
On the way excursion to Japanese port of 16th century. Excursions to Russian-Chinese and Russian – Korean Border, Visit to Church in Khasan village, “Daratsin” Lake (Lotus Lake), Friendship Bridge
Back to Vladivostok
Dinner on the roadside cafe
Late evening arrival to VVO
Description of Khasan area:
Khasan is a village in Khasansky District of Primorsky Region in Russia. Khasan is the only Russian settlement on the border with North Korea. It lies near Lake Khasan and the Tumen River. It is the link between Russia and North Korea, by a rail bridge over the TumenRiver. Directly across the river is the North Korean station in Tumangang Workers’ District, Sonbong.
Famous battle of Khasan Lake ( July 29, 1938 – August 11, 1938, part of Soviet-Japanese Border Wars) took place here. During the excursion you will have an opportunity to listen to many stories about this battle and a feat accomplished by Heroes of Khasan which ends with Soviet victory.
It is a unique excursion as it is available for a small group of people only as Khasan is declared to be a special bordering area, so to get the entrance permit a foreign visitor should contact us and ask to create a permission 1 month before the planned visit (we have to send all documents to the Border Guard Service for their consideration and signing).