Korea
South Korea is an amazing place to visit. It offers everything travelers to could want in a destination. It has a fascinating history, rich culture, amazing food, lively people, and an excellent tourism infrastructure. It is a country with contrasts, with tourist attractions with modern and traditional elements. It is home to one of the most unique attractions in the world that can be visited, a part of a military border between two countries that are still technically at war (the DMZ). Travelers to South Korea can experience and enjoy the harmony between tradition and modernity.
Seoul Tour
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Day 1:
Depart Honolulu for Seoul.
Day 2:
Arrive at Seoul’s Incheon Airport; after entry formalities, transfer to hotel.
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Seoul city tour, visiting Gyeongbok Palace, National Folklore Museum, Chogesa Buddhist Temple, Insadong Antique street, N-Seoul Tower and East Gate Open Market. (B)
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Day tour to the city of Yongin and Korea Folk Village, an open air museum model according to the Late Joseon Dynasty, provide visitors with a broad aspect of Korean food, clothing, and housing style of the past. (B)
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Day tour to the Panmumjeom Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the border that divides South and North Korea. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Korea is the only divided country in the world. The DMZ, which cuts the Korean peninsula roughly in half with a 2-kilometer stretch on either side, could be considered one of the last relics of the Cold War. Visitors will get to visit an observatory, one of North Korea’s infiltration tunnels, a military base, and right into Panmunjeon, the Joint Security Area in the middle of the DMZ where negotiations between the two sides are held. (B)
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Days free at leisure for you to explore the city at your own pace. (B)
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Transfer to Incheon Airport for departure. (B)