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Day
1 UK to Korea
Depart from Heathrow or your preferred airport for a scheduled flight
to
Incheon Airport in Seoul, you are met by English speaking staff
and transferred to your Hotel. The rest of the day is at your leisure.
Day
2 Seoul
(breakfast inc)
Half day guided tour to see the main sights of Seoul city.
Our tour will include the Blue House (Presidential Office),
Chogesa Temple and the Joseon Dynasty Gyeongbokgung Palace
built in 1394.
Day
3
DMZ (breakfast inc)
Full day tour to the DMZ; 53 years since the outbreak of the Korean
War, the 155 mile cease fire line from the east sea to the yellow
sea has created the Demiliterised zone, now a haven for rare
wildlife and symbol of both war & peace. Our tour includes visiting
the 3rd North Korean Army infiltration tunnel, Dora Observatory
and Imjingak Pavilion. Following our tour we will return
to your hotel in Seoul.
Note:
All visitors to the DMZ must conform to the stict dress code, access
may be denied to visitors wearing jeans, sandals, shorts, miniskirt,
evealing clothes or military style outfits. You must also have your
passport on hand.
Day
4
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Seoul - Samhwasa
Temple (breakfast
inc)
Transfer tour to Samhwasa Buddhist Temple where we will be
met by the resident monks Who will explain their life and rituals
inside the temple. We will experience ritual tea drinking, 108 bows,
ringing of the Temple bell and have a delicious vegetarian meal
with the monks. A great experience for explorers who want to understand
Oriental cultures and meditation. Accommodation will be in the
Temple.
A
temple stay is a cultural experience designed to help people understand
buddhism in Korea. The stay offers various kinds of practicing methods
such as Ceremonial chanting, Zen meditation and tea ceremony. Participants
can find their true self and harmonise with nature while staying
in the temple.
Day
5
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Samhwasa
Temple - Mt Seorak (breakfast
inc)
Today we tour Mt Seorak located in stunning National parkland,
including a visit to Gwonkeumseong Fortress and 'moving
rock'. Hotel accommodation.
Day
6
Mt Seorak - Gyeongju (breakfast
inc)
We leave Mt Seorak and take a transfer tour of Gyeongju where we
visit Gyeongju National Museum, Anapji Pond, Cheomseongdae Observatory
and the Royal Tumuli Park. Hotel accomodation in Gyeongju.
Gyeongju
was the ancient capital of the powerful Silla Kingdom for 1,000
years. Gyeongju has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage site
and is often referred to a 'museum without walls' due to the numerous
historic building, temples and artifacts present. Not to be missed!!!
Day
7
Gyeongju
(breakfast inc)
Today
we take a facinating tour to see the Bulguksa Temple and
Seokguram Grotto before transfering to Busan via the
Tongdosa Temple. Hotel accomodation in Busan.
Busan
is Korea's principle port and second largest city, with excellent
beaches, outstanding shopping and siteseeing opportunities.
Day
8 Busan
- Jeju Island (breakfast
inc)
After breakfast take a tour to see the wide variety of fish being
sold at the Jakalchi Fish market. Next we visit the UN
Cemetery and beautiful Yongdusan Park. After the tour
we transfer to the airport for our one hour flight to Jeju.
The
semi tropical island of Jeju is a haven of beautiful natural settings
and unique traditional culture. Jeju's beautiful coastline, with
it many cliffs and caves and unique culture of the island dating
to the ancint Tamna Tribal state makes it Koreas premier holiday
destination.
Day
9 Jeju
(breakfast inc)
Tody we will take a tour of the island including visiting Jungmun
resort, Yeomiji Botanic Gardens, Yakcheonsa Temple
and Cheonjuyeon water fall surrounded by sub tropical
vegetation.
Day
10 Jeju
- Seoul (breakfast inc)
Today we have a tour of Manjanggul cave, the longest known
lava tube sytem in the world at 13,422m in length. Next we visit
the Seongsan Rise peak before transfering to the airport
for the flight back to Seoul. Hotel accomodation in Seoul
Day
11 Seoul - UK (breakfast
inc)
Transfer
to Incheon airport for your flight to UK.
Departure
Dates & Price from (£)
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Dates
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Twin
share
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Single
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SK
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Weekly
departure
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£1999
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£480
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Price
Includes (The
prices shown above are 'per person')
- Internal
flight in Korea.
- All
airport/hotel transfers within Korea.
- Selections
of quality accommodation in well furnished rooms with private
facilities (1st Class, upgrade option available) except temple
stay (refer to below).
- Sightseeing
tours by professional English-speaking tour guide by private transportation.
- Meals
as specified in the itinerary.
Price
Does Not Include
- International
flights. We can also arrange your local airport departure from
£65. Please enquire at the time of your booking.
- Travel
Insurance.
- Optional
tour.
Flights
As agent of many airline consolidators, we can obtain flights in
various class, with reputable airlines such as BA, Virgin, Air France,
KLM, Lufthansa, Finnair etc. We will choose airlines for you depends
on the availability unless you specify at the booking stage. We
can also provide land-only tours if you prefer to organise your
own flights and save airmiles.
Temple
Accommodation for this tour For the 1 night Temple accomodation,
you will experience life of a buddist monk. Therefore, men &
women separately sleep at the Temple on stone floor with soft mattress.
There is no private bathroom, but public bathroom for men &
women accomodation areas.
Other
fact of our tour
arrangement This
is a group tour and the tour itineraries are regularly checked and
provides an ideal length of time to show you the sites, with free
time to explore according to own interests.
You
can be assured, we only operate using top quality English speaking
tour guides.
Suitable
for all age travellers.
The
price shown are subject to confirmation and may be different in
public holidays and festivals periods. The itinerary is designed
according to the most updated information of flights schedules available,
although occasionally the sequence in which cities are visited and
duration of time spent in each city can change due to local conditions
which are out of our control. The above itinerary highlights the
main attractions that are to be visited each day. - We reserve the
right to change or amend our tour itinerary to suit unforseen events,
ie due to heavy traffic conditions or bad weather. We reserve the
right to change, amend or alter the itinerary, although we will
act in your best interests to handle any amendments. Please refer
to the booking form for detailed terms & conditions.
Thankyou to Korea Tourist Organisation
for use of photographs in this web site.
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