Spiritual Korea - 11 days A complete and unforgettable experience to explore the spiritual and historical beauty of Korea ...

• Seoul: Guided City tour (4n)
• DMZ Demilitarised Zone
• Korean Folk village
• Mt Seorak Buddhist Temple stay (1n)
• Mt Seorak (1n)
• Gyeongju Guided tour (1n)
• Busan Guided tour (1n)
• Flight to Jeju Sub-tropical island
• Jeju Island Guided tours of Island(2n)

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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 - 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 - 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 2009 - 2010 (£)

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.