South Korea Tours in November 2025

It was more than I expected. I was expecting to come in for a travelling information session. It ended with some of the best experiences, I had, ever. The tour guide was awesome and the group all clicked, things just fell in line. There was a sense of cohesion and community.

A phenomenal trip actually! My first time leaving Europe for Asia and I was welcomed with open arms! Made many a new friend, had great laughs, great opportunities, and our tour guide Damien was accomodating changes to the plan, allowing for more time spent where the group wanted and keepin us busy without ever feeling overwhelmed!! A truly great experience!

A short and rather full on discovery tour of a country with a fascinating history, both ancient and more recent. Bright lights, busy cities, tranquil temples and Buddhas hidden in the forests. If you want to see Seoul properly give yourself some extra time there as the city tour day only scrapes the surface and is full-on (probably a bit too full on). The DMZ tour is really interesting if a little surreal - fairground rides and roller coasters accompanied by guards with guns and no photo signs everywhere - especially next to the high power binoculars on the observatory tower! The hotels were the best I’ve ever stayed in with Explore and the food is (mostly) great - although many lunches and dinners were arranged by our guide for us limiting our choice at times. The Koreans are welcoming and warm people and although we covered a lot of ground it didn’t feel like we spent ages on buses - I think 2.5 hours was about the longest drive. If your interested in discovering a lesser known part of Asia then I would thoroughly recommend this trip.

A really interesting country full of contrasts from sprawling cities, buddha statues tucked away on pine clad hillsides, modern and centuries old history. Whilst cemeteries may sound an odd thing to visit, both the UN and May 18th cemetery were v moving with helpful videos and beautifully laid out. The art galleries were also a nice inclusion. The first day in Seoul was very (too) full-on. It's worth adding days in Seoul to your trip to see more of the city. The rest of the trip felt fine pace wise in order to see all we did and hotels were great. Very varied and interesting itinerary even though our guide seemed to ad lib bits of this and was confused on how the Explore tipping worked, but she found us fabulous places to eat to try all different types of food which we'd have struggled to find on our own. We didn't always have a choice, and mealtimes were as and when it suited to fit everything else, but food was served within 5 minutes, so it meant time wasn't wasted. More readily available advice on things to do (free morning in Busan as the rice wine is not to everyone's taste - the cable car across the bay is a good option for views and a walk if weather permits) and restaurants to visit when not included would have been helpful. Safe and super clean country. Clean and free public toilets everywhere. I got a local Sim and used the Navermaps app which was very helpful.

Tour guide in japan was simply awesome Tour guide in south korea was nice but did not share a lot of info about the country/people/culture/habits ec. Just monuments and places we visited - this can be improved

Interesting trip to Korea . Initial few nights in Seoul then traveling gradually south until Busan and then back to Seoul night before trip end. trip includes a monastery overnight which , personally , I think could have been missed out . Spend the morning getting there and the monastery tour could have been covered as a day trip with an extra night in Busan instead . The meditation session was underwhelming and next day is very early departure. So you maybe spend 14 hours at monastery . It generally felt a "contrived" exercise ,although presumably its a revenue earner for the temple.