South Korea Tours for Experienced Travelers

Really enjoyed this whirlwind tour of a fascinating country. Our guide was very knowledgeable and helped us to understand the history of the country in terms of the places we visited. The tour was "full on" and if the itinerary had been a little less packed we might have been able to enjoy some "down time". Having said that, I'm not sure what I would have wanted to leave out. Very much enjoyed the different hikes ( the mountain being quite challenging). The DMZ was fascinating, temples beautiful, and the rice wine making not to be missed. A great trip!

I learned so much about the history of South Korea and saw some beautiful landscapes and temples. The guide went above and beyond expectations. I would definitely recommend Explore and will be using them again in the future. I would recommend that if possible Explore should add a trip to Jeju Island although I understand that this would extend the duration and add to the cost of the trip.

This was a fabulous trip, due in no small part to our excellent tour guide Nikki. This really was a tremendous introduction to a lovely country that exceeded all expectations. Colourful, vibrant, steeped in history and super-friendly. The Koreans love to eat and food is a big part of their culture. The itinerary timings and evening meal arrangements could be improved to make for a more relaxing end to each day but that apart, it was a fantastic and memorable experience.

This trip is a fantastic mix of cultural, culinary and outdoor experiences. There were so many memorable highlights - the makgeolli making class, visiting the DMZ and having the opportunity to meet a North Korean defector, hiking in Namsan Mountain, the United Nations Memorial Cemetery, the Hahoe mask performance, spending half a day as a monk, and of course the food! This trip is very full on, but it’s crammed with memorable experiences and completely surpassed expectations .

South Korea was an amazing experience, and so glad, I took the time to also do the western cities as they were smaller and Jeju Island was wonderful. Our CEO Rob, was fantastic, and made the experience even more fun and interesting...we got to so many more destinations and sites that I would have been able to in the same timeframe on my own.

Good balance of included and optional activities. The hotels were centrally located which made it easy to explore the place on one’s own. CEO did a good job of communicating the itinerary, pacing the activities, and giving us informative overviews of the local history in all the places we visited.