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Best of South Korea

8 days
Start and end in Seoul
4.9
43 traveler reviews

Best of South Korea

8 days
Start and end in Seoul
4.9
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In-depth Cultural
Immerse yourself in rich history and local traditions
Fully Guided
An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
Guided in English
Group Size 10 - 16
Age range 12 to 90
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Highlights

  • Explore Seoul's vibrant Myeongdong district
  • Tour Gyeongbokgung Palace and Insadong Alley
  • Stay overnight at a traditional Korean temple
  • Visit Bulguksa Temple and Cheomseongdae Observatory
  • Discover Busan's Haedong Yonggungsa Temple

Itinerary

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  1. Introduction
  1. Day 1 Seoul
  2. Day 2 Seoul (1B)
  3. Day 3 Seoul/Gyeongju-si (1B, 1D)
  4. Day 4 Gyeongju-si (1B)
  5. Day 5 Gyeongju-si/Busan (1B)
  6. Day 6 Busan/Seoul (1B)
  7. Day 7 Seoul (1B)
  8. Day 8 Seoul (1B)
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What's Included

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  • Insurance
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Where You'll Stay

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Customer Reviews

  • Overall Rating
    Excellent
    4.9
  • Itinerary
    Good
    4.0
  • Guide
    Excellent
    4.3
  • Transport
    Excellent
    4.4
  • Accommodation
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    4.0
  • Food
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    4.1
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  • A
    · June 16th, 2025
    The temple stay wasn’t necessary. Half a day would have been sufficient to allow for more time at different sites
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    Thanks so much for your review!
    Trip date: June 2025
  • Best of South Korea reviewer 2
    · April 25th, 2025
    What a pleasant trip! Priya (our guide) went above and beyond to make this a wonderful time for everyone! Unfortunately the time went by way too fast, but we did a lot in the week we had. Accomodation was pleasant, food wonderful, atmosphere fantastic! When we had questions Priya couldn't answer immediately, she always came back to us and sometimes even helped us with recommendations and more. After visting the DMZ zone/ War memorial, I had asked Priya if she maybe knew of a place where I could get old war medals as a gift for my father (not a question one normally would expect) - she came back to me with different websites, prices and adresses and even asked me a few days after that if I got what I needed/ needed more help! Asking about food - she gave different options as well as suggesting if we wanted to try it on the trip or not. It was my first time in South Korea and I enjoyed it so much, I regret having to go home - would love to see this wonderful country again!
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    G Adventures commented on this review
    Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us, Nicola! It sounds like you had a wonderful time in South Korea. We hope to welcome you on another adventure in the near future!
    Trip date: April 2025
  • LV
    · April 24th, 2025
    The thing that made this tour so excellent was our guide - Priya. She went above and beyond for everything. She would advise what to do, where to eat etc If she didn't know something she would find out - as an example, after visiting the Korean War Memorial, I asked her for some movie/series recommendations- she came back with a massive mist
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    G Adventures commented on this review
    Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us, Leola! We are delighted to know that Priya helped make your trip so special. We hope to welcome you on another adventure in the near future!
    Trip date: April 2025
  • ML
    · April 19th, 2025
    The trip was excellent. The guide, Rob, was pleasant, helpful and knowledgeable. Everything went according to plan.
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    G Adventures commented on this review
    Thank you for sharing this review with us, Michael! We are delighted to know you enjoyed your time in Korea with Rob.
    Trip date: April 2025
  • Best of South Korea reviewer 5
    · October 20th, 2024
    We got to experience a lot of varied experiences in 8 days.
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    G Adventures commented on this review
    Thank you so much for sharing your review, William! We are so glad you enjoyed your time with us in South Korea.
    Trip date: October 2024
  • MH
    · September 28th, 2024
    From day of booking to actual trip. Tourrader were brilliant Every question and all queries were answered quickly,so helpful. Trip was amazing. Everything was as it said Tour leader Tommy excellent. managed to accomodate everyone's abilities. Hotels were great Ihave nothing but praise for this tour.
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    G Adventures commented on this review
    Hi Margaret, We are glad you had such a great time in South Korea. We will pass your kind words on to our local operations team. We hope to see you on another G Adventure soon
    Trip date: September 2024
  • Best of South Korea reviewer 7
    · April 25th, 2024
    Michael, our tour guide, was patient, friendly,...
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    G Adventures commented on this review
    Thank Mia for your amazing review and for all of the useful feedback. We will pass this on to our product team for evaluation. Thanks again and we hope to see you on another G Adventures soon.
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    Trip date: April 2024
  • CC
    · March 30th, 2024
    Our tour guide Tommy Lee was awesome—highly...
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    G Adventures commented on this review
    Thanks Consolacion. Glad you enjoyed your trip with us to South Korea.
    Trip date: March 2024
  • Best of South Korea reviewer 9
    · November 3rd, 2023
    Excellent tour! Robert Lee our tour CEO was...
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    G Adventures commented on this review
    Hi Toy Thanks for the great review. We are so happy to hear that you had an excellent tour and that our CEO was amazing. Hopefully we'll see you on tour with us again soon.
    Trip date: October 2023
  • A
    · October 22nd, 2022
    Fantastic, thanks very much, especially as was our first international travel post the Covid pandemic.
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    G Adventures commented on this review
    Thanks so much for your feedback - We were happy to hear that you had a great trip
    Trip date: October 2022
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Best of South Korea
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    Suzanne

    Asked on May 15th, 2025

    What hotels?

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    • G AdventuresOperatorWritten May 2025

      See below the hotels included in the tour: Seoul - Hotel Prince, Gyeongju-si - Golgulsa Temple Stay, Busan - Felix Hotel by STX

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    Joan

    Asked on May 14th, 2025

    Could you please provide an itinerary? Day by day? And is the accommodation included?

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    • G AdventuresOperatorWritten May 2025

      The full itinerary can be found by using this link, scrolling to "Itinerary", clicking expand all. Then when you scroll further there is "where you will stay" which has the accommodations listed.

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    Gary

    Asked on May 5th, 2025

    Will it be possible for us to join the tours but to choose our own hotel in Seoul? Also, to confirm - the 21 September tour would end on 28 September?

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    • G AdventuresOperatorWritten May 2025

      As this is a group tour you should stay with the group in the hotels we have chosen. Yes the trip would run from the 21st-28th September.

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    • G AdventuresOperatorWritten March 2025

      The hotels during this Classic tour will be 3-star.

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    • G AdventuresOperatorWritten February 2025

      Yes, our tours are priced at double occupancy. A solo traveller could opt to share a room with another solo traveller of the same sex, or add the 'My Own Room' single supplement which is $1,149 USD for this tour.

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      No, we do not offer a departure transfer service on this tour.

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    Asked on January 12th, 2025

    I am wondering how many people are already booked on this tour? How many available spaces are left?

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    • G AdventuresOperatorWritten January 2025

      We have 11 confirmed on this tour so far, with 5 spaces remaining. If you do want to go ahead with this, please click the 'book now' button.

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      Carrie

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      What about the week before? I'm trying to get a group together

    • G AdventuresOperatorWritten January 2025

      For the March 30th - April 6th departure of the tour Best of South Korea, we currently have eight people confirmed with eight spots available to book.

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      I am trying to get an all ladies group to travel during these dates. Between late March and Late April what is the best tour dates for this to happen?

    • G AdventuresOperatorWritten January 2025

      The availability for few of the departures after April 6 is: April 13th departure has 8 people booked and 8 spots available. April 19th has 1 person booked and 15 spots available. April 20th has 3 people booked and 13 spots available

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    Do you do private tour. Arriving south Korea on 1st May morning. Leaves 7th evening. The 7 days like to have a tour of Korea.

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    • G AdventuresOperatorWritten January 2025

      We don't offer private tours, our tours come as a package with pre set itinerary that is not customizable.

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    • G AdventuresOperatorWritten December 2024

      Yes, there is a certain amount of flexibility in the itinerary and it may be necessary to make alterations.

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      Yes, we can add a single supplement for an additional cost. Night 3 (Temple stay) will be shared.

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