Essential Korea - 8 days - Experience the many breathtaking images of ancient and modern Korea including the unique Island of Jeju...

• Seoul: Guided City tour (5 nights)
• DMZ Demilitarised Zone
• Korean Folk village
• Suwon Fortress Castle
• Flight to Jeju Sub-tropical island
• Jeju Island Guided tours of Island(2 nights)

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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 sites of Seoul city. Our tour will include the Blue House (Presidential Office), Chogesa Temple and Gyeongbokgung Palace built in 1394.

Day 3 DMZ (breakfast inc)
Full day tour to the DMZ . 53 years since the outbrak 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 Korean Folk Village (breakfast inc)
Today we take a full day guided tour of the Korean Folk village. The traditional styled village was opened in 1974 as a open air folk museum and tourist attraction for both Koreans and Visitors to enjoy and view the many features of ancient Korean heritage and culture. Later we visit 18th century Suwon Fortress Castle, which is one of Korea's most notable cultural heritages and is a UNESCO World Heritage awarded site. Following our tour we will return to your hotel in Seoul.

Day 5 Seoul - Jeju (breakfast inc)
We take a morning transfer to the airport for your short flight to the island of Jeju. You will be met at the airport and transfered to your hotel. In the afternoon 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.

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 6 Jeju (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 10m high Yongduam 'Dragon head' rock situated on the jagged northern coastline before returning to your hotel.

Day 7 Jeju - Seoul (breakfast inc)
Morning free at leisure, Afternoon transfer to Jeju airport for flight to Seoul and check in hotel.

Day 8 Seoul - UK (breakfast inc)
Transfer to Incheon airport for your flight to UK.

Departure Dates & Price 2008 (£)

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).
• 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.

Other fact of our tour arrangement Small group in Korea with minimum of 3 people. 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.