DMZ Half-Day Small Group (Max 13) with North Korean Defector

Hoogtepunten

Inbegrepen

Route

1. As soon as arrive at Imjingak Peace Park, you will tour this park with your guide which includes a ticket office, tour spot, toilets and some snack bars. The tour spot offer interesting monuments such as the statue of peace, Mangbaedan, Freedom Bridge and Jangdan Station steam locomotive. You can understand them deeply through the guide's professional commentary. After the tour, you will board the bus and head to the checkpoint.

   1 uToegang inbegrepen

2. Mangbaedan is a memorial altar built for people who were separated from their families during the Korean War. Since they could not return to their hometowns in North Korea, they used this site to bow toward their ancestral homes. It is still visited, especially during traditional holidays, by those wishing to honor their families.

   10 minToegang inbegrepen

3. You arrive at the Third Tunnel, the representative infiltration tunnel in South Korea. There are four invading tunnels in South Korea, and this one is the most popular place among them. It is 1635 m long and height and wide are about 2m respectively. As it is located 73 m underground, it takes about 20 minutes for tourists to get near the border. Safety helmets are required because the slopes are steep and there are many stones around the tunnel.

   1 uToegang inbegrepen

4. Dora Observatory is located on top of Dorasan mountain in the DMZ area. It is about five minutes away from the bus parking lot. Inside the building, there is a large window and you can look down on North Korean territory. The area includes the Kaesong Industrial Complex, a few statues of dictators, JSA, the border between the two Koreas, a fake village and guard posts. Before you arrive at the observatory, a tour guide will explain the North Korean area in detail.

   1 uToegang inbegrepen

5. Tongilchon Village is the last place on the DMZ Tour and the largest one in the DMZ area. It was created for international propaganda with government support in the 1970s. In order to create the village, the government referred to the Israeli city of Kibbutz. It currently has about 400 residents and most of them are engaged in agriculture.

   30 min

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How it compares in Seoel

• Its from-price is 14% below the median of the 451 dagtrips we list in Seoel.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 91 of 451.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Seoel

Koninklijke paleizen en hanok-dorpen staan tussen glazen torens, bruisende markten en straten vol late eetkraampjes in Seoul, de hoofdstad van Zuid-Korea.

Vijf grote paleizen uit de Joseon-dynastie sieren de stad, aangevoerd door Gyeongbokgung, met zijn kleurrijke wisseling van de wacht, en Changdeokgung, waarvan de Geheime Tuin een serene uitwijkplek is. Daartussen bewaart het Bukchon Hanok Village traditionele huizen met pannendak aan hellende steegjes, en Insadong staat bekend om theehuizen, galeries en ambachten.

Top-ranked sights in Seoel: Third Tunnel of Aggression, DMZ, Gyeongbokgung Palace.

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