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Private Day Tour Korea DMZ & War Memorial of Korea in Seoul

By Jeju K Tour(Jeju K Travel Agency Co., Ltd.)
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Overview

Imjingak DMZ is a historical cultural site of Korea divided by the Korean War. Pyeonghwa Nuri Park is a painful space of war. It is a place where the spirit of countless domestic and foreign soldiers who fought to protect peace lives and rests, a place to comfort refugees, and a place to feel the historical site directly with your heart while looking at the distant propaganda village and Gaeseong of North of Korea.

See the DMZ theater and exhibition hall and seek a deeper understanding of the soldiers, families, and refugees who fought in the war.

See and feel the depth of Korean sentiment and culture.

Gyeongbokgung Palace Tour provides an opportunity to understand Korean culture more deeply. Traditional performances such as the Changing of the Royal Guards Ceremony held every day at 10:00am & 2:00pm provide foreigners with a chance to vividly experience Korean tradition.

Activity location

  • Incheon
    • Incheon, South Korea

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Incheon
    • Incheon, South Korea

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedThe taxi driver has a lot of foreign tour experience and speaks simple English.
  • What's includedWhat's includedAll admission fees are included (Entrance fee and Gndola cabin )
  • What's includedWhat's includedair conditioned vehicle/ parking fee and fuel fee are included
  • What's includedWhat's includedYour passport is required to enter the DMZ. Please make sure to bring your passport with you.
  • What's includedWhat's includedWe always provide taxis registered in south of Korea.(All taxis include transportation insurance.)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedGratuities

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Your passport is required to enter the DMZ. Please make sure to bring your passport with you.
  • If a taxi driver is accompanying you on a tour, you do not need to bring your passport for up to 6 people. If you are in a group of 6 or more, please bring your passport.
  • Taxi is a private tour However, Imjingak Tour is a bus tour operated by Imjingak, and the taxi driver accompanies the tour Imjingak Tour goes around with other visitors and tours the DMZ, Dorasan Observatory, and the 3rd Tunnel. Passport is required However, if there are 6 or fewer people, you can enter with the taxi driver's ID.
  • Imjingak is a representative peace tourism site in South Korea where the tragedy of the Korean War that broke out on June 25, 1950 and the subsequent national conflict remain. It is a place where you can learn the value of peace while looking at the painful traces of war. There are various war memorials such as the Imjingang District War Memorial and the U.S. Military Participation Memorial, and a train that ran to Sinuiju, the northernmost tip of the Korean Peninsula before the division of the North and South, stops here and is on display. There used to be two Imjin Bridges side by side, but one was destroyed during the war, and only the bridge piers remain, showing the traces of the war. There is also a Mangbaedan in Imjingak, which is a place where displaced people whose hometowns are north of the Military Demarcation Line pay their respects to their parents and grandparents in the North every year on New Year's Day and Chuseok or when they miss their families. It is a place where the pain of separated families desperately searching for their families whose lives and deaths are unknown is felt. This is a unification security tourism site that recalls the pain of division and hopes for unification, and is visited by millions of domestic and foreign tourists every year. There are various war relics scattered around, and with the addition of new facilities such as the exhibition hall, Pyeonghwa Nuri, Imjingak Peace Gondola, Korean War Abductee Memorial Hall, and children's play facilities, it has become a large-scale tourist site of 140,000 pyeong.
  • Dorasan Observatory was newly built as a replacement for the closure of Songaksan OP, and is a place where you can look at life in North Korea. Dozens of telescopes are installed, so you can look at Songhaksan, the statue of Kim Il-sung, Gijong-dong, the outskirts of Gaeseong City, Geumamgol (cooperative farm), etc. through telescopes, and on a clear day, you can even see the Gaeseong Industrial Complex. Since Dorasan Observatory is located within the civilian control zone, entry by general passenger vehicles is restricted. It is convenient to use the DMZ tour in conjunction with the DMZ tour. In addition, the observatory has auxiliary facilities such as 500 seats, a VIP room, a situation room, and a parking lot (for 30-40 cars), and it was opened to the public in January 1987. The Dorasan Observatory, which was renovated in October 2018, is a famous tourist attraction visited by more than 800,000 people annually, including displaced people and foreign tourists who come to see the site of the division between the North and South. Also, you must bring your ID card to visit the civilian control zone, so don't forget to bring it.
  • The Third Tunnel Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do The Third Tunnel, showing the history of division Like 7Views 12.3KFavoritesCourse SaveShare 22 View Photos Details Travel Talk Recommended Travel View Photos       1 / 6 Please upload your own photos. The Third Tunnel was discovered on October 17, 1978, inside the Demilitarized Zone, based on intelligence from a North Korean defector who was working on a tunnel. It is estimated to be 1.2㎞ west of the Military Demarcation Line, and is located approximately 1.6㎞ south by excavating an average of 73m of rock layer underground. With a width of 2m and a height of 2m, it is an arch-shaped structure that can move 30,000 troops per hour. It is only 52km from Seoul, so it is similar in size to other tunnels, but it is evaluated to be much more threatening in terms of infiltration into Seoul. The total length of the tunnel is 1,635m, but only 265m is open to the public for the safety of tourists, and three concrete barriers have been installed on the North Korean side to completely block intrusion from North Korea. The Third Tunnel has facilities such as a DMZ video theater, exhibition hall, symbolic sculptures, and a souvenir shop, providing tourists with various things to see. In addition, you can enter the tunnel in 15 minutes by using the monorail that can accommodate 45 people. Anyone with an ID can tour the Third Tunnel, and it is open six days a week (closed on Mondays and public holidays) from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM for a fee. However, since it is located in a civilian control area, entry by passenger vehicles is restricted, so if you wish to tour it, you must participate in the ‘DMZ Security Linked Tour’ program at the Imjingak parking lot. Detailed information Request for modification of tourist information The Third Tunnel was discovered on October 17, 1978, within the Demilitarized Zone based on intelligence from a North Korean defector who was working on a tunnel. It is estimated to be 1.2 km west of the Military Demarcation Line, and is located approximately 1.6 km south by excavating an average of 73 m of rock layer underground in North Korea. It is an arch-shaped structure with a width of 2 m and a height of 2 m, and is capable of moving 30,000 troops per hour. It is only 52 km from Seoul, so it is similar in size to other tunnels, but it is considered to be much more threatening in terms of infiltration into Seoul. The total length of the tunnel is 1,635m, but only 265m is open to the public for the safety of tourists, and three concrete barriers have been installed on the North Korean side to completely block intrusion from North Korea. The Third Tunnel has facilities such as a DMZ video theater, exhibition hall, symbolic sculptures, and a souvenir shop, providing tourists with a variety of things to see. In addition, you can enter the tunnel in just 15 minutes by using the monorail that can accommodate 45 people. Anyone with an ID can tour the Third Tunnel, and it is open six days a week from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (closed on Mondays and weekdays and holidays) for a fee. However, since it is located in a civilian control area, entry by passenger vehicles is restricted, so if you wish to tour it, you must participate in the ‘DMZ Security Linked Tour’ program at the Imjingak parking lot.

Activity itinerary

Incheon
  • 1h 30m
It takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes to pick up customers at Incheon Port and drive to DMZ place . This is a driving course to DMZ where you can enjoy sightseeing in the city and listen to information about the Republic of Korea on the taxi driver's smartphone audio. We leave Incheon Port or Seoul City Hotel in the morning and go to DMZ. Since DMZ entrance tickets are first-come-first-served with a jumbo taxi driver, we go as early as possible and pay the entrance ticket with the jumbo taxi driver to start the Imjingak DMZ tour. The bus tour operated by Imjingak takes about 3 hours.
DMZ
  • 3h
  • Admission ticket included
Imjingak. Upon arrival, purchase an admission ticket and join other guests on a bus tour operated by Imjingak to the following three locations. You can gain a deeper understanding and empathy for the soldiers, families, and refugees who participated in the war through the DMZ video and exhibition hall. Dorasan Observatory is located at the front line of the DMZ, and is the closest place to observe the Kaesong City and Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea. The Third Tunnel was discovered on October 17, 1978, within the Demilitarized Zone based on intelligence from a North Korean defector who was working on a tunnel. It is estimated to be 1.2 km west of the Military Demarcation Line, and is located approximately 1.6 km south by excavating an average of 73 m of rock layer underground. It is an arch-shaped structure with a width of 2 m and a height of 2 m, and is only 52 km from Seoul. For the safety of tourists, only 265 m is open to the public.
The War Memorial of Korea
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
This is also because it is a place where people from countries that participated in the Korean War, such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, can feel deeply moved because it has a facility that commemorates and pays tribute to each and every one of the veterans along with large flags of the countries that participated in the Korean War as part of the United Nations forces in 1950, and monuments for each of them. It is a must-visit place for foreign veterans or their descendants visiting Korea. When descendants of veterans come to Korea, they are often moved to see the names of their ancestors, who are not remembered in their home country, proudly engraved on the walls of the War Memorial of Korea, and they often diligently make rubbings of them.
Seoul
  • 1h 30m
After finishing the tour of DMZ or Seoul tour , it is time to return to the Incheon Port Cruise or Seoul city . The trip takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes.(Drop off time within Seoul is approximately 30 minutes.)

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    • Incheon, South Korea

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    • Incheon, South Korea

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