ESSENCE OF KOREA

• After breakfast, meet your tour guide in the hotel lobby around 08:30-09:00 for Seoul half-day sightseeing.
• Visit Gyeongbokgung Palace (Deoksu Palace on Tue), the Royal Guard Changing Ceremony, National Folk Museum, and Korean Ginseng Center.
• Continue to visit Insadong Antique Shop Alley, Namsan Hanok Village (Myeongdong on Tuesdays), and N Seoul Tower for an unobstructed view of Seoul city.
• Return to the hotel. 
• Accommodation: Swiss Grand Hotel Seoul or Similar (4-Star)

• After breakfast, leave for Seoul station, KTX from Seoul to Busan, 2.5 hours High-Speed train, meet a driver at Busan Station, and you will be transferred to the hotel.
• Enjoy your own free time at Haeundae Beach, unlike other beaches in Korea, in that the sandy shore stretches between the sea and tons of tall buildings. 
• Accommodation: Wyndham Grand Busan or Similar (5-Star)

• After breakfast, meet your guide for a full-day tour of Busan.
• Visit Haeundae Beach and drive along Dalmaji-gil Road to Haedong Yonggungsa Temple.
• Continue to Gamcheon Culture Village, then explore Jagalchi Fish Market and BIFF Square.
• Enjoy a traditional rice cake-making experience (min. 8 people).
• Transfer to Gyeongju (1.5 hrs) to visit Donggung Palace and Wolji Pond, noted for its night reflections.
• Accommodation: Lahan Select Gyeongju or Similar (5-Star)

• After breakfast, meet your guide at 08:30 and travel to Gyeongju, the former capital of the Silla Dynasty and an open-air museum city.
• Visit Gyeongju National Museum and Cheomseongdae.
• Explore UNESCO sites Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple.
• Then proceed to Daegu for hotel check-in and overnight stay. 
• Accommodation: Hotel Inter-Burgo Daegu or Similar (5-Star)

• After check-out, travel to Haeinsa Temple, a UNESCO site founded in 802, home to the Tripitaka Koreana.
• Continue to Andong Hahoe Village, a UNESCO-listed Joseon-era village still inhabited today and visited by Queen Elizabeth II.
• Then transfer to PyeongChang, one of the 2018 Winter Olympic host cities, for an overnight stay.
• Accommodation: Intercontinental Alpensia PyeongChang Resort (5-Star)

• After breakfast, visit Woljeongsa Temple for temple etiquette learning, guided tour, walking meditation, monk conversation, and a monastic meal.
• Continue to Seoraksan National Park, a UNESCO Biosphere. Reserve is known for its dramatic mountain scenery.
• Visit Sinheungsa Temple and the Scenic ruins of Gwongeumseong Fortress (optional cable car). 
• After sightseeing, transfer to Seoul for hotel drop-off.
• Accommodation: Swiss Grand Hotel Seoul or (4-Star)

• After breakfast at your hotel, you will be picked up at your hotel lobby 4hours before your flight departure.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• The above schedule and hotel are subject to change due to local circumstances such as weather, traffic, and major events.
• Single Supplement: C$1,127.
• Peak Season 7 Jul, 14 Jul, 21 Jul, 28 Jul, 4 Aug, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 25 Aug, 22 Dec, 29 Dec: C$3,863 per person, Single Supplement: C$1,256