▪ Tailor-made Tour (Seoul ~ CHEORWON DMZ ~ MT. SEORAKSAN ~ SEOUL)
“We had a wonderful trip, and we are now happy to be back home. After leaving Korea, we joined an Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT) tour in Tokyo and did not return home until May 5. I will try to get a copy of my comments regarding Korea and your travel company to them. It would make and excellent extension of their tour of Japan.
Itinerary – Excellent for time available and for what we wanted to see – Thank you for working with me to better understand the possibilities. As you may remember we had several iterations back and forth to develop the trip that you provided for us. It was excellent for the limited time we had and for what we wanted to focus on. Three days were all we had to travel in your country.
Day 1 was spent touring Seoul, Day 2 was to the DMZ for the CHEORWON DMZ tour, and then on to the ‘East Sea’ for the night. Day 3 was a visit to SEORAKSAN National Park, and then a country tour on the drive back to Seoul.
Also, being meet at the airport upon arrival, and taken back for departure by Yumi Jang was very helpful.
Food – Excellent – Quite different than what we are used to, but all interesting and all good. The only non-Korean food was for breakfast at the hotels. At each restaurant, we took off shoes, sat on the floor and ate with chopsticks and a spoon. Several unique and very good experiences would include seafood at DAEPO HARBOR at the East Sea, Tofu soup for lunch, Korean chicken for dinner, and always with several kinds of kimchee.
Guide – Yumi Jang served as our guide. He was truly outstanding in every way!
She knew the planned itinerary, and generally followed it. He also improved it with his own suggestions. An example – on our first day, we were to go to an evening show at 8:00 PM. He arranged a change to an afternoon show – a much more enjoyable time for us considering our travel fatigue. He kept us informed and on schedule through the trip. He knew the best restaurants and had suggestions on what to order. On our way back to the airport for departure, an early start was necessary to accommodate possible traffic problems. Since there were no problems, we were going to arrive very early. Yumi stopped at an area just before the airport, and treated us to tea and some favorite items that he liked (I had no Korean money left).
Yumi was excellent in explaining and teaching about Korea – both it’s history, and the current situation. His detailed knowledge of where we were, and where we were going next helped us. He is passionate for his country, and he shares this in a positive way.
Ms. and Mr. Sherrick
USA