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Ganghwa Island - Full day private tour
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Ganghwa Island - Full day private tour

By Top Korea Tour
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Ages 4-99
Duration: 8h
Start time: Check availability
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Live guide: English
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  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (Hotels located in Seoul)
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
  • Driver cum guide
  • Bottled water
  • Entrance fee listed in Itinerary
  • Entry/Admission - Gwangseongbo Fortress
  • Entry/Admission - Jeondeungsa Temple
  • Entry/Admission - Ganghwa Peace Observatory
What's not included
  • Lunch
  • Entry/Admission - Ganghwa Seaside Resort


Start:Traveler pickup offered.
    Pickup details
    • Please let us know your hotel or place of stay so that we will go pick you up.
    End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

      • Not wheelchair accessible
      If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 57550P8

      • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
      • A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
      • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

      • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

      If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 57550P8

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      ₱13,814.22
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      • Top Korea Tour
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      • patricialP691LR
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        Excellent tour with lots of fun and learning
        APT APT APT....APT APT APT..... Haha... That's the fun we have with Miae and Juno on our 10 days tour in Korea. Both of them are really nice, fun, considerate, understanding and care. We have lots of fun and learn lots of history about Korea. Have any changes in mind, no worries, just let them know. They will try their best for it. Highly recommended for the lead of Juno and Miae. Looking forward to see them again.
        Written November 24, 2024
      • HasniM
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        Wonderful Autumn Visit
        This is our 2nd tour to the province with Top Korea Tour the 1st was last year autumn with Miae Hyun. This year we did a 2 nights trip to Jeonju plus we also did a day tour of the palaces Our day tour was fabulous , Miae made sure we got to the Hanbok rental on time and we had an incredibly lovely time The road trip was comfortable and we are very much at ease throughout the journey Our itinerary includes many wonderful places including a short hike . Miae also made sure we dined at eateries as per our dietary requirement Thank you TKT , look forward to the next visit
        Written November 15, 2024
      • V5294AAkimh
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        The Best Private Tour Company in Korea
        I can’t recommend this tour company highly enough. On a scale of 1-10 I rate it a 20+ My guide was professional, helpful, knowledgeable, personable, flexible, and charming. She arranged everything from pickup at the airport to hiking at National Parks, to sightseeing historical sites, eating at delicious spots, and amazing clean comfortable transportation. Her English was excellent and her advice was spot on. I totally enjoyed my 3 days with her and when I go back to Korea I will absolutely hire this company again.
        Written November 10, 2024
      • helencJ6222PI
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        Perfect day
        The guide was great and the day was perfect. My mom is in a wheelchair and he was so helpful and accommodating! The garden and the rail bike were definite highlights. Would highly recommend
        Written November 1, 2024
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        Top Korea Tour, Juno Lee, is the Best
        Great job from Juno Lee; I definitely recommend him for tours in Korea, and I will reserve a tour again in the future. He has a great vehicle.
        Written October 15, 2024
      • Sissy70
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        best South Corea travel agency
        Everything was just perfect, from the timing of pickup to the lenght of the visits. Car was clean, guide very knowledgeable and helpful. I strongly recommend to arrange visits with them while in South Corea,
        Written October 11, 2024
      • haessig72
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        Perfect private day tour to DMZ
        It has been an exciting tour with lots of insights into history, politics and culture. The goal was to better understand the separation between North and South Korea. Warmest thanks to Miae for guiding us so perfectly!
        Written October 9, 2024
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        Dmz tour with Miae
        Great tour, fascinating to see North Korea from 2km away. Miae is a fantastic tour guide and very knowledgeable and I would recommend
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        Getting to know Korea: Folk village and Suwon fortress
        This tour to the Korean folk village and the fortress at Suwon was a great day. Our guide Juno was pleasant, entertaining and shared much about Korea, its tumultuous history and frought past relations with Japan. We took away a stronger respect for the Korean people, their history and their culture. The folk village was a pleasant respite from the city. We learned how Korea had to rediscover its own culture after the Japanese occupation and rebuild after the Korean War. Crazy recent reminders of human struggles. Suwon fortress was beautiful and the preserved historic village within the fortress walls a historic remnant of life past. Highly recommend. Juno is great.
        Written August 22, 2024
      • 4everTheTraveller
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        A great private tour with Juno
        Juno gave us an amazing private tour for our group of 6 friends. His insights into history, culture and international relations made the day trip very informative - and his sense of humour and good conversation kept us engaged and interested. Juno's experience as a tour guide shown through, in the way that he anticipated the needs and the best approaches for our group, given that we had a mix of people from 50 to 72 years old with varied walking speeds etc. He did a great job to manoeuvre us around the crowds so that we were moving along seeing things and not standing around waiting. Going down & up on the little train was perfect for our group and walking around underground was so fun! When chatting on the tour, we even discovered that Juno had attended as an exchange student the same university in Minnesota that my mother had attended (in the 1950s!). What a neat coincidence. Juno is definitely a great tour guide. We are so happy to have had this great day with him. Well worth it.
        Written July 13, 2024
      • bas_olga
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        Unforgettable times with Top Tour
        Miae from Top Tour was very responsive in booking and planning the trips for me and my sister. She helped in deciding how many days were needed to get a good overview of the cities we wanted to see. We ended up taking an overnight trip to Andong/Gyeongju and a day trip to Seoraksan from Seoul. Miae herself was our guide for both tours and she was the best guide we had during our two week stay in South Korea. She was the only one to make sure we were fed, watered, and had rest stops.  She showed us all the historically important places in and around Andong's Hahoe Village (the most authentic of the villages we got to see on our trip). We had an unhurried walk through the village and got to take as many pictures as we wanted. We had a lovely lunch at a local place at her recommendation and got to try locally prepared chicken and fish. The drive from Seoul to Gyeongju is a long one but Miae never made it feel rushed and, when we arrived at Gyeongju around 6pm, she took us on a walkthrough of the historic village, and the beautifully rebuilt Woljeonggyo Bridge. We booked our own hotel and walked around the neighborhood in the evening. Miae was there right on time the next morning to start our more intense tour through the Silla dynasty's burial complex. We entered several of the tombs, including Cheonmachong which houses a museum with the artifacts discovered within. We got to try on some Silla-style clothes and ring a replica of the famous Divine Bell of King Seondeok. After another great lunch at a local place (we had bulgogi) we traveled to several of the other nearby important sights. The most impressive was Bulguksa Temple. Because we visited in the lead-up to the Buddha's birthday, it was very prettily dressed up in lanterns. We had chosen to take the KTX back to maximize on our tour time and save Miae a hurried drive back to Seoul. Before she dropped us of and escorted us onto the train, she kindly took us to the local famous gimbap place (lots of egg) for our dinner and she took us to pick up a box of dried persimmons AND a box of the locally famous Hwangnam (red bean) bread. Our Seoraksan trip was more difficult after we had a bad experience hiking with another guide, so we were limited in our hiking abilities. We got unlucky in the morning and the cable car that takes tourists up to the peak was stopped because of high winds. We took a leisurely walk on the Biseondae trail and headed back before any climbing was needed. We had lunch (a tasty fish assortment grilled at your table) and visited the Sokcho central market. Miae got us a local honey ice cream to try and we got some fruit jellies (one of our favorite souvenirs from the trip). The Seoraksan cable car ended up running again and we returned for a second go at reaching the top. The views were perfect and a perfect end to the day. We felt in the best of hands with Miae from pick-up to drop-off and in between. The mini-van was pristine and the rides smooth. If I knew before booking all our SK tours, what I know now, I would have booked all tours with Miae and Top Korea. When I return to see all the places I missed, I know who I will be reaching out to!
        Written July 6, 2024
      • Navigate61782602024
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        We felt we had our some family friend through out the day tour in Seoul city
        Miae is Great tour guide ..we had fantastic experiences . She took us to best place in Seoul and explained all nicely . We felt like we are with some friend through out the tour .
        Written July 2, 2024
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        Best South Korean Tour Guide
        Miae was exceptional. We toured South Korea for 9 days and she accompanied us the entire trip. She did an amazing job of selecting all the sites and cities. I travel frequently and always use private tour guides and she was the best of the best!!! You should absolutely book her.
        Written July 2, 2024
      • travelfan21_12
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        Absolutely Spectacular Service with Top Korea Tour
        We have traveled all over the world and always book private tours, so have a great deal of experience in this area. Thus, it is quite meaningful when I say that Top Korea Tours is one of the very best we have experienced, if not the best. We took a 10-day tour, from Seoul to Busan and many stops in between. We absolutely loved our guide Miae. She is was spectacular and lovely; she could not have done anything more for us in terms of flexibility, anticipating our needs, and ensuring that we had the best time we possibly could in Korea. Her recommendations were all outstanding from the restaurants, to the street food she suggested we try, to the specific things she pointed out at every attraction. The vehicle we used to travel around is also worth mentioning. It was roomy, extremely comfortable, impeccably clean, and we loved the heated seats in the back. I really can't say enough positive about Top Korea Tours and cannot imagine a better experience with anyone. I highly recommend them.
        Written May 28, 2024
      • ginadK7981AI
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        Incredibly attentive, knowledgeable and fun!
        Juno is incredible! We have used him twice for two full days of touring Seoul! He is incredible attentive to everyone in our party and is super knowledgeable and friendly. He is able to accommodate not only young kids but also all adults! I will definitely recommend him and plan on booking with his company when I come back to Seoul!
        Written May 4, 2024
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      Ismael V
      Mexico City, Mexico1 contribution
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Oct 2019
      Excellent tour service by Juno, our guide. Incredibly thoughtful and really paid attention to the smallest details. He speaks English and a little bit of Spanish, which in our case turned out to be most Spanish spoken. He tried his best to make us feel at home and explained history in a fun and easy way. Definitely worth taking a trip with TOP!
      Written October 21, 2019
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      JetStream9
      9 contributions
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      Apr 2019 • Family
      Our family was in Seoul for 8 days in April and Miae was our tour guide for half the time we spent there (4 days out of 8). She helped us arrange our itinerary so that every minute is well-spent. She also gave fantastic recommendations for restaurants and dessert places. The tour pace was arranged according to our comfort level. Miae took very good care of us during our tour. The vehicle used was clean, well-maintained, and comfortable. Will definitely recommend Top Korea Tour to friends and family!
      Written May 3, 2019
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      Margie X
      Jakarta15 contributions
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      Well, this is the second time I contacted them to arrange the tours.

      First they picked us up from the airport and we found a lot of cherry blossoms along the road..We really would like to stop to take pictures, but they took us to the park with tons of cherry blossoms and even took the pics for us...for no extra cost!

      And for the next 2 trip to outside seoul, Miae is a great driver and speaks perfect English so the drive and the whole tour went very smoothly..She always try to make sure that we are satisfied with everything and also help us talked to locals order foods and etc..
      We are travelling with older people and she always asked us to wait for her to go get the car so we didnt need to walk far.

      She also helped us booked the jumbo taxi for our way to the airport..

      Very recommended and would come back for more for sure 😉
      Written April 22, 2019
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      Michael K
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      Apr 2023 • Solo
      If you are looking for the very best private tour guides in Korea, pick Top Korea. I just returned from Korea and had 3 private tours with this company: Ganghwa, Suwon and the DMZ. Top Korea consists of husband/wife: Miae and Juno. Both are extremely knowledgable and speak fluent English. They were hospitable and kind, picking me up at my hotel in Incheon, and providing fabulous tours full of insightful information, including finding the best places for lunch. While in Korea, I had a couple of tours with other companies through Viator and was sorely disappointed. On those tours we were rushed around by guides whose English was neglible, There is no comparison: Top Korea was, by far, superb. Don't waste your time looking for other tour guides. I know when I return to Korea I will plan ahead and make sure all my tours are with them.
      Written April 28, 2023
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      jentan1234
      Singapore, Singapore1 contribution
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      Apr 2019 • Family
      My sister recomended TOP because they had a blast during their trip in Seoul last November.
      I emailed them and they were very responsive. Amy was the one who replied to me and was very receptive with all my requests.
      Miae Hyun was our tour guide and she was really very accomodating, friendly and nice. She drove and toured us around Nami Island in the morning, recommended chicken galbi for lunch which my parents super enjoyed. She drove us back to Seoul and we went on a city tour in the afternoon. We were all very pleased with the experience and would recommend TOP!!!
      Written April 24, 2019
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      *Likely to sell out: Based on Viator’s booking data and information from the provider from the past 30 days, it seems likely this experience will sell out through Viator, a Tripadvisor company.

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