Gyeongju Itineraries

This is a wonderful trip that provides an excellent opportunity to experience the sights, the culture, the unique history and the food of two very colorful and fascinating countries. The guides are excellent and a pleasure to travel with.

Great trip, liked having both countries on the itinerary. Korea was unexpectedly wonderful and PAM KIM, GROUP LEADER WAS OUTSTANDING! Japan started off poorly with Group Leader asking what we wanted to do and where we wanted to go in Tokyo! What!? We wanted to stay together as a group and have the tour leader show us what was important to see and Read more aboutdo, not leave it to us to design and lead the tour! Fortunately Tiger Lee was with us and he understood completely our concern and got us back on track. Anyone who had specific interests could spin off and do that. Group leader helped those people with directions and methods and the majority of the group then stayed together to have Group Leader (and O.A.T.) guide the tour! THANK YOU TIGER LEE!

We both enjoyed this tour immensely. We liked both tour directors, James in Korea and Emiko in Japan. Both were knowledgable, informative, congenial and hard-working. Both provided extra services that we either asked for (James purchased concert tickets for us) or were pleasantly surprised by (Emiko found and purchased a bar of my husband's favori Read more aboutte childhood treat - Meiji chocolate - and gave it to him.) We liked the itineraries in both countries, although we opted out of the Hiroshima post-trip. We would have liked to have more time in Japan as part of the regular trip, especially Kyoto. On one day in Kyoto we walked over 13 miles, trying to see as much as possible in our free time and with Emiko's optional Kyoto Station tour. We would have preferred to have at least one or possibly two more days in which to stretch out all that walking! and to explore more gardens, especially.

Wow, we had vivacious guides with a great sense of humor that inspired us throughout our Korean and Japanese trips. They offered us so many optional opportunities that we could take advantage of; so many personalized insights that we may have otherwise missed if we did not have these dedicated guides. We had never thought out visiting Korea, but w Read more aboute fell in love with welcoming people and their beautiful country!

Loved Japan- the sites, experiences and most of all the very knowledgeable and professional trip leader. Mariko Hirata

This was an amazing trip❗️We were immersed in the culture , history, and food of these countries. Our guides, Yung and Tak , were truly great❗️I describe this trip as superlative in every way.
I also highly recommend the pre-trip to CHINA❗️April was a perfect month to travel to these countries. It was sunny and warm . Spring had popped...the f Read more aboutlowers were beautiful ❗️