EXTRAVAGANT JAPAN & GLANCE AT KOREA

Itinerary

• add Day 1: Arrival Tokyo:

  Arrival Narita. Upon arrival, welcome to the guests. Meeting & transfer to hotel by Limousine. Check in to Hotel. Overnight at the Hotel in Tokyo. Meal : Breakfast

• add Day 2: Tokyo City Tour

  Breakfast at hotel. After breakfast proceed to full day Tokyo Tour- Tokyo Tower, Happo-en(tea ceremony), Imperial Palace Plaza, Niju-bashi Bridge, Sumida River Cruise, Asakusa Kannon & Shopping at Nakamise, Ginza (drive-by).Overnight at Hotel in Tokyo.

  Meal: Breakfast

• add Day 3: Tokyo – Visit Mt. Fuji –Lake Ashi – Tokyo:

  Breakfast at hotel. After Breakfast, proceed to Hakone. Upon arrival sightseeing of Mt. Fuji (Subject to Weather Conditions). Fuji Visitor Center, Mt. Fuji 5th Station, Lake Ashi Cruise, Mt. Komagatake Ropeway. Depart Hakone (Depart Hakone and proceed to Odawara Station by bus. The bus may make brief stops at
  hotels in the Hakone area. Lunch at your own. After sightseeing transfer to Odawara station to board Bullet train to Tokyo. Overnight at the Hotel in Tokyo.

  Meal: Breakfast

• add Day 4: Tokyo

  Breakfast at hotel. After Breakfast, Day is on your own for leisure. Overnight at Tokyo.

  
  Meal: Breakfast

• add Day 5: Tokyo – Onwards Seoul:

  After breakfast, have your own time and you will be pick up at your hotel 4hours before your flight departure time. (Hotel check out time –before 11:00 am, you can have your own time after leaving your baggage to hotel front desk).Arrival Incheon. Upon arrival, welcome to the guests. Meeting & transfer to hotel. Check in
  to Hotel. Overnight at the Hotel in Tokyo.

  Meal: Breakfast

• add Day 6: Full day Seoul tour GYONGBOK PALACE/ NAMSANGOL HANOK VILLAGE/ INSADONG/ SEOUL TOWER

  Breakfast at hotel. After breakfast proceed to full day Seoul Tour- After breakfast at hotel, Gyeongbokgung –Built in 1395, Gyeongbokgung Palace is also commonly referred to as the“Northern Palace” because it is located more toward the north, compared to the neighboring palaces of Changdeokgung (Eastern Palace) and Gyeongheegung (Western Palace). Gyeongbokgung Palace is arguably the most beautiful and remains the grandest of all the five palaces National Folk
  Museum – Buckchon Village – Insadong – Seoul Tower,Myeongdong District.Overnight at Hotel in Seoul.

• add Day 7: Seoul- DMZ TOUR:

  Breakfast at hotel. After Breakfast, proceed to Injingak– DMZ – Dora Observatory – Dora Station – Paju Shopping.DMZ (Demilitarized Zone): where the armistice was signed in 1953, ending the 3-year-long Korean War. Since then it has been the scene of on-and-off dialogue between the free South and the communist North. You go to this historic and history-making spot on a tour where in the escorted safety of UNC police, you are able to look across the Border into the world's most sealed-off society, North Korea. We travel to Imjingak River on the National Road No. 1 known also as the Road of Unification On arrival, displays of ruins of the Korean War and anti-communism materials are seen including a weather beaten locomotive on the disrupted Gyeongui Railway line, a tribune where nostalgic deserters from North Korea make tributes to home and parents in North Korea. Visit the Freedom Bridge where prisoner exchange used to take place and the Unification Pond before continuing on to the Third Tunnel. Discovered in 1978, this tunnel was dug by North Korea for invading into South Korea. At 1.6km long and only 435 m away from the southern demarcation line of DMZ, it can allow 10 000 fully armed soldiers or 30 000 lightly armed soldiers to cross within one hour! We learn more of the conflict at the DMZ theatre before taking an elevated ride into the tunnel to understand better of this impact. We end our field study at Dora Observatory located within the DMZ. Being the northern most observatory of South Korea, we can view civilian life of North Korea such as farmlands and a propaganda village. A streetscape of Gaeseong city and Kim Ilseong’s bronze statue can also be seen using the telescopes. Passing the Advance Camp that houses the UN Command Support Group with its motto “In front of them all”, we return to Seoul after a full day of learning. Overnight at the Hotel in Seoul.

  
  Meal: Breakfast

• add Day 8 : Seoul

  Breakfast at hotel. After Breakfast, Everland Theme Park (Unlimited Pass Tickets). Overnight at Seoul. Meal: Breakfast 

• add Day 9: Seoul – Onwards:

  After breakfast, have your own time and you will be pick up at your hotel 4hours before your flight departure time. (Hotel check out time –before 11:00 am, you can have your own time after leaving your baggage to hotel front desk) Meal: Breakfast Inclusions Exclusions • Accommodation in hotel in standd