Namhansanseong UNESCO Historical Sites and Korean Folk Village-Private Tour
Description
This tour brings you to the Korea old defending Fortress called Namhansanseong designated as a UNESCO site and Korean Folk Village from your Hotel. These Tours will show you the old historical Fortress of Korea which is good for hiking follow the wall side and the Korean Folk Village where Korean people lived before. In addition, the Folk village will provide a lot of fun with various performances. • Tourist will be picked up and sent at a hotel in Seoul or nearby Seoul • Only for One Group Private Tour • Provide Korean Traditional Lunch • Can enjoy Farmers Music and Dancing Performance, Traditional Acrobatic Rope Show and Horse Martial Arts show in Folk Village • Can listen to all the useful information such as politics, religions, society, culture and nature of Korea while traveling from knowledgeable driving guide
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About Namhansanseong Fortress Namhansanseong Provincial Park surrounds Namhansanseong Fortress, one of four forts built to protect Hanyang (the former name of Seoul). Gaeseong, Suwon, Ganghwa and Gwangju are located in the north, south, west, and east direction respectively. Namhansanseong Fortress is located to the east in Gwangju. The park is situated on Namhansan Mountain, 24km southeast from Seoul and 6km northeast from Seongnam. The length of trails is a total of approximately 12.4 km (main fortress 8.9km, external fortress 3.2km, Sinnamsanseong Fortress 0.2km). The height is 7.3m. Namhansanseong’s circumference is approximately 12km, stacking small natural stones over big stones. The fortress includes Sueocheong (Defense Command), Gwana (government office), storage, and a haenggung (temporary palace), as well as 80 wells and 45 springs. Also, administration was moved from Gwangju to inside of the fortress, clearly showing the importance of Namhansanseong Fortress.
About Korean Folk Village Lying in a spacious site of 990,000㎡ and in nature-given geomantic location ‘facing water and backgrounded by mountains’, Korean Folk Village (KFV) is a village from the Joseon period composed of real houses relocated from provinces of the country. Reconstructed through a long survey of houses remaining in different parts of the country and authentication by specialists, it is a real village from the Joseon period that unfolds in seasonal transformation scenes from everyday folk culture meticulously collected. The village was created with common people’s houses and aristocrats’ houses relocated or restored from different parts of the country such as south, middle, north, and islands. It presents the real life from old Joseon life, which includes gwana (provincial government office), seowon and seodang (the educational institute), hanyakbang (the medical institution), Buddhist temples and seonangdang (the religious buildings), and the fortune-teller’s place.
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Pickup Locations & Times
We are going pick up all of tourist from their hotel, motel or BnB in Seoul
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(30)
It was a great tour overall but the tour guide, BJ, was phenomenal. The most respectful and knowledgeable.
Thank you so much for the nice review..!! Sounds like it was an amazing experience Our guide BJ clearly made a lasting impression with his professionalism and deep knowledge—having a great guide really makes all the difference. Please join us next time.
BJ was an excellent guide. Be prepared for a lot of hiking. I know it says walking tour, but I wasn't prepared for how much hiking there is at Namhansanseong. That said, the views are worth every second of the hike. You can almost see Namsan Tower. BJ was very knowledgeable, and it made for a great trip. Thanks BJ!
Thank you so much for the nice review. And best compliment for our great guide BJ. But please do not misunderstand that this tour is as a hiking tour. Just walk in the forest and enjoy the view. There are other option to go city fortress called Suwonhwaseong. If tourist want to walk in the city wall.
What a great day! Our guide, David, was fantastic. He was sensitive to our age/fitness level and adjusted the pace as necessary. We had great conversation, and he taught me some Korean. It was a very active (18K steps) day with plenty of steep grades and stairs. It was a cool sun-shiney day that we very much enjoyed. I highly recommend this tour filled with Korean history!
Wonderful..!! We really appreciate that you had fantastic day with great guide David.
I highly recommend this tour of both the UNESCO Namhansanseong Fortress and Korean Folk Village. Each location is interesting and worthy of a visit on its own, but together they create a perfect combination of nature, history, and culture! This was our second tour with (Chance) Kim (after hiking up Baegundae Peak) and we enjoyed the day with him as he guided us through both sites. Namhansanseong Fortress is located in beautiful mountains outside of Seoul, and we had amazing views as we hiked along the fortress wall to the top of Namhansan mountain. After visiting the fortress, we stopped at a restaurant where Kim ordered a very large and delicious lunch. We then drove to the Folk Village where Kim gave us an extensive tour through the historical houses and village displays. He also gave us ample time to explore the village on our own, which was great! We were able to watch several musical and dance performances, wander through other parts of the village, and even shop for souvenirs and buy ice cream. Amazingly, in spite of the full day's itinerary, Kim managed to drop us off at our hotel exactly 9 hours after picking us up! I highly recommend this tour for everyone!
Wonderful..!! Here is our best guide Chance response. "I was so glad to have a chance for being your guide of 2 tours Bukhansan and Namhansanseong. I've seen your sister's(Joan and Jane) passion that you loved nature and hiking of Korea. Thank you so much..!! And this review gave me a very positive influence to provide more nice tours for giving other tourists. See you again..!!"
We had a wonderful private tour with our driver/guide David who explained the history of Namhansanseong Fortress brilliantly. It can be a bit of a steep climb/walk around the perimeter between gates but was well worth it. The Korean Folk Village was also interesting and we managed to see the show/parade before it poured with rain. We toured the complex with the rain but still had a great time exploring the different aspects of life between the classes.
Thank you for enjoying our tour despite the rain. Thank you also for the compliment on our wonderful guide David.
We had a great time touring with BJ. He was extremely accommodating to our baby and knew so much about Korean history! Thank you for taking such good care of us.
Wonderful..!! This tour bring you to historic and scenic places. We are really happy to hear that you were satisfied our tour. Thank you for joining us with your precious time.
Culturally valid tour and capable and expert guide. Then with the snow even better, everything was very reliable and perfect. I also had an excellent impression on the visit to the village on ancient traditions and customs of Korea and the museum.
We are grateful and glad you enjoyed this tour. Our country Korea has full of rich history and tradition. If you join our tour in next time, you will definitely be satisfied again.
This private tour was absolutely amazing, we loved every single moment of it! Our tour guide Alfonso was super friendly and knowledgeable. He shared a lot about the history of the sites and was happy to answer all of our questions - and our 7yo had a lot of them! The tour was super organised and we enjoyed delicious Korean lunch together with our guide. Thank you so much for such a memorable day! Definitely recommend to go for it!
We appreciate your best compliment review. We always provide best family friendly tour service as a total private tour.
The tour guide Jimmy was amazing. He took his time to explain every detail in the visit to the Unesco fortress and to the Folk village.
We really appreciate your review. These compliment review encourage us to do more well.
Very friendly and enthusiastic tour guide.. the places visited were spectacular. We enjoyed every piece of the trip.
Thank you so much. Your great review will be very helpful in our customer's choice.
