Taean Tulip Festival & Ggotji Beach One-day Spring & Flower Viewing Tour

beautiful garden,tulip are at blooming time,worth to visit,despite traveling time on bus is quite long, around 7 hour on bus

Long ride to tulip garden (3 hrs one way), except time was a bit too short inside the garden (less then 2 hrs including lunch), tulips were gorgeous. Strawberry picking was good too.

I am so glad I booked for this tour as it made it easier and enjoyable. The tulip festival/flower park was very nice even though the tulips were wilting. Strawberry picking was good too, the strawberries were so sweet and big.

The tour guide worked very hard to speak English and was generally good. It is recommended to bring some simple food with you. The snack stalls inside the venue are not delicious and the prices are a bit expensive.

I'll start with the good reviews first: Tour guide, Connor, was quite knowledgeable and helpful. However, there was some slight miscommunications which resulted in a lot of waiting because some people in the group were not gathered at the meeting points. Festival food was good as well. However, the itinerary felt quite rushed and was not fulfilled fully as advertised, which is a huge disappointment. Firstly, the itinerary stated that it's a visit to Kkotji Beach, however it is only a view from one end of the festival area (across the road with cars travelling frequently and blocking the view). Secondly, although we had some fun during the strawberry picking, we were not given any option to make strawberry jam as indicated in the itinerary. It was a huge disappointment as we were looking forward to the experience to make strawberry jam and bring it back to our home country. Thirdly, our bus driver was quite reckless with his driving, cut lanes, and jam brakes quite often during the journey. It felt like he was rushing to end the job (in a unsafe manner) and we arrived back in Seoul with only 1 dropoff at Hongdae at 6.30pm (rushed us throughout the day, but ended the tour earlier). Lastly, the itinerary was quite rushed (given under 2hrs, inclusive of having to take your lunch, at the tulip festival and view of Kkotji Beach and around 20mins at the strawberry farm, which was located 1hr drive away from the tulip festival site). A genuine feedback would be to start the pickup time earlier (e.g. 7am as with other local day tours), instead of going all round Seoul for pickups starting from 8.45am - 9.30am. We only started to finally depart from Seoul for Taean at almost 10am. Overall, time management could have been better to optimise the experience and maximise the time for the guests to enjoy more at the attractions.

Austin was a nice patient and considerate person. Long rides in the vehicle is pleasant. There is no kkotji beach and strawberry jam making included as per stated in the package. Activities not done fully checked for 2 place/activity thus value for money discounted in stars.

The flower park is very amazing. I suggest starting earlier (I noticed other tours started as early as 7am first pick up point) since it is a huge place to explore. There were some miscommunication on the arrangement for lunch and meet-up after the park exploration. Maybe because of language barrier issues. The strawberry picking activity is fun. I got to taste and take home (back in our country!) some of the strawberries from Korea which are far more better than our strawberries. Overall, this is a very nice package tour, maybe just improve on the issues I mentioned above.

I decided to spend Labour Day in Taean, enjoying the Tulip Festival 🌷 Our tour guide set up a WhatsApp group to keep in contact with us before pick up and during the trip. The journey from Seoul to Taean took about 2.5-3hrs which actually passes quite quickly. There were some great views of the islands just before arriving at the festival site, and the weather was beautiful. Our tour guide arranged lunch in advance with a restaurant at the festival site for those who wanted to try soy crab. There wasn't very clear communication so when we got off the bus, we couldn't find the tour guide. After finding the tour guide at the main gate, we went to the restaurant. There seemed to be a misunderstanding with the restaurant as the food was not ready and we had to wait about 10 mins for a table. I don't mind waiting but we had arranged in advance and we had limited time at the location, so that was a shame. Once we were inside, we ordered the soy crab and all of the food was delicious. Finally we went inside the festival grounds and the flower displays were incredible. The main flowers are tulips, but there were so many others. There were even some King Cherry blossoms that were still in bloom! Definitely a great place to take lots of photos. The tour included Kkotji Beach in the itinerary, but I think it was slightly misleading as the beach actually runs alongside the festival site and we can only view it from there. We didn't actually visit the beach which was a shame. After having lunch we had about 1.5 hours at the festival which seems like plenty of time but it really isn't! It's huge so unfortunately we didn't get to see everything there. When we arrived at the gate about a minute after the meeting time, the tour guide wasn't there as promised. They had already returned to the bus. I think this caused a lot of confusion and a few delays. Our final stop was the strawberry farm. It was about an hour away from the festival site. We had 15 more minutes added to our time at the festival so the time spent at the strawberry farm was very short and felt rushed. However, we picked the strawberries pretty quickly and had some time to enjoy pre-picked and washed strawberries. It was a fun experience. The tour originally included 3 drop off sites, but this was changed to 1 and we arrived at Hongdae around 6:30pm. This tour actually started later than a lot of the other tours I've been on. I think ot could have started earlier so that we could have more time at each location. Overall, I enjoyed my first trip to Taean Tulip Festival and my first try of soy crab. However, I felt like the trip was very rushed and that the schedule was too tight. There were a few miscommunications throughout the day which made it a little frustrating and stressful at times. I also think that the itinerary should state that we do not actually visit Kkotji Beach and that it's a view of the beach that we can have from the festival site. I've been on several tours in Korea and this year I feel that the standards of the tours have dropped a little. I think the prices have increased a lot which has led to tour companies trying to cram too much into the itinerary, or not allowing enough time for us to actually enjoy the places we're visiting. I would prefer to pay a little less and see fewer places in one day so that I can fully experience the place I'm visiting without feeling so rushed.

Thumbs up to Katherine for making the trip enjoyable, and helping us to book a nice Crab soup lunch in Taean. Thank you!

I didn’t go for this trip it was canceled. kindly refund.