Paju & Ilsan Day Tour: Traditional Korean Cooking & Aqua Garden Cafe
Departing from Seoul
Paju & Ilsan
Traditional Food Experience Join the “Rice Flower Farmer” program and try your hand at making authentic Korean delicacies such as chili paste, lotus leaf rice, ginseng honey, or traditional rice snacks (Oranda). It’s a hands-on way to explore local food culture and rural traditions
Healing Cafe in a Glass Garden Located in Ilsan, Aqua Garden Café features tranquil pools, lush greenery, and a stunning glass greenhouse. This scenic café is a beloved healing spot near Seoul, perfect for both photo lovers and those seeking a peaceful break
Culture or DMZ View (Route-based) Choose between an immersive visit to Museum Hei (Route 1) or a symbolic view across the DMZ at Aegibong Observatory (Route 2)
What to expect
Paju & Ilsan Day Tour: Cooking & Aqua Cafe 🌿🎨☕
✨Highlights ✨ Escape the daily grind and immerse yourself in Korean culture, nature, and culinary delights! This unique tour takes you to Paju and Ilsan’s hidden gems, promising a refreshing and memorable experience for all your senses. Get hands-on with authentic Korean cooking, relax in a whimsical cafe, and discover Korea’s charming countryside.
🗺️Choose Your Route🗺️
Route 1: Art, Nature, & Gastronomy
- Museum Hei
- Rice Flower Farmer (Cooking & Lunch)
- Ilsan Aqua Garden Cafe
Route 2: Nature, Culinary, & History
- Rice Flower Farmer (Cooking & Lunch)
- Ilsan Aqua Garden Cafe
- Aegibong Peace Eco-Park
Museum HEI is an immersive art exhibition hall born from art and new technology.
Museum HEI has realized over 20 media art works with the theme of ‘Beautiful Moments in Life’ using nature, famous paintings, and cutting-edge technology.
Rice Flower’s Farmer “Byeoggot Nongbu” local food market includes a culinary experiential complex. It has a Kitchen Lab and Rice Cake Lab offering different cooking and food preparation workshops centered around rice produce.
You can learn to make Gochujang, the traditional red chili paste commonly used in Korean dishes like bibimbap and tteokbokki.You can take the finished gochujang home as a souvenir, and you can also enjoy delicious bibimbap mixed with gochujang.
An experience program to make lotus leaf rice using healthy ingredients. Make and eat delicious and healthy lotus leaf rice by adding five kinds of seasonal ingredients to soft glutinous rice with the subtle fragrance of the highest quality lotus leaves.
Aquarium Cafe! Aqua Garden is not just a cafe where you can enjoy coffee and desserts, but a complex cultural space where you can experience and enjoy the aquarium, attracting demand from people of all ages.
It offers visitors the chance to enjoy coffee while admiring the underwater scenery. Large tanks that vividly recreate a natural aquatic ecosystem surround the cafe, providing visitors with a rich visual experience from anywhere in the venue.
Located in the only South-North Free-zone in Korea, egibong Peace Ecopark is a symbolic place representing peace and harmony.
It was originally Hill 154, where the two Koreas fought fiercely during the Korean War. With the symbolism of the world's only divided area, it is located at the mouth of the Hangang River, which has endless ecological nature around the border area.
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Good to know
- Reservations can be made from 1 person and the minimum number of participants is 4. If the minimum is not reached, the tour will be canceled, and notification will be sent via email or message 2 days prior to departure.
- Children under 6 years old must participate in the experience with a guardian, and no separate experience kit is provided.
- Only routes 1&2 include lunch, and routes 3~6 do not include lunch.
- Please be sure to indicate the items you would like to experience on routes 1 & 2 when making your reservation. Please understand that if you do not indicate this, the experience items may be carried out arbitrarily due to the depletion of ingredients on the day.
- The driver will contact you the day before departure and will contact you via Whatsapp/Wechat, etc.
- In order to fairly protect the rights of all passengers, we will depart on time and will not individually contact or wait for customers before departure on the day. If you are late due to personal reasons, we will not wait for you and will not refund your tour fee.
- The schedule is for reference only.The order of the tourist attractions may be adjusted and the time to return to Seoul may be delayed.
- This product does not include insurance, so we recommend that you purchase travel insurance on your own.
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