Passeios por Cheonmachong

Hans was amazing! He made the tour very interactive and fun. I learnt a lot about the history of Korea. Gyeongju is absolutely beautiful. I kept asking my partner to pinch me so I knew I wasn’t dreaming! Some places were a little rushed but that’s expected when you have such a packed adventurous Itenarary.

Tour guide Mike is of mixed Chinese and Korean descent, so his explanations in Chinese were spot on. He explained the history in a concise and engaging way without making it boring, and sometimes added some honest, humorous little jabs, hahaha. He explained the origins of each attraction and we even learned a bit of trivia about the Korean Chuseok holiday, which really helped us gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of this land! While it's not impossible to visit these places on your own, trying to understand the cultural background and seamlessly connect the sights in a short time requires a massive amount of research just to truly enjoy the trip. For overworked office workers with limited vacation days, what are you waiting for? Sign up right away! Chinese-speaking travelers really should book this tour, you won't regret it~~ (The tour guide honestly didn't pay me off to write this review, hahaha, I'm giving him a heartfelt five-star rating).

It was a really great tour with a smaller group, so we all fit into a van, which I was thankful for. Our guide was Hee. He did really well coordinating everything in the swarming heat and drove like a legend. We had ample time for the itinerary with options to choose to visit the museum or some people to visit Wolji lake. I'm happy I choose the museum as theres lots of things to see from Shilla. He also acted as a photographer too. We stopped for lunch at an affordable ₩9900 buffet, theres other options too like a cafe cafe and CVS. A great tour to do if you want to see Gyeongju :)

Our guide (Mr. Kim) is punctual, efficient and considerate. He even help us to double check whether the place that we plan to go is open during rainy day. He also recommend good food and willing to share it's location to us. He make sure we fully utilise the time to explore as much places as possible other than the requested itinerary. Would like to engage his service again.

Our group of five family members took this this tour one way from Busan to Gyeongju. DK was our guide and driver for the day. He was friendly, knowledgeable and well organized. DK is a Korean native who spent several years of his childhood in the US, and he was able to understand us and express himself fluently to bring us a very valuable, authentic Korean perspective which we really appreciated. We were able to see all of the highlights of Gyeongju in just one day. He really helped us make the most of our time by recommending key focus areas at each site. For us, this was also how we traveled from Busan to our next destination, Gyeongju, and how we were able to tour the Gyeongju sites. It was so efficient, easy, and stress free. DK started the day picking us up at our Busan hotel, and ended our day dropping us off at our Gyeongju hotel. We highly recommend this tour.

Donghoon was the perfect tour guide. He was able to explain the background and history of all the venues in multiple languages catering to our groups needs. He was always making sure we had enough rest in between locations and even provided us a bonus viewpoint of Busan city at night time! Definitely worth the visit and the highlight of my trip to Busan!