Full Day Korea DMZ and JSA (Joint Security Area) Tour from Seoul
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4.28Great tour!
Reviewed by: angelmylife, 2019/12/05The tour guide was awesome, very knowledgeable and interesting. He loves his job. I had a great time. Some rude people kept talking over him...RUDE. The only complaint I have is that there were not any North Korean soldiers in the blue house. I would have liked to have seen one. We got exactly what was promised out of this tour. The bimbimbap was delish. We were warned that we may not get to go to visit the JSA, but we did get to. thank goodness. Loved it. It was an ALL day tour. Left in the morning and arrived home in the evening. Long ride home. :)
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Activity Date: | 2019/09/20 |
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DMZ Tour
Reviewed by: Sandy, 2019/07/27Very disappointed that JSA tour was cancelled for that day as it was the main reason we booked the tour. However, still an informative and interesting tour. Our tour guide Mr. Han was nice and friendly. good control of time but still enough time to walk around and take photos. Advised to eat breakfast beforehand as will eat lunch late since the tour ended at 2:30. Highly recommended for first time visitors to Seoul.
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Attended as: | Families |
Activity Date: | 2019/07/25 |
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DMZ. A Must See !!!
Reviewed by: Micah Bass, 2019/07/20Great tour
Amazing from start to finish . Exceptionally educational
Lunch for a full day tour paying over $130 pp SUCKED
Other then that .
Amazing day every human must see .
Dear Guest
Warm Greeting from Cosmojin Travel Agency.
Thank you for your feedback!
We hope guest had a great time :)
Best Regards,
Cosmojin Travel Agency
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Attended as: | Couples |
Activity Date: | 2019/07/18 |
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Good Tour!
Reviewed by: Devyn, 2019/07/07The only reason there are not 5 stars is because the JSA portion was canceled but other than that they were reliable and had a fun time.
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Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Activity Date: | 2019/07/05 |
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A Haunting But Enriching Experience
Reviewed by: Jonathan, 2019/05/28The Tour was very enriching. It was certainly haunting and a bit frightening considering your in the most dangerous place in the world, but the security provided by the South Korean military makes the tour worth it. Things to consider is if you want to see the infiltration tunnel, be ready for a workout.
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Attended as: | Families |
Activity Date: | 2019/05/24 |
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Very interesting experience. That this conflict and state of readiness is still going on after over 60 years is mind boggling. The tour demonstrated how far from resolution the two countries are.
Reviewed by: Linda B, 2019/05/16Our tour guide, Mr. S. P. Huong, was so knowledgeable and provided a lot of Information about the politics and background of the conflict. Visiting the JSA is such an important part of the tour, seeing up close the stand off. Army tour guides inside the JSA brought the impact home, these are our our young men. Air quality and visibility were not good but looking into N Korea was surreal, so close but so far away in ideology. The tour is a tough walk, to the observation tower and into the tunnel so be sure you are up to it. If you are coming to Seoul from the USA, I think a very important must see.
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Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Activity Date: | 2019/05/14 |
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Dmz
Reviewed by: Philip Verrall, 2019/04/03The tour was good. Only way we could get to see the area was on a tour. Needed more time at the ticket office area. There is a lot to see at this place with lots of other tourists. 20 minutes, while our guide got tickets was not long enough.
Never signed up to go shoppping so why were we taken to the Amythest shop. This long detour and time would have been better spent at one of the sites.
Pity the JSA section was cancelled but by all reports this happens regularly. Refund of this portion happened quickly. We were notified when the section was cancelled and kept informed.
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Attended as: | Couples |
Activity Date: | 2019/03/22 |
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Nice trip of the DMZ
Reviewed by: Roeland , 2018/12/04The tour was a good history lesson, as well as a fun tour due to visiting the different type of locations.the JSC was closed by the UN unfortunately, but the replacing programme is still good.
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Attended as: | Friends |
Activity Date: | 2018/12/01 |
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Good experience
Reviewed by: Greg, 2018/10/26The tour was meant to be a JSA/DMZ tour but was changed to DMZ tour only in the morning due to military reasons.
Our guide was the most funny guy with a lot of jokes including him self and he was very informative about Korea since the war.
Veltra has excellent customer service. The highlights were looking at the DMZ from the observation deck and seeing the 3rd tunnel.
We hope to do the JSA tour on our next trip
Dear Guest,
Thank you for your review and We was really sorry about cancel it.
Please come again Korea next time and Please let us know you also have to visit JSA :)
Thank you.
Best Regards,
Cosmojin Travel Agency
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Attended as: | Friends |
Activity Date: | 2018/10/23 |
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Good experience
Reviewed by: Sean, 2018/08/26We are glad we did the DMZ tour. Veltra has excellent customer service. The highlights were looking at the DMZ from the observation deck and seeing the 3rd tunnel. If we could do it again, we would probably opt for the tour that included the JSA trip.
Dear Sean Brandon
Warm Greeting from Cosmojin Travel Agency.
Thank you for your feedback.
We are really sorry to make a change due to Typhoon.
Please come to again Korea and Please make a reservation again the JSA Tour.
Thank you.
Best Regards,
Cosmojin Travel Agency
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Attended as: | Couples |
Activity Date: | 2018/08/24 |
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Long but good
Reviewed by: Fellow Traveler, 2018/08/13Since a tour is the only way to see the JSA/DMZ this was tour was good. Our guide, SP was very good and so was his English. He made the long day enjoyable.
Dear Guest,
Greeting from Cosmojin Travel Agency.
Thank you for your feedback!
Best Regards,
Cosmojin Travel Agency
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Activity Date: | 2018/08/10 |
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Great experience, mediocre tour-guide/organisation
Reviewed by: Vincent, 2018/08/09Anyone visiting Seoul should go to both the DMZ and the JSA. It's a once in a lifetime experience. The tour-operator cosmojin itself is not the best you can wish for.
Other than on the website, the tour stops at another place than the pick-up location.
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Attended as: | Friends |
Activity Date: | 2018/08/07 |
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A worth it experience of the history of two Koreas!
Reviewed by: Ying, 2018/07/24Really liked our tour guide, Hans, who gave a really good overview of the DMZ as well as background information on Korean history! The only thing was that the weather was not great on the day we visited panmunjeom, so we could not have a good view of North Korea.
Dear Ying,
Greeting from Cosmojin Travel Agency.
Thank you for your feed back.
I also happy to hear you were enjoyed the tour!
Thank you.
Regards,
Cosmojin Travel Agency
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Activity Date: | 2018/06/30 |
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Great
Reviewed by: Qin, 2018/07/18The tour was informative and we really enjoyed ourselves. There is no need to print the online confirmation as stated in the email as the tour guide had all the information he needed. If you have not been to this tour, I highly recommend you to join =)
Dear Guest,
Greeting from Cosmojin Travel Agency and I really happy to hear You like it!
Hope you have a Great Day.
Regards,
Cosmojin Travel Agency
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Attended as: | Couples |
Activity Date: | 2018/07/10 |
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DMZ with JSA
Reviewed by: Lauren, 2018/07/13We had an amazing guide who really explained Korean history and culture. My only complaint would be the unexpected stop by shopping areas, which, although informative, wasn’t anything I read about. I’ll need to read the fine print next time.
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Attended as: | Families |
Activity Date: | 2018/07/11 |
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Interesting Tour
Reviewed by: eelaine, 2018/07/10Overall, I absolutely enjoyed the tour of DMZ. Our guide, Han, was very informative and told a lot of interesting stories. Shame that JAS was closed. Will definitely go again for JSA!
Dear Guest,
Thank you for your feed back and We also happy to hear You enjoyed the tour.
Next time, Please come again Korea and join JSA Tour!
Have a Great Day.
Best Regards,
Cosmojin Travel Agency
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Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Activity Date: | 2018/07/06 |
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Great experience... on JSA and DMZ
Reviewed by: Michael, 2018/06/19This is a great trip. The JSA experience is very unique. On the DMZ trip, the tunnel is good but lots of exercise.... The observation deck is still interesting... However, I found the train station is sort of boring...
There was a slight incident in the morning pickup as it was late about 10 mins... Luckily, the tour sent an alternative driver and picked us up...
Net-net, I think this was a good experience
Dear Our guest Michael,
Greeting from Cosmojin Travel Agency.
And Thank you for your feed back.
I was happy to heard you got a good experience.
Hope you've got a Interesting memory of Korea.
Best Regards,
Cosmojin Travel Agency
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Activity Date: | 2018/06/16 |
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Great Experience
Reviewed by: Adewale, 2018/06/15Unforgettable experience, i would definitely recommend Veltra.
Please note that JSA tour was cancelled two days prior to the tour. The reason was not specified in the email received by Veltra but we heard during the tour that it is quite common when there are discussions with UN/South Korea/North Korea/US. It was fews days before Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un met in Singapore.
We were quite worried knowing that we were in Seoul only for few days.
Hopefully, Veltra suggested to attend the Half-day DMZ tour and we agreed. Veltra also proceed with the partial refund 5 days after we did the tour. Veltra Customer Service was very responsive.
We have been to :
Imjingak Park
The Unification Bridge
DMZ Theater and Exhibition Hall
The 3rd Infiltration Tunnel
Dora Observatory
Dorasan Station
Dear Guest,
Thank you for your review.
We are really sorry to about a cancel.
Thank you for your understanding and We really appreciate join our DMZ Tour.
Thank you.
Regards,
Cosmojin Travel Agency
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Activity Date: | 2018/06/05 |
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A good experience
Reviewed by: GW from VA, 2018/02/20The Korean guide was knowledgeable and frank about the history of the zone. He would make sure he gives us the needed background info for the sites. Overall it was a good experience- got to hit the major spots and take pictures. Perhaps due to the cold weather, we didn't get to spend a lot of time at each location, which was a bummer.
Lunch was good. With extra $5 bucks you can upgrade it to bulgogi beef.
In the end we were brought to souvenir shop for amethyst shopping. While I understand there is a need for commission, I didn't quite expect to make this stop.
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Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Activity Date: | 2018/01/26 |
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Fascinating to see DMZ and JSA
Reviewed by: Karen (UK), 2018/02/20Trip was great. Highly recommend.
If you're worried about "safety" it really didn't seem to be an issue.
Guide was OK. Not awful, but not fantastic. His English was OK, but not great. I feel he could have shared a lot more history and Korean culture. The military chaperone once we were in JSA was much more informative and friendly.
Worse part - the stupid, time-wasting trip to the jade store at the end of the day. Complete waste of time and very uncomfortable. It was just a bunch of jewelers trying to get you to but their stuff. Highly suggest removing this from the tour. Also, it would have been nice to be dropped back off at the location where we were picked up (which would have been possible if we weren't taken to the jade store).
But the DMZ experience was well worth it.
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Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Activity Date: | 2018/02/13 |
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Enjoyed every bit of it.
Reviewed by: Raffy T., 2017/09/06Aside from several changes of vehicle in Seoul before the start of the tour, everything went well throughout the trip.
The number of participants was just right, the information given during the tour sufficient enough. I would have given it a 5 star if we were given a little more time to explore each of the sites we visited. We got back to Seoul, i thought too early.
But overall everything was great.
I will definitely recommend this tour to my friends and most likely will do it again.
Dear. Raffy T.
Warm Greeting from Cosmojin Travel Agency.
Thank you for your review.
We are happy you enjoyed your tour with us.
We are sorry to have caused you to feel rushed.
There is a time limit because it is a military area.
I hope you'll try to understand.
Wish this trip would stay with you as a happy memory.
Thank you.
Best Regards
Minji, Kim
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Activity Date: | 2017/08/16 |
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Jsa and Dmz
Reviewed by: Taylor , 2017/08/12Our tour started with a personal pick up at our hotel, the driver came right to the door which was nice because it was tucked away in the side streets and hard to find. The tour bus was large and air conditioned. The group was small enough that we did not feel lost or overwhelmed by the number of people. There could have been more information about the history of the war provided by the tour guide during the drive there. We stopped at the Jsa and were able to go inside the building and ask questions. The American soldier that guided us was very friendly. Our lunch was okay, the food wasn't amazing but it wasn't awful. We feel that the time budgeted for lunch (an hour) was too long and that if this had been shorter we would not have been as rushed when visiting places in the Dmz in the afternoon. The tour ended with a trip to an amythyst store which was not part of the itinerary and was not particularly interesting. There was no hotel drop off but the area we were dropped off in was full of shopping and restaurants which was nice, it was also at the subway. The highlights were the Jsa, freedom bridge (you neee to pay to see it all), observatory (you need money for the binoculars), the train station, and the tunnels (LOTS of walking). We were also able to buy souvenirs at many stops.
Dear. Taylor
We also happy to here that you sarisfied our pick up service and tour.
and thank you for your detailed review.
I'm sorry to have caused you to feel rushed.
There is a time limit because it is a military area.
I hope to understand.
Thanks again for your tour choice with Cosmojin!
Best Regards
sophia
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Activity Date: | 2017/08/04 |
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Dear Guest
Warm Greeting from Cosmojin Travel Agency
Thank you so much for taking the time to write your feedback !
We are delighted that you enjoyed visiting the DMZ & the JSA area !
Your guide SP is a very knowledgeable person, and full of interesting stories ! We are so glad that your enjoyed his guiding :-)
He does love his job !!
Regarding the North Korean Soldiers, sometimes when there is a tour from North Korea, you may see some of them.
Since the DMZ Area is now weapon free, they do not come as closed as you could see in some pictures on Internet.
Maybe if you come back again, would you have the chance to see them? Who knows? :-)
Thank you for choosing Cosmojin Travel Agency & Veltra !
We hope to see you again ~
Best regards,
Cosmojin Travel Agency