PRIVATE & CUSTOM TOURS — ANYWHERE IN KOREA

Korea, guided your way. Korea,
guided your way.

Custom itineraries for international travelers — designed and led by licensed guides.

Not sure where to go yet? Culture, food, nature — share your interests, and we'll shape the trip around you.

SeoulShare guests and guide together on a private tour in Korea
REGISTERED GENERAL TRAVEL BUSINESS LICENSED GUIDES ONLY FLEXIBLE, TAILOR-MADE ITINERARIES MAJOR ATTRACTIONS & HIDDEN GEMS, NATIONWIDE
WHY US

Four reasons travelers trust us.

01

A founder who still guides

Our founder is a licensed guide who still leads tours in the field. Ten years of living across the US, UK, and China taught him how international travelers think — and guiding keeps him close to what they actually need.

02

No plan yet? Bring your interests.

Coming to Korea without an itinerary — or the time to build one? Don't worry. Just tell us what you love: culture, nature, food. A team led by a guide who's still in the field designs the optimal route around you, then keeps refining it with you until it's truly yours.

03

A guide pool vetted in person

Every guide on our roster is government-licensed — and every one has either worked real tours alongside our founder or come highly recommended for proven skill before being assigned to yours. The guide makes or breaks a trip, so we choose ours the hard way.

04

The classics — and the hidden gems

Seoul, Busan, and Gyeongju, done properly. But also places like Gangneung, Gunsan, and Suncheon — sea towns, time-capsule streets, and misty wetlands most itineraries never reach. If it's worth seeing, we can build a route around it.

The founder guiding a guest at a Korean crafts exhibition
THE FOUNDER

Still guiding, to this day.

Most agency owners plan from an office. Ours plans from the road — he's a licensed guide and still leads tours himself.

Born and raised in Korea, he knows the country from the inside. Ten years of living in the US, the UK, and China taught him to see it from the outside. That combination — local roots, international eyes — is what makes your trip exciting and comfortable at once.

“The best way to know what travelers want is to travel with them. So I still guide — it's what I love, and what I want to share with you.”

LICENSE
Government-licensed guide
IN THE FIELD
Still guiding today
ROOTS
Born and raised in Korea
ABROAD
10 years — US · UK · China
TOURS

Sample itineraries

None of these are fixed packages — they're glimpses of what's possible. Tell us what you're drawn to and the pace you like, and we'll shape the trip around you.

ALL PRIVATE · BUILT AROUND YOUR INTERESTS
Guests in hanbok at Gyeongbokgung Palace
REGION 01

Seoul — the city that has everything

Korea's capital, where a thousand years of history, mountains, rivers, and the country's best food collide with unstoppable energy.

HISTORY & CULTURE

Start the morning in a hanbok at Gyeongbokgung Palace, walk the hanok lanes of Bukchon, then browse Insadong for crafts and rest with tea in a traditional teahouse.

MODERN SEOUL

K-drama Seoul, in real life: the towering bookshelves of Starfield Library, the spaceship curves of Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Gangnam's neon nights, and the buzzing shopping streets of Myeongdong.

NATURE & OUTDOORS

Thirty minutes by subway puts you on a mountain. Stroll the Bukhansan dulle-gil trails — or push for Baegundae Peak (836m). Run or cycle through the Han River parks, then do as locals do: settle down by the water, river breeze on your face, instant noodles in hand.

FOOD

Beyond samgyeopsal and bibimbap: swap modern money for Joseon-era brass coins at Tongin Market and graze your way through the stalls, one street food at a time. Feeling brave? Head to Gwangjang Market for yukhoe — Korean beef tartare — and live octopus, still wriggling.

Blue Line Park sky capsules along the Busan coast
REGION 02

Busan — where the city meets the sea

What Busan has that Seoul doesn't: the open sea, everywhere you look.

THE COAST

Glide over Haeundae's shoreline in a Blue Line Park sky capsule, step onto the Cheongsapo skywalk over the water, then slow down in one of Busan's vast ocean-view cafés.

FOOD

Pork rice soup (dwaeji-gukbap), milmyeon noodles, seed hotteok on the street. Sashimi straight from Jagalchi Market, and grilled clams right beside the water — memories you can taste.

HISTORY

Gamcheon's rainbow rooftops began as a refugee village of the Korean War, when Busan was the wartime capital. From its hillside lanes to the UN Memorial Cemetery, see how this city turned hardship into color.

K-CULTURE

Busan is Korea's film capital — the setting of Train to Busan, a location for countless K-movies, and host of Asia's biggest film festival every fall. Stars' handprints still line BIFF Square in Nampo-dong. And for BTS fans: the Jimin & Jungkook mural in Gamcheon, plus the café run by Jimin's father.

Donggung Palace and Wolji Pond at night, Gyeongju
REGION 03

Gyeongju — the museum without walls

Capital of the Silla kingdom for a thousand years — the whole city is the exhibit.

THE GOLDEN KINGDOM

Begin among the royal burial mounds of Daereungwon and step inside Cheonmachong tomb, where Silla's famous gold crowns were unearthed — then meet the treasures themselves at the Gyeongju National Museum.

BUDDHIST HERITAGE

Bulguksa Temple and the Seokguram Grotto: two UNESCO masterpieces at the pinnacle of Korean Buddhist art — serene, monumental, and still in worship after twelve centuries.

OLD MEETS NEW

Right beside the ancient tombs runs Hwangnidan-gil, Gyeongju's trendiest hanok street: pretty cafés, souvenirs, street food. A city where history and the present live side by side.

Boardwalk through the golden reeds of Suncheonman Bay
REGION 04

Hidden gems — the Korea guides keep to themselves

Every year, our guides scout new regions and develop new tours — these are the places we send people who want more.

GANGNEUNG

The East Coast's deep-blue sea: fresh sashimi with the ocean as your table, and the old-school charm of Jungang Market.

GUNSAN

Time-travel to the early 1900s in a port town that keeps a century-old streetscape intact.

SUNCHEON

Korea's eco capital: dawn mist over the Suncheonman Bay wetlands, endless reed fields alive with migrating birds, and a walled folk village where people still live as they did centuries ago.

And beyond — Jeju, Andong, Yeosu… wherever your interests point, we'll match the region to you.

How custom works

01

Inquire

Write to us with your dates, group size, and a rough idea of what you're hoping for.

02

Consult

A real conversation about pace, interests, and budget — in English, usually within a day.

03

Itinerary

A day-by-day plan with guide, vehicle, and clear pricing. We revise it until it fits.

04

Travel

Your guide takes it from there — by private van, high-speed train, or on foot. All you do is show up.

Tell us about your trip.

Dates, group size, interests — a rough idea is enough to start.

Tell us what you love — we'll build the itinerary around it, with the right guide and the smoothest way to get around.