Anne Sutherland-Smith
If you are reading this article you have probably already booked your flights to South Korea and are now entering the final stages of planning your trip. For some of you this may be three to six months before you fly out and for others you may be departing in less than a week. This … Read more
When you start planning your visit, a common question where are the best cities to visit in South Korea to enable you to start planning your itinerary. Here are our top two picks with an overview of what to do and see in each city, including many day tour options you can do from each … Read more
When you start planning your visit, a common question where are the best places to visit in South Korea, to enable you to start planning your itinerary. Here are our top picks with an overview of what to do and see in each location. Our top picks are as follows – learn more about each … Read more
A regular question in our group is to ask for help to find the best traditional hanok guesthouse stay while visiting South Korea. You may not realise that in Seoul itself there are several hanok villages where a hanok stay is available. This accommodation is centrally located to enable easy access to the major tourist … Read more
Petite France in Korea is a fun French themed location to visit in Gapyeong. You can easily spend a few hours exploring the village, which is filled with fun museums and art, go on a short nature walk through the forest and also watch a puppet show. Allow a minimum of two hours for your … Read more
The experience of a Korean rail bike is unique in the world – you get to ride along a disused section of rail track by pedalling. All seats in each rail bike have pedals so everyone can help, and you can choose either a 2 or 4 seat rail bike. A great option to experience a … Read more
The Garden of Morning Calm is an absolutely beautiful garden to visit in Gapyeong, near Nami Island, nestled in the valley amongst the mountains east from Seoul. In each season there is something different to see – cherry blossoms in spring and autumn foliage colours. During winter they put on an amazing illumination show which … Read more
Near Nami Island in Gapyeong there are some great additional attractions and activities to visit, so ensure you check them out before planning your visit and decide which ones you are interested in. The most popular attractions near Nami Island include the following, with more details about one each provided further down in this article. … Read more
Nami Island (otherwise known as Naminara or Namiseom) is quite a large island which is covered with beautiful chestnut and poplar trees and has many art and recreation activities. There are also many famous K-drama TV shows which have been filmed on the island. You can visit Nami Island all year round, with amazing cherry … Read more
One of the items on our bucket list for our trip to South Korea was to ride on a big zipline – and after doing our research we were pleased to discover that we could ride one of the biggest ziplines in South Korea at Nami Island, which was also on our itinerary to visit. … Read more