The Hotel Where you stay→ Imjingak Park→ The Unification Bridge → ID Check → DMZ theater & exhibition hall → The 3rd Infiltration Tunnel → Dora Observatory → Dorasan Station → Pass by Unificantion Village → Amethyst Center → Drop off at Itaewon
The Korean Demilitarized Zone is a strip of land running across the korea Peninusula that serves as a buffer zone between North and South Korea. The DMZ is the only place in th world where confronting ideologies still face each other. The only permanent residents of the DMZ are the various plants and animals that are sheltered from human contact. This is the only place where peach and tension coexist and people who long for peace continue to visit without fail.
Tour Condition
* All package tours include the guide, transportation, and admission fee.
* Amethyst & Ginseng Center will be included in every package tour course.
* After the morning package tours, you will be dropped off at Itaewon.
(For the sending service, there will be an additional charge of 10,000won)
* If there’s an unannounced military training or official event in JSA, the tour will be cancelled on the day of the tour without notice.
* If you cancel your reservation on the day of the tour, there will be a 70% cancellation charge. (For the Panmunjeom and DMZ Tour, there will be a 100% cancellation charge. For other services such as hotel or airline reservations, it will be different case by case.)
* Pick up time will be changed to your hotel location.
* Pay by different currency, card, or room charge is possible when paying for your tour.
* The package tour - Child fares: 30% off under 7 years of age.
* Don’t act independently during the package group tour.
* Considering the traffic jam of Seoul, pick up service will be delayed occasionally.
* Cosmojin will not be responsible for your personal incidents and loss during the tours.
Reminder
*DMZ Tour is closed on Mondays and National Holidays. *Passport is required! *If there’s an unannounced military training or official event in JSA, the tour may be canceled on the day of the tour with short notice.
Knowing beforehand allows you to have more fun!
Imjingak Park
Imjingak tourist sites are the place where the Korean war was broke out on 25 June 1950 and one race has been opposed to each other. There are diverse monuments in this place; a war record monument of Imjingak district, a monument of America’s entry into the war, a memorial tower of 17 diplomatic mission died by North Korean’s bomb terror in Myanmar in 1983, and a monument for people in Kimpo Airport bomb accident in 1987. Train used to travel to Sinuiju, where is located in the north end of the country, before the partition of the Korean Peninsula.
The Unification Bridge
The Unification Bridge,which is known as the Gateway to the Unification, was constructed by the founder of Hyundae Corp.,Jung Ju Young to drive cattles to North Korea as a payback in 1998.
Since1998, It has been used by the former presidents Kim Dae Jung, Roh Mu Hyun to cross the border for North-South summit talks.
DMZ theater & exhibition hall
DMZ theater & exhibiton hall give you genral information of Korean war & DMZ. It takes about 15miuntes.
The 3rd Infiltration Tunnel
The 3rd Tunnel was discovered on October 17, 1978. It is located 52km from Seoul.
Approximately 10,000 soldiers can move through this tunnel In one hour. When this tunnel was discovered, North Koreans insisted steadfastly that it was made by South Koreans to invade North Korea, but this proved to be false.
Mt. Dora Observation Platform is located nearby the 3rd Tunnel.
From this observation platform, North Korean military personnel are visible, and so are the city of Gaeseong and the Geumgangsan Diamond Mountains.
Dora Observatory
It is the northernmost observatory of South Korea from which visitors can view a part of North Korean life through a telescope, such as Mt. Songaksan in Gaeseong, Kim Il-seong statue, Gijeong-dong, the outskirts of Gaeseong-si, Train smokestack at Jangdan station, and Geumamgol (collective farm). This has 304 sq. ft. and some facilities; 500 capacity, VIP Room, control office, 30 to 40 capacity parking lot. It opened to the public in Jan. 1987
From Dora Observatory, tourists can view the North Korean propaganda village in the DMZ and as far north as the city of Gaeseong.
Dorasan Station
52 years of anticipation, waiting for the day when the two countries will be united once again. Dorasan station, the northernmost station in South Korea, has planned to connect the Gyongueisun(Line) and it will be linked to the European continent via the Siberian Railway.
Amethyst Center
The colour of Amethyst is as unique as it is seductive, though in fact this gemstone of all gemstones is said to protect its wearer against seduction. Korean Amethyst is extravagance in violet since it has been formed from granite stone base since 5000 years. Moses described it as a symbol of the Spirit of God in the official robes of the High Priest of the Jews, and the Russian Empress Catherine the Great sent thousands of miners into the Urals to look for it.
It was said to protect crops against tempests and locusts, bring good fortune in war and in the hunt, drive out evil spirits and inspire the intellect.