Korea: Tea, Ceramics, architecture and Rural Landscapes

Price: 34750 DKK
Age: 18+
Length: 14 days
Languages: English, Danish, Japanese
Next departures: 12.Oct.2025 / 11.Oct.2026/10.Oct.2027

Tour Description: Situated between China and Japan, Korea has many historical and contemporary ceramic traditions. While Japanese ceramics and pottery are widely known and appreciated, Korean technical skills, aesthetics, and traditions lie behind much of the work being produced there. This tour provides a chance to experience urban and rural Korea, and encounter the hospitality and generosity of the Korean people. You’ll see museum collections of incredibly diverse historical objects, as well as pottery by a diverse range of contemporary artists, and have a chance to purchase them and add them to your collection. You’ll eat some fantastic meals, from night market stalls in Seoul, countryside restaurants with local guest and many side dishes, to inspecting one of Korea’s fermenting institutes where different soy, miso, and vinegar products are created.. Probably some of the most delicious seafood you’ll experience in your life, and so much more. You’ll travel by dedicated micro-bus, hiking, and airplane on our journey through and around Korea. Especially people who aren’t interested in ceramics still have a fantastic time on this tour, as there is so much to do and see. Your guides speak English, Danish, Japanese, and Korean and have experience leading tours around Korea. You’ll have a great time, and at the end of the trip we’ll have a little party, so celebrate and remember all the fantastic experiences that we’ve had together.

Read more details about our terms and conditions here: Terms and Conditions

  • This tour includes round trip airfare from CPH to destination, all lodging, train transportation, breakfasts, three dinners, a Japanese, Danish, and English speaking guide, entrance fees to museums and attractions on the program, and online support prior to departure.

  • This trip includes a flight ticket from Copenhagen to Korea. Traveling from another part of the world? -6000dkk if you arrange your own ticket.

  • We stay in many different types of places: small and large hotels, hostels, airbnb, bed and breakfast. This trip includes double lodging throughout the adventure. If you're traveling with a friend or partner, great. Otherwise, it's easy to be roommates with someone else on the tour If you'd like a single room, there's an additional fee of +4800dkk.

  • All breakfasts and three evening meals are included in the price of the trip. Lunches you pay for by travelers, and we generally eat light and on the go to save time for our curiosity. The first, middle, and last evenings we have a collective dinner, where we have a chance to have introductions, updates, and evaluation of the trip.

  • The guide speaks English, Danish, and Japanese. Other languages are also welcome. Google and other translator programs make it possible to navigate many situations in Japan when necessary, and facilitate individual exploration.

  • Transportation between the main destinations of the tour, for example from Seoul to Osong, are included in the tour, and are primarily by dedicated microbus. Travel in the local areas, for example Seoul itself, is paid for by the individual travelers.

  • All entrance fees to activities listed on the program will be paid for by the tour. This includes museums, galleries, artist workshops, special exhibitions, etc. See the detailed tour program for an overview.

  • Before and after our adventure together, we're happy to provide online support and information for our travelers. If you're in Korea on a tour already, please speak with your guide about details and information.

  • If you're going on this trip, you need to be responsible for your passport, visas, travel insurance, vaccinations, and any additional expense not specifically mentioned in the included on this tour section.

  • Travelers need to have a valid passport with more than six months to expiry on arrival in Korea. If the destination requires a visa, you're also responsible for making certain that you obtain this in good time prior to departure. Please provide a copy of your passport so that we can be sure that we get the spelling of your name correct for flight, train, and hotel reservations.

  • Travel insurance is required for participation on Ceramic Adventures Travel. As each person is different, it's important to check with your insurance provider to make certain that you have appropriate coverage for the destination that you're traveling too.

  • Each person is different, and it is important to check with your personal physician about vaccinations that they recommend and can provide.

  • Additional costs and expenses on the trip need to be paid by the travelers themselves. This can include non-covered meals, snacks, transportation, purchases of pottery and other craft items, and services at hotels, as well as shipping of items to our final destination, airport, or home address.

Expect the Unexpected!

We travel in small, personal groups, and travel primarily by foot, taxi, trains. You’ll quickly see what a fun and interesting place Korea is! Everything is arranged so that you’ll have a fantastic time, and learn a lot about Korean ceramics, potters, and a whole lot more. On this trip, we’ll have a special focus on ceramics, tea, and architecture. And…you’ll also have a chance to experience Korea in ways that few other travelers can, because we’re going to some very special places, which are off the beaten path of “normal” tourism in the Land of the Morning Calm. The days are designed so that we’ve got group activities part of the days, and then you’ve got time for what you’d like to do the rest of the day. Doing things together is really important, and having time to yourself for personal exploration even more so!

From Seoul to Jeju: Pottery, Architecture, and Rural lifeways

On this trip to Korea, we’ll travel from north to south, Seoul to Jeju, urban to rural. We’ll see fantastic museums, markets, and temples, and we’ll also explore artists personal studios and workshops. Meals and drinks in Korea are fantastic, and we’ll have a chance to sample many of them. Our last stop is on Jeju Island, where we’ll have a chance to see the amazing stone kiln firing, a wood fired kiln built from lava stone, and coated with refractory clay on the inside, as it is fired containing hundreds of pieces of Onggi pottery at one time.