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Kristinainkorea · Joined: 13 Mar 2009 Location: Korea

Hi, I'm looking for something to do this weekend and thought the DMZ would be a good idea since I haven't done it yet. Does anybody have any idea where I can sign up for it? Adventure korea is all full.

Thanks.

Or if there's anything else exciting happening this weekend?

gangwonbound · Joined: 27 Apr 2009

Go to the USO Korea website and get info from that DMZ tour.

climber159 · Joined: 02 Sep 2007

You an try to see if you can get in on one of the USO tours. They fill up pretty far in advance though.
http://affiliates.uso.org/Korea/default.cfm?contentid=347

The other thing you can do (I've done this) is get on a train to Dorasan station from Seoul station early in the morning (train departs at 9:23am). You'll get off at Imjingang station. There's a booth where you can buy tour tickets (I think they're 12,000KRW). Then you go through the security area and get back on the train to go to Dorasan station. Here you get on the tour bus. It takes you to the 3rd tunnel and Dora observatory. This way is much cheaper than the USO tour and it's pretty good. Go Saturday; I don't think the tour bus runs on Sunday.

Kristinainkorea · Joined: 13 Mar 2009 Location: Korea

Thanks a lot Smile

I think i will try for the trip to Dorasan.

climber159 · Joined: 02 Sep 2007

You'll need your passport too. You will not be allowed to go to Dorasan station without your passport.

Sapa · Joined: 05 Nov 2007

Bear in mind that you can only visit PANMUNJOM, the Joint Security Area, with the USO. That's the place you really want to see when you think of a DMZ tour. It's the area you would have seen on tv many times, where you have NK soldiers staring at you with binoculars and those long blue buildings that straddle the border.