Busan Highlights Shore Tour – Cruise Return Assured
Recommended by 92% of travelers
Busan, South Korea
- 8 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
When you’re headed to South Korea on ship, take this shore excursion tour to get more familiar with the port city of Busan. Along your way, visit Songdo Sky Walk, Gamcheon Culture Village, Yongdusan Park, Samgwangsa Temple, and Hwangnyeongsan Mountain Observatory. Plus explore two of Korea’s largest markets, Gukje Market and Jagalchi seafood market. This tour also provides easy port pickup and drop-off and lunch for your convenience.
- Shore excursion tour in Busan
- Visit the Gamcheon Culture Village and Samgwangsa Temple
- Stroll along the Songdo Sky Walk
- See awesome views at Hwangnyeongsan Mountain Observatory
- Go to Gukje Market and Jagalchi Market
- Enjoy a Korean-style lunch
- Round-trip transport from the port is included
What's Included
- Port pickup and drop-off
- Bottled water
- Professional guide
- Guaranteed to skip the long lines
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan or small bus
- Lunch
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Pickup details
We will be standing outside of immigration with tourists' name cards and will drop you off at the same place at the time requested.
Operating hours.9:00 am
Itinerary
1
Songdo Skywalk
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
2
Busan Gamcheon Culture Village
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
3
BIFF Square
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
4
Gukje Market
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
5
Jagalchi Market
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
6
Hwangnyeongsan Mountain
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
7
Samgwangsa Temple
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Adult pricing applies to all travelers ages 4 and above
- Please wear a comfortable shoes (high heels are not recommended)
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
- Schedule could vary (shorten) depending on your cruise arrival/departure time. You will be notified in advance
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 40 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
4.6
based on 36 reviews
lorraine_g, Mar 2026
Good tour would recommend. The guide was lovely and very informative. The lunch was also good. It was a nice size party - only six of us.
Joann_K, Nov 2025
Might be the best all day tour I ever experienced. Fabulous tour guide who took us to new and old Korea. Korean lunch was equally great. Sue was our tour guide. Highly recommend her.
Erik_G, Nov 2025
Sue was engaging, informative, and spoke English fluently. The driver was also very helpful. The two of them made a great team, and we felt that we got to see the best of Busan during our short time in the city.
Neil_E, May 2025
Steve collected us from the Busan cruise terminal promptly, and with our name on a card. We had already given Steve our preferences.of places to visit and his itinerary did not disappoint. A great tour around Busan, including the Temple, Culture Village, and great viewing points.
Steve took us to a Korean barbecue restaurant where he guided us through the menu and set us up to cook and enjoy a great meal. Steve left us to complete our cooking and collected us at the end of the meal.
A great tour with an extremely knowledgeable, friendly guide in an air conditioned car with water supplied.
Highly recommended
Joseph_S, Aug 2024
We knew very little about South Korea and were interested in the history and culture. We asked our guide to show us the city addressing the community as a whole. She excelled in helping us visit the community and learn about the whole country.
Ricky_L, Nov 2023
We were surprised that we were the only ones in the tour. As a result, we received special care by our guide Chris. The weather was beautiful with slight wind. On top of the tourist spots that we had visited, we received an excellent lesson on the history of Korea. Chris speaks American English with no accent at all. This was the first time we were in a private tour, it didn't matter if it were by design or not. Good job, Chris!
Annette_P, Jul 2023
Gamcheon Village had beautiful views. The temple was also interesting. Chris did a great job navigating the city and dealing with a difficult passenger.
Maurice_D, May 2023
Steve is an excellent guide and fluently bilingual. City is very impressive, with many North American size cars and skyscrapers. We enjoyed a in-restaurant BBQ lunch cooked at our table. Gamcheon Village is very colorful.
Jimmy_R, Mar 2023
Our guide was wonderful! Steve was fun, informative, and on time. He was quuckly flexible with weather problems and communications with him and the company was excellent. We would use Steve and Viator again if we are in Busan.
Johanna_R, Jul 2022
This tour was canceled because there weren't enough participants. I found out the night before and didn't have time to research other local tour groups that offer the tour or similar one with an English speaking tour guide.
Casper_B, Sep 2021
Steve was a great guide for us, taking us around Busan’s west side and telling us the stories of the city through the eyes of a local. Steve is very knowledgeable about the history and he combines that with the ability to see it from a stranger’s point of view.
We were also lucky to be the only two on the tour, which made it more relaxed and catered to our wants.
Mable_L, Nov 2019
Sailed around Japan on Celebrity, November 2019 with a stop in Busan/South Korean, which was our last port. Booked shore excursion with viator and our guide STEVE was the Perfect person. We did tours in all previous ports, all tour guides were good. But Steve was EXCELLENT!!! He surely stole the cake, on this full day trip. The best guide to have. He spoke perfect fluent English. He knows his stuff well, was knowledgeable, patient, funny, lots of info and interacted with everyone.at all times. No slow and dull moments. He even picked up bottles of water for everyone. Thanks. Busan is beautiful and lots to see. We enjoyed the Authentic Korean lunch which was included. Steve explained the different foods served and everyone savoured it all. The bus was like a disco party bus- beautifully decorated and very comfortable. Best of the Best by far. Thanks again Steve, great job. Loved it. E&M Canadians
Josephine_H, Nov 2019
Steve was an excellent guide. The tour covered the highlights of Busan, was well paced and included a very good Korean BBQ lunch. I would have rated the tour excellent BUT it was advertised (and booked) as a small group tour using a mini van or small coach. There were 20 in our group and the coach was at least 40 seater - neither small numbers to my understanding. Because of the number of people we often missed out on the guide’s commentary (we were still getting off the coach while he was talking) and a number of us actually got separated from the main group and temporarily lost near the fish market. Others in the group were under the impression they had booked a private tour so were astounded to find 20 of us. We wouldn’t have minded 8-10 in our group but would not have booked this tour if we had not been mislead as to the final size. Misleading advertising.
TravelGrandma10, Nov 2019
We were picked up by a wonderful guide who called herself Beth. We had a group of 6 which was fantastic! Beth gave us an overview of Korean history and culture while she was driving. Busan is a large city, but appears to be clean and modern. We first went to the Songdu Sky Walk, which is a curvy jetty going out over the water. One can get some nice photos of the city from there.
The next stop was the Gamcheon Culture Village, which is fascinating especially after learning the history of the area. We walked around there for a while looking in some of the shops and the food available to buy.
We then went to BIFF Square and walked to Gukje Market where we shopped and observed all of the eateries. We then had Korean BBQ for lunch. This was a new experience for me, but one I would gladly repeat.
Next we walked to the Jagalchi seafood market which was unbelievable with the variety of fish, squid, crabs and other creatures that live in the sea which are all held alive in salt water.
Beth, our tour guide told us about a popular sweet filled pancake which is stuffed with chopped nuts, seeds and brown sugar, called ssiat hotteok. We tried one of these and it was delicious!
The next stop was Samgwangsa Temple, a beautiful mountain top Buddhist temple, which is famous for its lantern festival. The area is fairly new (built in the 1980’s) and is recognized as one of Korea’s most beautiful places. Even as a Christian, I found this place to be very peaceful.
The tour was supposed to go to the top of Mountain Hwangnyeongsan Observatory, but the weather was misty with a light rain drizzle and we would have not seen much.
Busan is a good place to visit and I’m sure there is much more to see if more time was available, but a one day shore excursion is a good place to start and Viator does a great tour!
sojouner2, Nov 2019
I booked this tour as a “private shore excursion” for 4 of us traveling together. My receipt stated that we would be picked up at the port in a minivan. We were put onto a bus with over 30 people. The guide, Beth, was very sweet and enthusiastic, but this is not the private shore excursion that I expected. I book all private excursions when we travel and this is the first time this has happened. The 4 of us were extremely disappointed. It we had wanted a large group experience, we would have booked a ship’s tour. If you are looking for a private tour, look elsewhere.
Response from Host, Mar 2026
Hello. We have checked again but you did not sign up nor paid for a private tour. pleace check your booking again.
Sunshine246705, Oct 2019
Despite a day of rain, we saw all the important sites as promised for this tour. Our guide was really great and also had to tolerate an ugly rainy day!!
Sykelly, Oct 2019
We arrived in Busan for our only day in Korea in the pouring rain. Hayden was right on time with umbrellas, raincoats, water, WiFi, charging cords, cookies and a very amiable attitude. For the next 7 hours we sloshed thru the rain without missing a beat. In fact we saw more than we imagined we could see because there were no lines or crowds. Hayden was very attentive to our very need. I was recovering from a hip replacement and worried about slippery steps but Hayden was always there the lend a hand. He even took pictures with his own phone and I had them in my email that night. He made a potential bad day into an exciting informative day. Lunch was a traditional Korean lunch and was perfect
laculturevulture, Sep 2019
We scheduled this for a 9-5 trip. Another cruise ship was also booked and we lost 30 minutes that morning and had to be back 30 minutes early. We would have been concerned but the guide juggled everything and made it a great tour. Beth was her American name.
moodybluesaustin, May 2019
Beth was our guide for our group. She was an amazing tour guide! Showed us so many places/sites and tailored the tour to what we wanted to see and when we needed to be back to the ship for immigration. About 14 of us on the Windstar booked this trip. We were on a chartered Windstar cruise. She picked us up on time and got us back in time as well. Her personal stories were fun and she made the most of every minute of our tour. I could not believe she got us all the places we wanted to see in time. The lunch experience was incredible. We usually dont like to waste tour time on eating, but this was a local place and a fabulous experience!! I would highly recommend this tour to everyone!!! I was so pleased I had booked it. We saw twice the amount of sights that the Windstar excursions offered for half the price. Book this tour, you will be so glad you did!!!!
Passenger54909037081, Apr 2019
We were a small group. Just my husband and myself and two sisters from Pennsylvania and our guide 'Beth' was excellent. She had a very good command of English & knowledge of her subject & was most charming & accommodating in allowing for my husbands bad back & trouble climbing lots of stairs. Whenever possible she left us & ran up 100,s of stairs to fetch our minibus.Highly recommended!
Dianne_H, Apr 2019
Our guide Beth was fantastic. She was extremely knowledgeable and friendly. The places we visited were impressive. The cherry blossoms were spectacular. Beth also catered for my needs with an allergy to seafood.
Renate S, Aug 2018
It was an excellent shore excursion, saw many interesting sights and the tour guide was lovely, very knowledgeable and accommodating with my husband who could not walk as fast as the rest of the small group of 6 people. The other tour participants were younger and walking faster as us who are almost 80 but the guide made sure we caught up and did not get lost. She was waiting at the gate holding up a sign with our name when we got off the ship and got us back in plenty of time, there was never a worry that we might miss the ship. As a precaution to other travelers: there is quite a bit of walking and climbing involved in this trip but is well worth it.
Monika_K, Feb 2026
We had a good tour and saw a lot. We particularly liked the coffee shop at the shipyards. Busan is a huge shopping mall.
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