Seoul: Nami Island & Petite France Private Tour with Lunch

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Duration8h–10h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

What do K-drama fans actually see when they visit Nami Island?

You get picked up from your Seoul hotel and driven to three sites north of the city: Nami Island with its tree-lined paths and water-sports facilities, Petite France's French-style buildings and K-drama filming locations, and The Garden of Morning Calm with 5,000 plant varieties and seasonal festivals. Entrance fees, lunch and an English-speaking driver are included, so you only need to show up and walk. The full day takes around eight hours and returns you to your hotel.

8h–10h

Step-by-step itinerary

Visit Nami Island and Petite France

Hotel pick up in Seoul
Travel to Nami Island
Explore Nami Island attractions
Lunch included
Travel to Petite France
Visit Petite France village
Return to hotel in Seoul

The Experience

The drive out of Seoul takes about an hour, and your English-speaking guide picks you up from your hotel before the traffic gets thick. Nami Island sits 63 kilometers north toward Chuncheon, famous since Winter Sonata aired in 2003 — the tree-lined roads and grass fields are what you recognize from the show, but the real thing is quieter than the screen version. You walk the island's pathways, see the water-sports facilities and theme park rides, and get the sense of why couples and families have been coming here for decades. The guide fills the drive with actual information about Korean culture, politics and nature instead of just pointing things out.

After Nami Island, you head to Petite France, which sits about 10 kilometers along the lakeside road from Cheongpyeong Dam. It's a cluster of 16 white French-style buildings on a Korean hillside — the kind of place that looks transplanted from the Piedmont Alps, which is exactly what it is. Korean dramas have filmed here too, so there's that familiar feeling again, but mostly you're just walking through a French cultural village that somehow exists in the Korean countryside. You can wander the buildings, see how they've set up French food and household displays, and take photos that look like you've left the country without actually leaving.

The third stop is The Garden of Morning Calm, the oldest private garden in Korea, with about 5,000 kinds of plants spread across the grounds. The garden balances Korean design — natural curves, asymmetry — with the plants themselves, and depending on the season you'll see different festivals: chrysanthemums in autumn, roses in summer, spring blooms from March onward. Around 600,000 people visit annually, so it's not empty, but the space is designed to absorb crowds without feeling chaotic. Lunch is included somewhere in the day, so you're not hunting for a restaurant or negotiating prices.

The whole tour runs about eight hours door-to-door. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included, entrance fees to all three sites are covered, and the guide speaks fluent English, so you're not translating menus or asking for directions. The vehicle is air-conditioned and the route is accessible for wheelchairs and strollers. You leave knowing you've seen what the K-drama tourists come for, plus a French village and a garden that most Seoul day-trippers miss.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup and drop-off in Seoul, private transportation in an air-conditioned vehicle, entrance fees to Nami Island, Petite France and The Garden of Morning Calm, lunch at a local restaurant, and a fluent English-speaking driving guide who shares information about Korean culture, history and nature throughout the journey.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Outdoors Korea

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see the K-drama filming locations and famous Seoul-area gardens without arranging transport, buying tickets separately or timing the stops yourself — the private pickup and fixed itinerary mean you show up at your hotel and the rest is handled.