Discover top attractions in and around Busan on this private 8.5-hour Busan city tour. Visit Beomeosa Temple with your guide, and learn of ancient Silla history and culture. Admire the fine gateways, halls, pagodas and statues you find, and gain insight into Korea’s ancient Buddhist architectural styles. Stroll along the winding alleyways of Gamcheon Culture Village and enjoy a traditional lunch at a local Korean restaurant. Mingle with the locals at Jagalchi Fish Market and Gukje Market, and take in panoramic views over downtown Busan from Yongdusan Park’s Busan Tower.

City sightseeing tour of Busan with a local, private guide
Learn about the Silla Dynasty at Beomeosa Temple on Mt Geumjeong
Stroll the alleyways of Gamcheon Culture Village in search of whimsical art and sculpture
Gape at the stalls of seafood run by local women at Jagalchi Fish Market
See views from Busan Tower and scour for bargains at Gukje Market
Enjoy a regional dish for lunch at a local restaurant
Hotel pickup and drop-off by private vehicle included

What's Included

Bottled water

Lunch
Gratuities

Meeting And Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

09:00 am

Pickup details

We can pick tourists up at Busan KTX station as well

What To Expect

Busan Gamcheon Culture Village

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Jagalchi Market

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Gukje Market

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Hwangnyeongsan Mountain

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

BIFF Square

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Beomeosa Temple

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation

Infant seats available
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Most travellers can participate
Most attractions are wheelchair accessible.
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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Reviews

5.0

44 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews

Reviews by Viator travellers.

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Fantastic Private Tour with Jino

Julian_R, Apr 2023

On our visit to Busan we went on a private tour with Jino. Jino was absolutely fantastic! Good driver, good knowledge, good english and a great personality. My whole family loved him. He tailered the tour to our needs and was always flexible to changes. Lunch at a local restaurant was the highlight of the day. Since we came with a cruise, Jino made sure, that we are back on board in time. Thank you again Jino for this great day in Busan! Julian

Response from Host, Apr 2023

Great to know your whole family experienced a good memory about Korea.

Best guide we've ever had

Daniel_K, Apr 2023

Jade was a great guide who really knew the area and spoke English very well. Also, he went "above and beyond" in offering to take photos of us, making sure the tour included sites we were interested in, and even recommending a great place for us to have a traditional Korean dinner. And... he followed up with us afterwards to make sure everything went well and to see if there was anything else he could do.

Response from Host, Apr 2023

Thank you so much about your review, we are happy that you had such a nice time

Great city overview in 1 day

Anna, Sept 2022

Jade was a very excellent tour guide. As it has been only us 2 and him we had a lot of time to ask a lot of questions and he telling us a lot about Korean history, everyday life and his personal life insights. Despite this highlight we really liked to have a walk through the fish market and taking a walk in the ocean temple.

Response from Host, Sept 2022

Thank you so much and we are glad that you had such a nice day.

Amazing Busan tour!

Abraham_W, Aug 2022

Fantastic Busan tour with amazing guides Jade and Jino. Definitely recommend this private tour for anyone visiting Busan. Jade and Jino were the best! Wish we could have had them on all of our Busan tours.

Response from Host, Sept 2022

Thank you so much and we are glad that you had such a nice day.

Wonderful day with the best guide !!

Rina_K, Jan 2022

Had an absolutely fantastic day in Busan with guide Jade Kim. He is very knowledgeable and informative about the Korean War and Korean History. He speaks fantastic English and went the extra mile to show us different areas of Busan. A wonderful day!! Highly recommended!!!

Response from Host, Jan 2022

Thank you to leave the review, we hope you had unforgettable memories about Busan with our tourguide Jade Kim. Happy new year !

Being on a cruise, we had only one day...

doerfferks, Oct 2018

Being on a cruise, we had only one day to spend in Busan. Our group of six booked a private guide and car for a day-long tour on Oct 07, 2018. Jade Kim was our English-speaking guide and driver. Knowing our time limitation he created and flawlessly executed a tour that gave us the best views and highlights of the city. We saw a lot without being rushed and felt comparable the full day. The visibility was great so he chose to drive us up to the observatory mountain for a fantastic 360 view of the city and surrounding area. The views were amazing. Jade was also knowledgeable in our visits to historic places of Beomeosa Temple, the fish market, Gamcheon Culture Village and shopping areas. He drove skillfully through the streets of Busan. We had a Korean lunch at a family-run restaurant and time for coffee at the top of the mountain. Jade was pleasant, friendly, speaking good English, knowledgeable, which gave us a good sense of the city and memorable experiences. We highly recommend the tour and Jade as a guide.

Tour itinerary was well planned, and...

Noelle T, June 2018

Tour itinerary was well planned, and our guide, Michelle was lovely. She was well informed of the attractions and covered enough detail for each stop. The pace was good too, even with quite a bit of walking around. Our favourite was definitely the colourful Gamcheon Culture Village, or the Korean Santorini equivalent as the locals call it. However, after completing the tour, we felt it was slightly pricey for the places covered as they were relatively touristy. On hindsight, if I had found more information in English to take us around Busan, I probably wouldn't have needed to go with this!

Michelle was our driver and guide...

Clarene M, Apr 2018

Michelle was our driver and guide for this tour. She was absolutely delightful! So sweet and full of positive energy! The Gamcheon Culture Village is a MUST! It had snowed two days prior to our trip in Busan and we got to see the snow falling off the roofs of the Beomeosa Temple where there were services in process. We went to the top of the Busan Tower which afforded many wonderful view of Busan which is a thriving, clean city. We had a large lunch at a little cafe in the town. Michelle did a GREAT job. We highly recommend both the tour and our guide.

Very happy with the tour : Our guide...

Suankwan, Feb 2018

Very happy with the tour : Our guide was knowledgable and the trip was so personalised.

Our group of four had only one full...

Deborah C, Nov 2017

Our group of four had only one full day to spend in Busan and booked a private guide and car for a day-long tour on November 17, 2017. Jade Kim was our English-speaking guide and driver. He understood we had only the one day, and he thoughtfully constructed a tour that gave us the best views and highlights of the city. Rather than take us to Busan Tower for a limited view of the city, he drove us up the mountain to Hwangnyeongsan Observatory that fulfilled his promise of a view that would be 800 better. It was spectacular! Photos attached A true bird-eye view of the impressive cityscape. Jade was also knowledgeable in our visits to Beomeosa Temple, the fish market, Gamcheon Culture Village and shopping areas. He drove skillfully through the confusing streets of Busan, and arranged a delicious and satisfying Korean lunch at a family-run restaurant. Although our time in Busan was brief, Jade was able to give us a sense of the city and memorable experiences. We highly recommend the tour and our guide.

Had a wonderful time in Busan! Our...

Kelly W, Nov 2017

Had a wonderful time in Busan! Our tour guide was from the area and gave us such wonderful insight into the city. We were able to explore places that made us fall in love with Busan. Thank you!

Great Customer Service and Travel...

William C, Oct 2017

Great Customer Service and Travel Experience! We highly recommend this tour with the amazing service, hospitality, knowledge info and experience we had with our tour guide - Mr. Jade Kim. We booked this tour on the height of the Golden Week holiday in Korea. There were high number of tourists both local and foreign as well as heavy traffic around the area where holiday makers converge as well as the main highway. Our tour guide Jade did his best to make sure that we don't get tired and made us feel comfortable. He offered us alternatives and readily agrees to our suggestions so we can make the most of time. I would highly recommend this tour and kudos to Jade Kim for your great service because of this tour we learned more about the culture, beauty and history of Busan. I will be back again :

Really fun tour, overall! The only...

Nick_P, Oct 2017

Really fun tour, overall! The only sort of downside was the cultural village was kind of just a tourist trap but it was made up for by our wonderful guide who got us on quickly to the other stuff. We loved the fish market and just walking around through the street markets. Also -- huge shout out to fantastic lunch recommendations from our guide as well. PLUSES - Great guide. Really fun, personable guy who we enjoyed spending the day with. - We got an extra stop that wasn't on the agenda to visit the statue of the comfort woman outside the Japanese consulate. I got the sense that this happens fairly often time permitting, but it was a nice surprise none-the-less! - Fantastic lunch! Owe the recommendation to our guide for introducing it to us I believe buldak was the name of the dish. - The fish market was super cool - Hotel pickup/dropoff was really nice NEGATIVES - Cultural village was kind of a letdown as it was mostly just ice cream shops and taking pictures in front of wall paintings. Maybe it shouldn't be played up as much in the tour descriptions.

Wonderful way to see so many sites...

Carolyn_W, Sept 2017

Wonderful way to see so many sites around Busan. My guide, Jade, was so nice and professional. He was very knowledgeable about Busan and its history. If you are visiting Busan, you should definitely book this experience!

Our Busan city tour was such an...

Grace, July 2017

Our Busan city tour was such an amazing experience, we never thought we would love Busan rather than Seoul, probably because of Mr. Cooper, our English tourist guide, who did a really great job through out the day, he was well versed with all the locations, informative and trusted, find no words to describe how unique was this experience for us, furthermore, sufficient free time to do shopping, definitely will recommend this, 6 STARS Thankyou Mr. CooperBusan, we will back again soon xxx Grace from Chester UK

This is a great tour! Our tour...

Donald M, May 2017

This is a great tour! Our tour guide spoke English fluently. She was a fun and friendly young lady, obviously proud of Busan, and very informative. It was lightly raining in the morning when we visited the temple, but our guide furnished an umbrella and the rain did not stop us from enjoying the bright colored lanterns and the quiet calm. Besides the temple, we visited the village, which was full of bright colors and local artwork, and had great craft shops, friendly people, and an interesting history that the guide explained to us. We also saw a sightseeing tower, ate an authentic Korean lunch, and visited the fish market during our tour. Our guide was flexible in allowing us to spend more time in the village, which we really enjoyed. We would highly recommend this tour and the guide we had. She gave us an American name but we unfortunately lost it. But we will always remember her and how she made Busan such a memorable experience for us.

This tour was great!!! We had such a...

Joy G, Apr 2017

This tour was great!!! We had such a great time with our tour guide and saw all the places that we wanted to visit when we first began planning our trip. We had a enough time at each location and didn't feel rushed at all. Our tour guide was fun and spoke great English. He was also very informative.

This tour gives you the best Busan...

Manolo_F, Apr 2017

This tour gives you the best Busan has to offer, all in one day. Busan is a lovely city and worth a few days more to explore. Cooper, our tour guide was the best- knowledgeable and aiming to please. Highly recommended!

Kyung Suh, our guide, was very...

JoseMichael_G, Dec 2016

Kyung Suh, our guide, was very knowlegable of all the places we went to, specially the story behind the Gamcheon Culture Village and the history of the Beomeosa Temple. We enjoyed her company very much.

a really holistic tour of Busan...

Eileen K, Dec 2016

a really holistic tour of Busan! private tour, so very flexible on the timing. tour guide was really nice, friendly, and knowledgable too.. highly recommend it!