Korean Heritage Passport Tour routes
Ten themed routes and the airport pick-up point, covering 80 stamp points across South Korea.
The Traveler Center in the basement of Terminal 1. Pick up the passport here and collect one stamp before you leave the airport.
1 stamp pointRoyalty RouteSeoul, Gyeonggi and GanghwaSeoul's palaces and Jongmyo, the fortresses at Namhansanseong and Suwon, two royal tomb groups and the Ganghwa dolmens. Most of it is within a…
9 stamp pointsGolden Era RouteGyeongju and AndongGyeongju was the Silla capital for nearly a thousand years. Andong, a couple of hours north, holds the Confucian side of the same province. Eight…
8 stamp pointsKorean Temple Monasteries (Sansa) RouteFive provincesNine mountain temples across five provinces, seven of which UNESCO listed together in 2018 as Sansa. It is the most spread out route on the…
9 stamp pointsKorean Confucian Academy RouteSix regionsThe nine seowon, private academies where Joseon scholars taught and held memorial rites for their teachers. UNESCO listed all nine in 2019 and the…
9 stamp pointsBaekje Antiquity RouteChungcheongnam-do and IksanGongju and Buyeo were the last two Baekje capitals. Iksan was meant to be the third. Seven stops covering fortresses, a temple site and the academy…
7 stamp pointsGaya Culture RouteGyeongsang and NamwonNine tumuli fields left by the Gaya polities, who traded iron across the Yellow Sea until Silla absorbed them in the 6th century. Most of the stamps…
9 stamp pointsGwandong Pungryu Era RouteGangwon coastSix stops along the Gangwon coast and through the Odaesan and Seorak mountains. These are the views behind Jeong Cheol's Gwandongbyeolgok and the…
6 stamp pointsPrehistoric Landscape RouteHantangang basinThe Hantangang cut a basalt gorge through Yeoncheon, Cheorwon and Pocheon. Seven stops mix that geology with Jeongok-ri, where a hand axe found in…
7 stamp pointsMythic Landscape RouteJejuEight stops on Jeju: lava tubes, tuff cones, a columnar joint cliff and the southern coast. Marado needs a ferry, so plan that one separately.
8 stamp pointsFolk Music RouteJeollaSeven stops across Jeolla for pansori and nongak, including the National Intangible Heritage Center in Jeonju and the gugak centre on Jindo.
7 stamp points