2024 Korea Bridge Tours
Korea Bridge Tours are back in 2024!
Join us for an amazing opportunity for both children and adult adoptees to visit their birth country. Led by ASIA Families Executive Director, Grace Song, the Korea Bridge Tour brings together our knowledge of the language, travel, culture, and international adoption experiences to offer you the trip of a lifetime. We are also excited to partner with the Barker Adoption Foundation to bring clinical support for the tour participants.
Learn more about the 2024 Korea Bridge Tour including the detailed itinerary and registration information here.
In the words of previous tour participants:
“"The best part of the trip was the personalized tour to my children's birth cities with super-helpful volunteers and the opportunity to meet our child's foster mom.”
“My Korea trip will impact the rest of my life. In ways I have yet to discover. It was a beautiful trip. I enjoyed it immensely. I loved the diversity of experiences. I loved the connections with other adult adoptees. It was so comforting to have so many people who just knew “what it’s like to be adopted “. I’ve never met that many people. It was a wonderful experience.”
"I was blown away by the Korea Tour. This was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and I am so thankful for ASIA families.”
Tour Dates
Tuesday, June 18 – Friday, June 28, 2024
Itinerary
Includes attractions and shopping in Seoul, trips to Gyeongju and Busan, an evening with North Korean defector students, and two additional free days in Seoul.
Cost
The tour cost is $4000 per person which includes all lodging, most meals except on free days or when you are in marketplaces, charter bus transportation, all admission fees to attractions, and post adoption services assistance during the trip.
The tour fee does not include roundtrip airfare, side trip expenses, gifts or personal shopping, and mandatory traveler’s insurance.
REGISTRATION
Complete the registration form HERE.
Contact
For more information about the Korea Bridge Tour, contact Grace Song and Hyun Kim. For future tours, please contact us to get on the interest list.
Adult adoptees in Seoul during the 2019 Korea Bridge Tour
Visit your adoption agency and other locations specific to your roots in Korea, such as your birth place or orphanage.
Receive assistance in your birth family search from local Koreans and police officers.
Visit tourist sites in Seoul, Gyeongju, and Busan with other adoptees.
Meet students at an alternative high school for North Korean defectors.
Advantages of Traveling with ASIA Families
Travel to Korea with other adult adoptees who understand you.
Travel with Korean-American volunteer friends who care about you.
Meet new Korean friends during the tour.
Let our experienced, bilingual tour leaders take the worry out of planning the tour and managing the details of travel in a foreign country.
Highlights of the Korea Bridge Tour 2023
See why adoptees and families called our 2023 tour “amazing — the best experience imaginable.” While we’re on tour, check out our daily tour update on Facebook.
Explore Your Roots in Korea
ASIA Families works with each of families and adult adoptees on the tour to arrange a visit to their adoption agency. When possible, arrangements are also made to visit birth cities and/or foster families.
"The best part of the trip was the personalized tour to my children's birth cities with super-helpful volunteers... the opportunity to meet our child's foster mom... as an adult adoptee, the highlight was meeting my father."
Experience Korea as a Tourist — and an Insider
With ASIA Families, you’ll visit traditional tourist sites in Seoul, such as Kyongbokkung Palace and Namdaemun Market, as well as two UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Gyeongju: the Seokguram grotto and Bulguksa Temple. In Busan, you’ll enjoy the beaches and explore the colorful Gamcheon Culture Village. In addition, you will visit some not-so-traditional sites, such as an alternative school for teenagers who are refugees from North Korea.
"All your arrangements were so perfect -- not touristy, but rather diverse and a good experience of Korean culture... I loved doing things that a tourist would never have a chance to do: meeting the students from North Korea, volunteer with disabled children, participate in an honorary citizenship ceremony."
Share Your Experiences in a Supportive Environment
Travel with adoptive families and adult adoptees, as well as adoption professionals and members of the Korean-American community, who understand and support each other through a journey that you will treasure forever.
"I think the size and composition of the group is very important. Ours was perfect. It added a lot to have both families and adult adoptees along, I can't imagine a better experience...."