Well its interesting for a man made tunnel with some historybut its just a small but long tunnel. You walk all the way down to the blocked off section and turn around to climb back up. It is a good exercise comming back out, i was sweating at the end.
Unforgettable journey Going down the tunnel is a little bit easy, but going up is really hard. Breathing is also hard cause little amount of oxygen. You have to lowing down your back and neck. Tired but fun.
The third tunnel. It was a fun trip. You cover about a 5th if the tunnel. You walk down a fairly steep incline to get to the tunnel. Once you get to the tunnel, if you are 5 feet, you will spend the entire time hunched over to avoid hitting your head. Hard hats are provided as well as free lockers to lock up your items as no electronics or back packs are allowed in the tunnel. An hour is about all the time you need. The walk back can be taxing but there is a train that you can ride out on if you pay more money.
This is a must visit place if you are interested in the history of Korea. And it's a quite adventurous walk 250 meters down the narrow and low height tunnel. If you are cluster phobic this is not for you. Also walking back up 250 meters is not the easiest.
It's well ventilated with air conditioning and also well lit up. They provide you with protective helmets before entering, no cell phones or cameras allowed in the tunnel. There are lockers before you enter the tunnel to keep your belongings safe.
What could possibly be more fun than being 70m under the ground, right below the North Korean border, in a narrow tunnel dug by the People's Army? Highly recommended if you love confined places!
Highly recommend this experience, however I would say once you get into the tunnel and the crouching down starts and if there's a line to turn back. All you're queuing up to see is a hole in a concrete wall (It's still worth going down there though)
Also no cameras are allowed in this area (free lockers are provided) for storage, so you can't get any pictures with cell phones to r cameras.
There's a museum there also if you have a condition that means you can't go into the tunnel, oi would recommend anyone with back problems, or clostraphobia to enter the the tunnel either.
Over all though for me it was a great experience
An interesting side tour; it could be better. Firstly, you race down with your group encountering many other groups in different states of the same tour; you feel like your the capitalist version of a response to the DPRK tunnel purported to hold 30k soldiers. Then you run along the dank, dark tunnel, see a very tiny dead end, wonder aloud if that's all there is, and then race back to the top. The walk up can feel like a slog. Then more gift shops, plastic memorials, and a tourist film. There is a monorail here, but requires a separate ticket of unknown amount.
Never seen anything like this as a tourist attraction before. You come and learn about how and why the tunnel was built and found.
Then, you walk to a long declining walkway with miner safety gear. At the end of the walkway, you'll find the actual tunnel. At the proximity of underground North-South border, they build a bunker with gun emplacement for a precaution just in case the North trying to breach the tunnel.
Although it is a safe experience, it is obviously not for the claustrophobic.
The descent into the tunnel is a bit more than casual and will definitely made you break a sweat. Once inside tunnel the feeling you get is very real. Outside there tunnel are beautiful reunification monuments.
This place is a once in a lifetime experience. You are not allowed to take photos in the tunnel but can take photos outside. While this place would have many tour groups going through it, there is still a strong sense of tension in this area.
Great place to see how DPRK has tried to create secret tunnels into seoul. Be careful the walk to the tunnel is steep and some people may have a hard time. This place also has a little museum.
Great tours come out here to the DMZ tunnels. It's a great piece of history and you get to go deep underground where North Korea attempted to dig to Seoul.
Great place to visit. You can walk down to the tunnel or take a train (depending on which tour you book). It seemed better to walk down there as it gives a better idea of the effort it takes to walk this tunnel.
Really interesting to see what the North Koreans had up their sleeves after the war. It has a nice little museum and a short, forgettable South Korean propaganda film they show you, before heading into the tunnels. The tunnel itself feels really long because if you are taller than 5' 6" or so, you will have to walk hunched over the whole time or risk banging your head on the ceiling. Once you get to the end, it's just a concrete wall that the South Koreans erected to prevent the North from using the tunnel. It has a small window to look though, but there's nothing exciting on the other side. The hike back up is quite challenging as it's a steep incline. Overall, I'm glad to say I went there, but I definitely would not go again.