Supporting adoptees and families as You explore personal and cultural connections in korea since 1986
We offer personalized post adoption services, cultural expertise and caring support to help Korean adoptees learn more about your Korean origins, culture and people important to their birth and adoption stories.
We work with adoptees from any U.S. or Korean adoption agency who live across the U.S. We are dedicated to providing a unique, comprehensive birthland tour with post adoption services backed by years of experience.
updated information regarding Covid-19 & Tour korea 2020
We are taking the Coronavirus seriously and understand that Tour Korea is a deeply personal trip. We want this trip to be the best experience possible. With unpredictable exposure, travel restrictions and potential quarantine, we do not believe that we can meet our high standards under the current conditions. We are uncertain of what we may experience in Korea with access to tourist venues and our partner agencies.
In considering all variables, including each individual that will be impacted by our decision, the possibility of future dates, we have come to a decision to delay Tour Korea 2020 to 2021 in order to ensure everyone’s safety and well-being.
Tour Korea 2021 will be held June 19 – July 1, 2021.
Cost Summary & Payment Schedule Register NowA trip to your birth country is a unique and treasured journey
As you consider birthland tours, you will find that Children’s Home is best prepared and qualified to guide you on this once-in-a-lifetime trip. Children’s Home Tour Korea…
- Welcomes participants from throughout the United States, regardless of placing agency.
- Is not a typical group tour. Everyone comes to Tour Korea with the commonality of adoption; privacy is respected and lifelong friendships are formed.
- Prepares participants for travel via in-person and webinar-based orientation sessions.
- Visits and works with all four major adoption agencies in Korea — Eastern Social Welfare Society, Holt Children’s Services, Korea Social Service and Social Welfare Society.
- Conducts searches, in cooperation with Korean agencies, for birth family members. Searches are initiated by U.S. placing agency.
- Arranges meetings with individuals important to an adoptee’s birth and adoption stories, including foster mothers. Visits are initiated by U.S. placing agency.
- Provides accurate, supportive and experienced translation, as well as cultural understanding.
- Personalizes and plans side trips for adoptees to visit places of personal significance — birth clinic, city of birth, orphanage, etc.
- Gives travelers activity options, free-time and supportive check-in group meetings throughout the tour.
- Supports participants before, during and after the tour experience.
- Is an especially significant personal journey when shared with family.
opportunities to discover korea & yourself
Tour Korea highlights the history of South Korea and offers opportunities for participants to learn more about your personal history and identity.
Tour Korea 2021 includes:
- Visit adoptee’s adoption agency
- Traditional and modern cultural performances
- Bullet train ride
- Visit a Buddhist monastery
- Participate in Tae Kwon Do at Yongin University
- Visit historical sites in Seoul, Gwangju, Gyeongju, Ulsan and Busan
- Visit the Korean Demilitarized Zone
- Discussion and exchange at a single mothers’ shelter
- Korean War Memorial Museum
- Explore the Korean Folk Village
- Visit Boseong Green Tea Plantation
- Ocean beach visit and swimming
The tour packages include: hotel accommodations, daily breakfast and most lunches and dinners; sightseeing by private motor coach and all admission fees; professional, English-speaking in-country guides; baggage handling; all group transportation; and post adoption services (as applicable), support and expertise provided by Children’s Home staff and volunteers.
Children’s Home tour staff includes a post adoption worker, country specialist, adopted adult and adoptive parent. We provide two pre-trip orientation meetings—in person or live via webinar—that address cross-cultural etiquette, gift giving, post adoption services, itineraries, and destination literature, and more.
Package exclusions: Side trip transportation expenses, emergency transportation (and translation) to clinic/hospital or early return to hotel, some meals, personal purchases and gifts. These additional costs are outlined in orientation meetings and tour materials.
For More Information
We are happy to help answer any questions you may have. Please contact Tour Korea Director, Caroline Ticarro with additional questions, or if you would like to be connected with a past participant who is willing to talk with you about his/her Tour experience.
Caroline Ticarro | caroline.ticarro@chlss.org | 612.440.0481