I would say you could make do with RM1,200 (~400,000 won) for ground arrangement - lodging, food, transportation in Seoul and admission tickets.
Warning:
- This budget is without flight ticket and shopping budget.
- Flight fare will depend on which airline and the date you choose to fly ; season or off season.
- This itinerary does not cover for places out of Seoul except for Nami Island.
- For Busan, Gyeongju, Jeju Island and ski or snowboarding trip, you may need more expenses.
- Price may change.
7 days budget (for one person)
Day 1 - Subway from Incheon Airport to Seoul = 4,800 won
(Optional: Limousine bus 14,000 won )
Guest house stay 6 nights, dormitory style - 20,000 x 6 = 120,000
T-Money for 7 days - 20,000 won + 3,000 won (deposit) = 23,000
Jjimjilbang - 12,000 won
Breakfast/lunch/dinner - 15,000 won
Tips: You can get a fulfilling decent meal for 5,000 won and rest your
bones at jjimjilbang for a change. ^^
Day 2 - Gyeongbok palace / Chandeok palace - 3,000 won
Insadong
Jongno
Cheongye Stream
Gwanghamun
Breakfast/lunch/dinner - 15,000 won
Tips: If you visit Chandeok palace, you can just walk to Insadong,
Jongno, Cheongye Stream and Gwanghamun
Day 3 - Namdaemun
Myeongdong
Namsan Tower and Cable car - 15,000 won
Breakfast/lunch/dinner - 15,000 won
Tips: Visit Namdaemun first early morning and try to go in weekday,
then go to Myeongdong and after that walk up the hill to Namsan Cable
Car Station
Day 4 - Everland / Lotte World - 35,000 won
Breakfast/lunch/dinner - 15,000 won
Tips: Lotte World is in Seoul while Everland is in Yongin. So, you have
to take a shuttle bus to Everland and prepare to go out early from
your guesthouse.
Day 5 - Nami Island - 15,000 won
Itaewon
Dongdaemun
Breakfast/lunch/dinner - 15,000 won
Tips: Go early in the morning to Nami Island because you need to take
an hour and a half train to Gapyeong Station. You could visit Seoul
Mosque in Itaewon and after that go to Dongdaemun in late evening
because shopping in Dongdaemun preferably be done at night.
Day 6 - DMZ - 50,000 - 70,000 won (depends on package)
Yeoido park
Hangang Cruise - 9,000 won /
63 Building (Sky Art, Sea World, IMAX
theater, Wax Museum)
KBS/MBC tour (walking distance from Yeoido Park)
Breakfast/lunch/dinner - 15,000 won
Tips: DMZ is the border between South Korea and North Korea.
Day 7 - Final shopping day
Breakfast/lunch/dinner - 15,000 won
Subway from Seoul to Incheon Airport = 4,800 won
(Optional: Limousine bus 14,000 won )
Estimated total: RM1,200 ~ 400,000 won
(You can even lower your budget to less than RM1,000 if you exclude DMZ / 63 building)
Check out walking tour budget by KNTO
here.
