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AAC ‘Taste of Korea’ Tour
Webpage:www.aacadoption.com
Email:Christie@aacadoption.com
Phone:(303)444-5001/(970)532-3576

Children's Home Society And Family Services
Webpage:www.childrenshomeadopt.org/Korea_Tours.html
Email:pastours@chsfs.org
Phone:800-952-9302 ext.2260

Adoption-focused birthland tours through Children's Home Society & Family Services are unrivaled in their quality, experience and commitment to individual family needs.

Friends of Korea's Family Trip to Korea
Webpage:www.friendsofkorea.org/index.php?family/overview
Email:forkorea@aol.com
Phone:916-933-1447

Friends of Korea's 2008 Trip to Korea costs $2,900 to and from Chicago including airfare to Korea, lodging in Korea, most meals and entrance fees at attractions, and for those who want to attend, complimentary KAAN Conference registration and shared hotel room at the 2008 KAAN Conference July 18 to July 20 in Chicago.

Korean Homeland Tours,LLC, Maryland
Webpage:www.koreahomelandtours.com/
Email:mhoward@KoreaHomelandTours.com
Phone:703-485-2497

Korea Homeland Tours offers a 16 day tour for adoptees and their families. Ours is a family tour and we typically have children or adult adoptees from age nine through young adult. We are committed to helping each family make personal connections that are important to them, and to this end we take a maximum of 30 people on each tour. As a group we visit your child's adoption agency and a home for unwed mothers; places of historical interest such as palaces, temples and museums; explore contemporary Korea through visits to various types of communities; a school; national parks; sporting events; modern theater; the DMZ and offer an optional visit with a Korean host family. There's also plenty of time for shopping and fun - including a visit to a baseball game and water park. Our tours are led by a tour director with more than 50 visits to Korea spanning 20 years; a social worker who specializes in adoption issues, and a professional, bilingual tour guide. Please check our website for more information and the next tour dates.

Holt Motherland and Family Tours
Webpage:www.holtintl.org/tours/korea/
Email:suem@holtintl.org
Phone:541-687-2202

Korean Canadian Children's Association Tour
Email:johnlimsk@hotmail.com
Phone:(416) 252-7415

No tour currently planned, but check back later for updates.

KIDS (Korean Identity Development Society) Homeland Tour
Email:emailkids@hotmail.com

Tour is planned for 2009. This tour is only open to KIDS members.

Korean Ties
Webpage:www.adoptivefamilytravel.com
Email:TiesProgram@aol.com or beccapiper@aol.com
Phone:800 398-3676

The Ties Program is a travel program for adoptive families visiting their child's land of birth to see the sights, visit orphanages and reconnect with significant people and places related to their adoption. Korean Ties families travel for two weeks from late June through mid July. We begin in Seoul, then travel through a great deal of the countryside including Mt. Sorak National Park and down the entire coast to Pusan. From there, we go to Kyongju, finishing by taking the express train back to Seoul via Taegu and Taejon. In addition to sightseeing, families visit Holt, Eastern Child Welfare Society, Social Welfare Society and Korean Social Services. Families are able to meet their children's foster parents (birth parents occasionally), visit orphanages, have dinner in a Korean home, visit a maternity home, and spend a morning at a Korean school. All of the things we do are optional giving every family the ability to decide what feels appropriate within their family. Talk times are facilitated by a social worker well versed in adoption issues. We also find time for kids to be kids….a very important element for families traveling!

Melody of Life Adoptee Korea Tour
Webpage:http://www.friendsofkorea.org/index.php?adult/overview
Email:carolynscholl@mac.com
Phone:916-933-1447

Planned by Adult Adoptees for Adult Adoptees Up to 50% matching grants available for adoptees making a first trip to Korea depending on financial need. In other words for those with financial need, the trip could cost $1450. For other the cost of the trip is $2,900 to and from Chicago including airfare to Korea, lodging in Korea, most meals and entrance fees at attractions, and for those who want to attend, complimentary KAAN Conference registration and shared hotel room at the KAAN Conference July 18 to July 20 in Chicago.

Motherland Tour To Korea
Webpage:www.KoreanMotherlandTour.com
Email:kate.delosso@travelcounsellors.com
Phone:866-361-0535

The Motherland Tour to Korea will take place April 5 – 14, 2007. Visiting cultural, historic and adoption-related sites in Seoul and Gyeongju, Korea’s Historical Capital, the Motherland Tour will allow Korean-American adoptees and their families’ time to explore Korea in a small group. The maximum group size is 15 people. For a complete itinerary and pricing, visit www.KoreanMotherlandTours.com or call toll free 866-361-0535. Korean Motherland Tours are organized by Kate DeLosso of Travel Counsellors, formerly Collectible Tours. Kate is an adoptive parent, a former board member of an international adoption agency, and a Far East destination specialist. In 1995, Kate traveled with her adopted daughter, Anne, to Korea. Since 1996, Kate has organized Motherland Tours for foreign-born adoptees and their families.

Roots Family Tour
Webpage:www.spence-chapin.org/korea.html
Email:nmin@spence-chapin.org
Phone:212-360-0292
Address:410 East 92nd Street New York, NY 10128-0698

June 24 – July 6, 2008. Spence-Chapin Services (S-C), Family & Children’s Agency (FCA), and Americans for International Aid and Adoption (AIAA) invite you and your family on the 2008 Roots Family Tour. This 13-day tour is specially designed for children and young adults of Korean heritage to visit the country of their birth with their adoptive families. The goal of experiencing first-hand the history and culture of Korea is of vital importance to many Korean adoptees. Those who have returned to visit Korea have had the opportunity to satisfy their curiosity and alleviate their anxieties about their overseas adoption, their birth families and their cultural roots. Spence-Chapin Services (S-C), Family & Children’s Agency FCA), Americans for International Aid and Adoption (AIAA), and Social Welfare Society (SWS) assist families in searching out important people and places from their child's past. An experienced social worker and an English-speaking Korean travel guide accompany the tour group. In preparation for the trip, families participate in an orientation workshop. To receive a brochure or for more information, contact Namyi Min (S-C), Korea Program Coordinator, at 212-360-0292/nmin@spence-chapin.org, or Kathleen Carney Sacco (FCA), Korea Program Coordinator, at 866-222-9817/ksacco@fcagency.org, or Rosemary Jackson (AIAA), Post Adoption Services Administrator, at 248-362-1207/rosemary@aiaaadopt.org

Sejong Cultural Outreach Korea Trip
Email:lgelber47@comcast.net
Phone:530-674-2110

Departure: July 8 - arrival in Seoul July 10 via Asiana Airlines Cost: $2000 Our trip features hands-on experiences in addition to sightseeing. Some of the things we have done in the past: make kimchi, soju, and hanji in Andong. We will be adding an art project at Su San's art compound following a visit to the Sarang Jip, home of halmonies - former comfort women. This year we will add trips to Heinsa Temple, Andong, Kyungju, and Cheju Island among visits with the agencies. Sejong's cusomized tour will help arrange any personal side trips your family may need with the help of InKAS (International Korean Adoptee Services) in Korea. Return: July 22, via San Francisco, to attend the 6th annual KAAN Conference at the Clarion Hotel, San Francisco (July 23-25.) Call 1 800 223-7111 to make reservations and reserve the $85 discounted room for the conference. Depart for home: July 25th.

Visit Korea Tour Dillion
Email:melanie@dillonadopt.com
Phone:918-749-4600

WACAP Family Tour to Korea
Webpage:www.wacap.org
Email:kimw@wacap.org
Phone:206-575-4148

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