Two official operators, clearly separated before you buy.
DATE READINESS
Choose a travel date. We apply the stored official weekday, season and change rules without assuming today.
Enter your planned date to see a rule-based result. We will not substitute today's date.
Choose a date in the calendar. No date is selected automatically.
Choose the operator before booking. Traffic, demonstrations, holidays and seasonal demand can alter stops or times, and a ticket for one operator is not a pass for the other.
AT A GLANCE
Seoul has two independently operated city-tour networks. Seoul City Tour Tiger Bus starts at Gwanghwamun, while Yellow Balloon City Bus starts at Dongdaemun Design Plaza. Tickets, timetables and booking pages are not interchangeable.
Always reopen the official source before payment.
Routes, ticket offices and passes are independent and cannot be combined.
Regular tours
A central Seoul loop linking Namsan, palaces, markets, Dongdaemun, Bukchon and the Blue House area.
Times can shift with traffic, weather and temporary notices.
About 100 m from Gwanghwamun Station Exit 6
Booking does not assign a seat. Exchange for a physical ticket at Gwanghwamun and board first come, first served.
Booking site: English Phone-language support is not verified.Special & themed tours
Promotional and upcoming products sit outside Seoul's four currently tracked core courses. Confirm dated inventory before planning around them.
A Thursday English-guided backstage visit paired with the Downtown, Palaces & Namsan course.
Gwanghwamun · Downtown, Palaces & Namsan loop · Sejong Center backstage
Promotional product with no stable end date shown; confirm that it is offered on the selected Thursday.
Booking site: English Phone-language support is not verified.A proposed DDP loop toward Seoul Forest, Jamsil and Olympic Park. The operator has not published an operating timetable.
Dongdaemun Design Plaza · Seoul Forest · Ttukseom · Lotte World Tower · Olympic Park · Seongsu · DDP
Do not plan around this course yet. The current official page states that it is being prepared.
Booking site: English Korean nationwide service number; overseas calling is not verified.Fares
RESERVATION
Choose Gwanghwamun-based Tiger Bus or DDP-based Yellow Balloon before comparing routes.
Open that operator's official booking page and select the dated product.
Check the exact stop and departure notice because demonstrations and traffic can change service.
Exchange or present the ticket exactly as that operator instructs; tickets are not interchangeable.
FIND THE BUS
Tiger Bus: Gwanghwamun Station Exit 6, about 100 m to the ticket office near Dongwha Duty Free and Koreana Hotel.
Yellow Balloon: from Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station Exit 1, walk about 200 m uphill toward the DDP ticket office.
Yellow Balloon's Traditional Culture route also lists Seoul Station at the bus transfer centre, Line 1 Exit 9-1, platform 6.
PROVENANCE
Checked 10 Aug 2026 · 6 official sources · 2 logged changes
Current closures and route changes remain visible above, even when this archive is closed.
Tiger Bus and Yellow Balloon are presented as independent networks with different starts, tickets, routes and booking pages.
View evidenceNight tours and the English-guided backstage product are not mixed into the regular hop-on route result.
View evidenceSeoul City Tour Bus Co., Ltd. · English
Checked 10 Aug 2026 · First/last bus, 30-minute frequency, stops and Monday ruleSeoul City Tour Bus Co., Ltd. · English
Checked 10 Aug 2026 · Gwanghwamun ticket office, exchange and first-come rulesYellow Balloon City Bus · English
Checked 10 Aug 2026 · Stops, DDP and Seoul Station boarding accessYellow Balloon City Bus · English
Checked 10 Aug 2026 · Weekday/weekend frequency and seasonal night departuresSeoul City Tour Bus Co., Ltd. · English
Checked 10 Aug 2026 · Current fares and themed productsYellow Balloon City Bus · English
Checked 10 Aug 2026 · Day and night adult/child fares