Seoul Trip Overview
Korea is a veritable playground for hiking enthusiasts. Korea’s most prominent mountain is Seoraksan with breathtaking pinnacles, deep granite beautiful valleys, scenic waterfalls and stunning long ridges, and located on the east-central Korean peninsula, and is the most popular with tourists and hikers. If you prefer to hike rather than visiting Gweongumseing fortress, you will hike the best trail of Biseondae or Geumganggul cave with deep beautiful granite valleys, basins made by waterfalls and stream and scenic waterfalls for appx. two to three hours.
• Beautiful scenery at Gweongumseung fortress with cable car
• Sinheungsa temple tour
• Guide’s explanations on Seoraksan and Korean history and culture
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Duration: 10 hours
Starts: Seoul, South Korea
Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> 4WD, ATV & Off-Road Tours
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Korea is a veritable playground for hiking enthusiasts. Korea’s most prominent mountain is Seoraksan with breathtaking pinnacles, deep granite beautiful valleys, scenic waterfalls and stunning long ridges, and located on the east-central Korean peninsula, and is the most popular with tourists and hikers. If you prefer to hike rather than visiting Gweongumseing fortress, you will hike the best trail of Biseondae or Geumganggul cave with deep beautiful granite valleys, basins made by waterfalls and stream and scenic waterfalls for appx. two to three hours.
• Beautiful scenery at Gweongumseung fortress with cable car
• Sinheungsa temple tour
• Guide’s explanations on Seoraksan and Korean history and culture
Stop At: Seoraksan National Park, Sokcho, Gangwon-do South Korea
Seoraksan is popularly known as the most gorgeous mountain in Korea. With stunning valleys and waterfalls, it was chosen as a nature preservation area on November 5, 1965, internationally recognized for its rare plant and animal species, and designated as the 5th national park in Korea in 1970. Seoraksan became a designated Biosphere Preservation District by UNESCO in 1982. It takes three hours by car to reach Seoraksan from Seoul.
Our guide will take you to Seoraksan National Park, Sokcho by private air-conditioned minivan .
You will go to Gweongeumseong Fortress peak(700m) by cable car can and you can see the most beautiful scenery of whole Mt. Seoraksan at Gweongeumseong fortress peak. After Gweongeumseong tour, you will visit Shinheungsa Buddhist temple. After tour at Seoraksan, the guide will take you to the hotel in seoul.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Gwongeumseong Fortress, Daepo-dong, Sokcho-si, Gangwon-do, South Korea
Gwongeumseong Fortress is the site of a castle ruins located on Seoraksan Mountain. The mountain cable car to peak of Gwongeumseong Fortress was installed in 1971 and you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Mt.Seoraksan through cable car.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Sinheungsa Temple, 170, Seorak-dong, Sokcho, Gangwon-do 217-120 South Korea
Sinheungsa is a beautiful and old temple situated on the slopes of Seoraksan.
Duration: 2 hours
