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Day walks in Bukhansan National Park, Seoul. |
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Stunning educative walks through Seoul's guardian mountain system. |
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Within South Korea's capital lays one of Korea's more popular national parks. Bukhan-san National Park struts out of the sky-scraper landscape of downtown Seoul life a guardian God. It's mountain-scape is a typical example of Korean mountain. It has large pointy craggy peaks of white rock that jut out of its verdant forests. Like all Korean mountains Bukhan-san has a legend in that once the mountain spirit of Baekdu-san (2744m) in North Korea visited Bukhan-san and was so impressed by its landscape that he still returns to the area for more views. These days the views from Bukhan-san involve long vistas out over the city of Seoul, offering the hiker a contrasting moment with nature and city. Bukhan-san is rich in Korean culture where the remains of ancient walls built in 1392 of previous kingdoms still exist. The mountainous terrain is naturally filled with innumerable Buddhist temples, Confucian shrines, and Shamanic shrines. It was and still is the guardian mountain of Korea's 600 year old capital. |
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| This is a one day walk that will cover certain parts of Bukhan-san National Park. There are many different options for us to take, but all of them will take us to the mountain top, past temples where we can visit monks, and also visits to Shamanic shrines. You will be educated along the way on the history of Bukhan-san, Buddhism, and Shamanism in Korea. So not only do you get to view great mountain-scape but you get a good cultural experience as well. |
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| Meet up location: I can meet you at your accommodations or port of call. |
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| End location: Take you back to your accommodations or port of call. |
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| Duration: 7 hours |
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| 100 USD - trail money for snacks and curios. |
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| Transportation to and from your hotel,park entrance fees, and lunch. |
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| If we have to pick you up at Incheon Airport, that cost will have to be meet by the customer. |
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| Tour #: 10033 |
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| Tour Type: Hiking & Walking, Cultural, City |
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| Transportation Method: We will get to the mountain on subway or taxi. |
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| Activity Level: Moderate |
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 Friendly: No. |
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| Kid Friendly: Yes. 10 years of age or older. |
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| Language(s): Portuguese (basic), Korean (conversational), English (fluent) explanation |
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| Maximum travelers: 6 |
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