Bukhansan National Park, Seoul

Beautiful park shockingly close to downtown Seoul. Hiking ranges from gentle to fairly extreme with ropes and cables provided to pull yourself up and make descent manageable. The views are surprisingly beautiful for a park so close to the city. We saw only 6 or so people on a 3 hr hike once we left the lower, less steep part of the trail. There are walls, temples and pavilions scattered throughout the park and the ones we visited were beautifully decorated and in good repair. Wear good hiking shoes and bring plenty of water, this is a "real" hike.

Koreans like to hike. They spend their weekend exploring different routes. Come prepared. As some of the routes can be very challenging and will take more than 6 hours to complete. Start your hike earlier and pick the route from the starting point.

Must have seen! Korea, land of the stairs and steep stone made steps 👍 birds place, beautiful trees and granite rocks that really rocks your eyes. Good shoes required, sometimes it's really tricky. Picnic at the walls gates is great, bc of the good view on Seoul (if air is not too dusty).

Definitely worth to go there. Quiet, beautiful place, great landscapes, great trails with different difficulties. Intermediate trail took us ~4h.

What a brilliant hike. quite challenging at the end but well worth the view. Took about an hour by Subway and bus from Hongdae, then I was up and down in just about 4 hours. though give yourself more time, I hike a lot. phenomenal views with good shops and restaurants at the bottom