Seoraksan National Park and Sokcho Private Tour from Seoul

5.0 (3 reviews) 10–12 hours Free cancellation Private tour

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Seoraksan National Park and Sokcho Private Tour from Seoul — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

Cable Car to Kwongeumseong fortress — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

Mt.Seorak is known as the most beautiful national park in S.Korea!

It is the highest in the Taebaeksannmaek Mountain Range and designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. This is a place that you can definitely find lots of outdoor activities and beauty of the park!

There're also a lot of wild life ,too

Kwonkeumseong fortress - Cable car included in the tour

Shinheungsa buddhist temple is located in the park, easy access

Hiking is optional but there are two course which is easy

1. Biryeong water fall course - round trip 3h

Harder than biseondae course, quite many uphill and stari case

2. Biseongdae rock course - round trip 2h

beatufil scenery along the way, it's really easy

3. Full day hiking to the peak , Daecheongbong course

Very healthy , super early in the morning starts hiking and finish at late afternoon, 8 - 13hours

otherwise, mostly people need two days

Tour guide will meet you at your hotel in Seoul

Departing pretty early to get in the park earlier

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At a glance

Duration: 10–12 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: Korean, Japanese, English, Chinese
Operated by: Here Korea Travel

Ages: Infants (1–3 years) · Children (4–8 years) · Adults (9–99 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Cost for tour vehicle
Included: Hotel pickup and dropoff
Included: Private AC tour vehicle
Included: English speaking tour guide
Included: Entrance fee on the plan

Not included

Not included: Meals
Not included: Personal expense
Not included: Sokcho wheel - it's optional

Itinerary

1
Seoraksan National Park

5 hours Admission included
Then, get to the most popular entrance to Seoraksan national park in Sokcho. This entrance is called Sogongwon area in Seorakasan National Park where you can take a cable car to Gwongeumseong Fortress. You can just trek to Gwongeumseong Fortress

Your guide will take you to chicken soup restaurant near Sogonwon entrance. The soup is made of the Korean ginseng, garlic, ginger and green onions. Every bowl got their own chicken stuffed with rice, ginseng and mushrooms.
- The tour guild will suggest you trail options depending on the hiking level of participants on that day.
Suggested Itinerary

① Hotel pickup at 7:20 am

② Proceed to Mt. Seorak in Sokcho

③ Take a cable car or climb up to Gwongeumseong Fortress(cable car is optional) and go back with cable car(20 mins)

④ Sinheungsa Temple: From here to Geumganggul(it takes around 2 hours)

⑤ Hike in Biseondae Rocks

⑥ Geumganggul Cave

⑦ Daepo port fishmarket or Anmok beach cafe street

⑧ Head back down to Sogongwon

⑨ Head back down to Sogongwon

⑩ Meal- Korean authentic chicken Soup

⑪ Drop-off
Sinheungsa Temple

one hour Admission included

When you go back to Songonwon area, Sinheungsa temple is Located only around 10 mins away from the entrance inside of Seoraksan National Park and accompanied by a large seated bronze Budda statue known as Jwabul.
Gwongeumseong Fortress

one hour Admission not included

You can just trek to Gwongeumseong Fortress or If you don’t feel like getting sweaty, better to ride a cable car to get to the peak of the mountain. It’s located about 3 minutes away from the entrance. The ride itself is six minutes long and displays heavenly views of the park and the mountains. You will find colorful valley seen from the cable car.
Biseondae Rocks

one hour Admission included

you will see Biseondae Rocks, which is good hike for beginners who want to see stunning views. The hiking trail to Biseondae is one of the moderate tails you can take from the entrance area of Seoraksan National Park. The trail will be getting slightly rougher and uphill as you approached the Biseondae Rock. After Biseondae Rock, you will head to Geumganggul Cave. There is a small well with some natural spring water. You can dip your bottles in and top them up. After all hiking, you will have dinner.
Daepo Port

40 min

It's one of the famous port fish market in Sokcho

Crab is really famous and fried seafood!

This place is optional
Sokcho Beach

30 min Admission not included

It's beautiful beach around Sokcho , EAST SEA

There's big wheel for observatory , which is optional if you want to stop by, you can take a ride here!

Around the beach, there's also good shaved ice , korean version(Bingsu) available!