Tours de Bukhansan

Four weeks ago to today, I went on the hiking tour up Bukhansan. Jak was the hiking leader for the small group of us. He communicated with me to confirm the meeting spot and met me there with other solo travellers. Given how it was my first day in Seoul, I wasn’t prepared for the difficulty of the hike and I definitely had underestimated the heat. However, Jak was patient and allowed us rest stops along the way and when we requested it as well. At areas where it was quite steep, Jak gave us alternate paths to take and if we wanted a challenge, he guided us along them. The views were exceptionally beautiful and we managed to visit three peaks which felt like the biggest achievement for me. Unfortunately I experienced some leg cramping between the 2nd and 3rd peak. Thanks to Jak who provided me with some meds to ease the cramps and also allowed time to hydrate before continuing. Jak also took lots of pictures for us along the way which showed the beauty of the mountain itself.

Jak és genial i entusiasta. Content de parlar de llibreries de segona mà.

Richard was a great tour leader. He explained the history and tension between North Korea and South Korea nicely. He also gave us many interesting facts and did an interesting quiz at the end of the trip. I got a choco pie for answering the question correctly, yeay! Thank you so much, Richard. I had so much fun and I appreciate your effort 😊🙏🏼

Ethan va ser un guia meravellós i molt ben informat, no només sobre el xamanisme sinó també sobre la història i la cultura de Corea. Va emfatitzar la importància de tenir una ment oberta, així sabies que el tour era un espai segur! Vam poder demanar un desig al cim de la muntanya, la qual cosa va ser una experiència tranquil·litzadora i encantadora. Encara que no siguis una persona espiritual, aquest tour et mostrarà una nova faceta de Seül, podràs submergir-te en la natura, gaudir de vistes precioses, i aprendre sobre la història i les històries de Corea.

Vam tenir un dia fantàstic amb la Jenny com a guia turística. Feia molta calor i el ritme del tour era molt alt! La Jenny sempre comprovava si tothom estava bé amb la calor. Gràcies al ritme ràpid del tour, vam poder veure moltes coses en un sol dia. Sens dubte, molt recomanable!

Quina nit inoblidable! El Tour Nocturn de Seül va ser senzillament màgic. El nostre guia, en Leo, va fer que l'experiència fos realment especial: era càlid, afable i ple d'informació fascinant sobre cada parada. La seva narració va donar vida a la història i la cultura, fent que cada lloc semblés vibrant i significatiu. Vam explorar la serena bellesa del Palau Changgyeong sota el cel nocturn, ens vam submergir en l'energia bulliciosa del mercat de Gwangjang, vam admirar les vistes panoràmiques des del Parc Naksan i vam passejar per les tranquil·les aigües del rierol Cheonggyecheon. Cada lloc oferia temps suficient per fer fotos, i fins i tot la pluja lleugera va afegir un toc d'encant en lloc d'alentir-nos. Aquest tour és perfecte tant per a grups com per a viatgers individuals, una combinació perfecta d'història, cultura i ambient. El ritme va ser l'adequat, donant-nos temps per assaborir cada moment sense sentir-nos mai apressats. Sincerament, el tornaria a fer sense dubtar-ho!

Mr Patrick is an excellent tour guide, even shared me a tofu soup 😅! He showed us a good spot to overlook the Eunpyong Hanok Village. Gave us knowledge about the temples and the buddhism. Overall our tour is excellent! Would recommend this to anyone we know that's visiting South Korea! 😁

Today was so fun and we got tons of great pictures. So far in Korea I’ve been playing the part of “tour guide”, but it’s so much less stressful to have everything planned out as it was. We followed a set schedule but we were given some options at some of the locations. I recommend paying ₩3,000 extra at the tomb mounds to see the artifacts in the one that has been excavated. We opted to explore the street in Gyeongju instead of seeing the other mounds. There are lots of cute shops and street food stalls! Joseph was knowledgeable when we had questions, and was very friendly and patient! I was surprised how fast he learned our names. I’m happy we chose this tour as part of our honeymoon!

I had the most incredible tour with Michael on this full day trip. I did a private tour and it was worth every minute. Michael was very knowledgeable about each location he took me to, and was able to answer all of my (many!) questions. What an amazing trip!