Prehliadky 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 je skvelý a nadšený. Rád sa rozpráva o antikvariátoch.

Ethan bol úžasný sprievodca a mal veľa informácií, a to nielen o šamanizme, ale aj o histórii a kultúre Kórey. Dôraz kládol na otvorenú myseľ, takže ste vedeli, že prehliadka je bezpečným priestorom! Na vrchole hory sme si mohli niečo priať, čo bolo veľmi príjemné a upokojujúce zážitok. Aj keď nie ste duchovne založený človek, táto prehliadka vám ukáže novú stránku Soulu, budete sa môcť ponoriť do prírody, vidieť krásne výhľady a spoznať históriu a príbehy Kórey.

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 😊🙏🏼

Mali sme skvelý deň s Jenny ako sprievodkyňou. Bolo veľmi horúco a tempo prehliadky bolo veľmi vysoké! Jenny neustále kontrolovala, či sú všetci v poriadku kvôli horúčave. Vďaka vysokému tempu prehliadky sme toho za jeden deň stihli vidieť naozaj veľa. Určite odporúčame!

Aký nezabudnuteľný večer! Nočná prehliadka Soulu bola jednoducho čarovná. Náš sprievodca, Leo, urobil zážitok skutočne výnimočným – bol srdečný, príjemný a plný fascinujúcich poznatkov o každej zastávke. Jeho rozprávanie oživilo históriu a kultúru, vďaka čomu každé miesto pôsobilo živo a zmysluplne. Preskúmali sme pokojnú krásu paláca Changgyeong pod nočnou oblohou, nasiakli rušnou energiou trhu Gwangjang, obdivovali panoramatické výhľady z parku Naksan a prechádzali sa pozdĺž upokojujúcich vôd potoka Cheongyecheon. Každé miesto ponúkalo dostatok času na fotografie a dokonca aj mierny dážď pridal nádych šarmu, namiesto toho, aby nás spomalil. Táto prehliadka je ideálna pre skupiny aj pre samostatných cestovateľov – bezproblémová kombinácia histórie, kultúry a atmosféry. Tempo bolo presne také, aké malo byť, čo nám dalo čas vychutnať si každý okamih bez pocitu, že sa ponáhľame. Úprimne, hneď by som to urobil znova!

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!