[UNESCO] Pocheon Highlights Tour: Pink Sand, Y-Bridge & Art Valley

the tour visited 3 different spots, and it was certainly a full day! Pocheon art valley and the Hantangand Geopark were my favourite of the three locations. our guide, Laura, was excellent and made it clear where and when to meet, and for me, even found out where i needed to go in order to collect one of my stamps. if you are doing the Korean heritage stamp tour, you can also collect 3 from this day trip.

Lubos na inirerekomenda! Si G. Han (tour guide) ay napakabait, punong-puno ng impormasyon, at laging nakangiti. Siya rin ay napaka-atento at mapagmalasakit, lalo na kapag may mga kalahok na nakaramdam ng pagod o hindi maganda ang pakiramdam. Ang mga lugar na aming binisita ay magaganda, at ang panahon ay kaaya-aya—hindi masyadong mainit. Dahil karamihan sa tour ay nagaganap sa bulubunduking lugar, mayroong ilang paglalakad paakyat, kaya siguraduhing magdala ng sapat na enerhiya at magsuot ng kumportableng sapatos. Sa kabuuan, ito ay isang kahanga-hangang karanasan sa Han Tour. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

itinerary: strawberry farm, Pocheon Art Valley, Morning Calm Garden. Si Mike na aming gabay ay palakaibigan at matulungin. Hindi kasinghusay ng kanyang Chinese ang kanyang English, ngunit magaling pa rin. Napakadetalyado niya sa kanyang paliwanag at mapagmasid sa kanyang mga bisita. Lahat ng lugar na aming binisita ay maganda at naging napakasayang karanasan. Napakatamis ng mga strawberry at bumili rin kami ng strawberry jam at chips para iuwi. Maganda ang art valley, ngunit ang paborito ko ay ang Morning Calm Garden. Bagama't hindi pa namumulaklak ang mga bulaklak, napakaganda pa rin ng hardin. Sana makabalik ako doon sa tag-araw kapag namumulaklak na ang lahat ng bulaklak.

Had a really nice day on this tour. Our guide Jason was great and the scenery was beautiful. Did quite a bit of walking, around 10,000 steps, the sites also include a bit uphill walking. But still enjoyable and definitely worth it. Overall, very happy with the tour.

Ang tour guide na si Janggun ay napakamatulungin at napakahusay magsalita ng Ingles. Lubos ko siyang pinahahalagahan sa pagtulong sa akin na makuha ang jacket na nakalimutan ko sa bus. Nasiyahan ako sa tour dahil nagbibigay ito ng pagkakataong bisitahin ang mga kahanga-hangang natural na tanawin. Nagkaroon kami ng magandang oras doon!

Napakagandang karanasan namin kasama ang aming gabay na si Janggun—siya ay mabait, may kaalaman, matiyaga, at ginawang maayos at kasiya-siya ang buong biyahe. Ang tanawin ay talagang nakamamangha, kung saan ang Hantangang UNESCO Global Geopark at Pocheon Art Valley ang aming mga highlight. Tunay na di malilimutang tanawin at isang magandang araw sa kabuuan. Lubos na inirerekomenda!

Si Kuya Guide Joon Chang ay napakagaling. Napakadetalyado ng kanyang paliwanag. Malakas ang kanyang pangangatawan, hindi siya napapagod sa pag-akyat ng 100 baitang. Sa tingin ko, napakahusay ng kanyang karanasan sa trabaho. Hindi niya hinayaang maligaw ang mga tour group at napakagaling niyang gamitin ang oras (ang ibang guide ay naglalaro lang ng cellphone habang naghihintay). Ang mga lugar na pinuntahan at mga aktibidad ay perpekto, 10/10, maganda at sulit puntahan. Sa pangkalahatan, maganda at balanse ang lahat. Madalas umuulan kaya magdala ng payong. Ang trip na ito ay para sa mga taong malakas ang pangangatawan, kayang umakyat ng 100 baitang at umakyat-baba ng bundok nang hindi napapagod.

Kamangha-manghang karanasan! Talagang sulit, napakakumportableng bus at binibigyan ka nila ng oras para mag-explore nang hindi iniisip ang oras. Mas pinaganda pa ni Sally ang aking karanasan, laging handang tumulong. Lubos kong inirerekomenda ang tour na ito kung gusto mong magkaroon ng buong araw na nag-eenjoy sa kalikasan at magagandang tanawin ❤️

Pocheon is definitely worth visiting, especially the natural scenery at Bidulginang Falls, Hantangang Sky Bridge and Pocheon Art Valley. The landscapes were beautiful and very different from Seoul, so it made a nice day trip. However, I personally would not recommend Herb Island. It felt quite dated and overly commercialised, and there wasn’t much that interested me compared with the other stops. I would have preferred more time at the nature attractions or Art Valley instead. The tour group was also much bigger than I expected — around 40 people — so at times it felt a little rushed moving such a large group around. Overall, I enjoyed discovering Pocheon and the scenery was the highlight, but Herb Island could definitely be skipped or replaced with another Pocheon attraction. the pink mushy place where everyone talks about, is ok. just very man made.

The tour was more than I expected! I loved that there were different locations along rhe way and we had time to explore on our own. Our tour guide Tino was really enthusiastic and informative. He said he’s only been doing this for less than a year, which is quite surprising because I thought he was great. the tour ran on a timely manner and the bus driver was also very nice. I truly enjoyed this tour very much!