Bukhansan National Park Walking Tour

Within South Korea's capital lays one of Korea's more popular national parks. Bukhan-san National Park struts out of the sky-scraper landscape of downtown Seoul life a guardian God. It's mountain-scape is a typical example of Korean mountain. It has large pointy craggy peaks of white rock that jut out of its verdant forests. Like all Korean mountains Bukhan-san has a legend in that once the mountain spirit of Baekdu-san (2744m) in North Korea visited Bukhan-san and was so impressed by its landscape that he still returns to the area for more views. These days the views from Bukhan-san involve long vistas out over the city of Seoul, offering the hiker a contrasting moment with nature and city. Bukhan-san is rich in Korean culture where the remains of ancient walls built in 1392 of previous kingdoms still exist. The mountainous terrain is naturally filled with innumerable Buddhist temples, Confucian shrines, and Shamanic shrines. It was and still is the guardian mountain of Korea's 600 year old capital.