hike korea 2014 brochure
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Discovering Korean Identity through MountainTRANSCRIPT
Hike Korea is Korea’s first foreign owned
outdoor company that specializes in
showing visitors to Korea its unique and
unknown mountain landscape. Korea is
a land with a 5000 year old history. Much
of that history is delved in its reverence
for mountains that occupy 70% of its
landscape. Hike Korea organizes individual
and group hikes from one-day to many
weeks of exploration at either end of the
fitness scale. It can cater for a variety of
hiking demands, be they luxuriant, living
rough in the outdoors, sleeping in villages
or residing with monks at mountain
hermitages. Hike Korea aims to show you
the authentic side to Korea.
INTER-KOREAN VENTURES
Hike Korea is an avid proponent of a Unified
Korea. It has extensive experience in North
Korea as a provider of expeditionary type
travel. In 2011-2102 we spent four months there
documenting mountains of the Baekdu Daegan
for a photo essay book covering all of Korea.
In 2013, it escorted five motorcyclists into
North Korea, crossing from Russia, where they
traversed the entire Korean peninsula from the
top to the bottom, crossing the DMZ border into
South Korea. For serious expeditions of this
nature, please contact Hike Korea for more.
HIKE KOREA
HIKE KOREARepublic of Korea
Chungcheongbuk-doSoklisan National Park
www.hikekorea.comwww.onekoreaphotography.com
www.facebook.com/koreahike
[email protected]: 82 10 29667612
Business Reg#120-10-81984
Discovering Korean Identity through Mountain
Jiri Mountain National Park - 2014Is Korea’s biggest and first national park.
Considered the sacred mother mountain of Korea,
Jiri-san covers 471.758sq.km and translates as the
exquisite wisdom mountain. For thousands of years
Jiri-san has held strong spiritual significance for the
many Koreans that live and practise their customs
and traditions around its numerous valley’s and
ridge’s. In 2014 Hike Korea is running numerous
large group hikes ranging from 3 to 5 days in
length. Sleeping in temples, shelters, home-stays,
camping out, and experiencing all the fine food
customs Korea has to offer.
Prices range from large group 4D/3N hikes at
$1000 p/p - to individuals at $350p/d.
HIKE KOREA COVERS ALL PARTS OF KOREA
LONG DISTANCE HIKING TRIAL
735km BAEKDU DAEGAN
BUDDHIST HERMITAGE RETREATS
Experience a more spiritual form of mountain
exploration by rambling on foot between mountain
hermitages, hanging out with solo mountain monks,
meditating, and loosing yourself in the craggy
peaks.
CYCLE TOURS
Korea has an extensive network of new cycle
trails that meander alongside rivers and around
mountains, providing access to many of Korea’s
national treasures, religious sites, small villages,
and local communities. Extensive mountain bike
networks also exist for the more avid cyclist. In
2014, Hike Korea is also currently researching
the opportunity to take cyclists on return rides into
North Korea from South Korea to discover the
majestic Kumgang-san national park on the east
coast of Korea.
ALL OF HIKE KOREA’S TOURS ARE CUSTOM
BUILT FOR INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP TRAVEL
NEEDS. HIKE KOREA CAN OFFER A VARIETY
OF PERSONALIZED SERVICES FROM
MOUNTAIN TRAILS TO SPECIAL INTEREST
REQUIREMENTS. PLEASE CONTACT
ROGER SHEPHERD AT
[email protected] FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
• 1 - 30 Day Hiking Course’s all over Korea
• Experience Korea’s Ancient Mountain Culture
• Hundred’s of Meandering Village Trails
• Seoul City Bukhan-san National Park Hikes
• Remote Island Hikes - Seafood & Beaches
HIKING ROUTES EVERYWHERE