Seoraksan National Park | Sokcho Trip | South Korea

This video is about Day 2 of our South Korea travel series when we visited the town of Sokcho for a 2d1n trip to visit the famous Seoraksan National Park and other Sokcho sights.

About Sokcho
Sokcho is a city of Gangwon-do province, lying north of the 38th parallel, which belonged to North Korea from 1945 until the end of the Korean War. Abai Maeul was originally set up as an area to house North Korean refugees in Sokcho due to the separation of the two Koreas. Today, Sokcho is more of a fishing town than a tourist hub, and it attracts domestic tourists as the main draw for their fresh raw fish and seafood.

About Seoraksan National Park
Seoraksan is one of Korea’s most beautiful mountains. It’s a godsend for anyone who likes to put one foot in front of the other, with several spectacular day hikes that in a couple of hours can take you to the tops of rocky mountain peaks, alongside beautiful tranquil streams, and past delightful tumbling waterfalls. There are also some ancient temples, giant statues, and even some surprisingly good places to eat and drink. It is open from 6am until 8pm each day, year round.

In this video, we mainly explored this national park where we visited:
Sinheungsa Temple, the head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. It is thought to be the oldest surviving Zen Buddhist temple in the world, first built in the seventh century. It’s famed for a bronze, 48-foot tall statue of a seated Buddha, known as Tongil Daebul (Great Unification Buddha).

Next, we visited Biseondae rocks, which is a nice 3.0km walking trail that follows a river tucked within the steep and rocky slopes of the Seoraksan mountain range. At the end of the wide, gentle, and well-groomed walking path, there is a place to eat, some bridges, and beautiful scenery.  

Transportation
There are only 2 option to get to Sokcho, one is by their intercity express bus, and the other would be self-drive.
We chose the express bus from the Seoul Express bus terminal. Please note it is not possible to book the bus seats online using international credit cards, so we had to reach the bus terminal quiet early to buy tickets on the counter.
The trip takes about 2 and a half hours.  Upon arrival at Sokcho, you need to get off the bus at ‘Sokcho’ express bus terminal and take the local bus No 7 or 7-1 to Seoraksan National Park on the opposite side of the road after coming out of bus terminal.

About us
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We are Mayur, Gayatri, and Om residing in sunny Singapore. Amongst us we have an Indian who grew up in India, a Singaporean Ceylonese who spent decade of her life in Australia and lastly our son, a true born citizen of the mixes, half Indian, half Ceylonese and very Singaporean.
Our videos mainly consist of mountain climbing trips and some solo journeys but mostly of our family of 3. We thrive with each others company on our road less travelled in our own unique style. We really love off the beaten kind of adventures, eating local food, meeting ethnic tribes, going back in time with some historical sites, and simply getting lost. Being in corporate jobs for daily survival, our dream here is to inspire people to explore this beautiful world and realize that there is more in life than just 9 to 5.

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