[Korea Travel Guide] Descending Mount Hallasan via Gwaneumsa Trail at Jeju Island I Walk with Me!

[@khemtatworapunpisit850]

Many thanks for your review. I plan to hike as your trip on 1 apr, help ensuring my decision a lot. Hope i have a good trip as well 😊

[@travelwithme.roland]

That's great. Don't forget to check the weather. This is a useful website shared to me by a backpacker I met on my trip - www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Hallasan/forecasts/1950 Also remember to make your reservation as well. Link in description for this video. Check out my ascend video (via Seongpanak Trail) if you haven't. Take care and Enjoy your hike! :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4uyipR5f8pjhsk

[@agnespinzon8795]

Thank you for sharing your Mt. Hallasan ascent and descent treks! Both of these will help us when we go to Mt. Halla next month. I particularly liked your insights about hiking and life. Like you, hiking in nature allows me moments of self-reflection and time to connect with myself in a deeper way. 😊 May I ask how you got from the Gwaneumsa Trail back to Seogwipo? You mentioned that you will also have that information at the end of your descent video. We will also be coming from a hotel into Seogwipo and doing both trails like you did so getting back to the city after finishing is a concern for me. Thank you for your reply. Continue to hike, travel and enjoy!

[@travelwithme.roland]

Thanks for your kind words and encouragement. I took a bus from Gwaneumsa Trail Entrance back to Seogwipo. You can use Naver Map to help pinpoint which bus to take. You can copy and paste the Korean name of the place (in Seogwipo you are heading to for more accuracy). Here's an example: map.naver.com/p/directions/14086145.55902,3947294.9275512,한라산국립공원관음사탐방로,31390247,PLACE_POI/14088571.0882729,3929056.9656713,서귀포시청%20제1청사,11621231,PLACE_POI/-/transit?c=10.71,0,0,0,dh I don't understand Korean language, so I use Google Translate. I hope this helps. Do remember to make a reservation (booking) in advance before you go. On peak season, it may be fully booked. - visithalla.jeju.go.kr/main/main.do All the best and enjoy your hike :)

[@agnespinzon8795]

@@travelwithme.roland This is so helpful thank you! 😊 I'm worried about getting getting around Jeju since even the signs are in Korean. 😅 And as we've experienced in Japan recently, very few speak English. But I am hopeful still because people are nice and friendly wherever we go. 😇 Thanks again! I wish you well and I hope you continue to travel and make helpful videos to share!

[@kamila_rkh]

thank you a lot for both videos! last time i was in Korea, i didn't have enough confidence for such a hike, but this time i'm going to Korea in several months and i really want to see Hallasan myself. and thank you for sharing the route from Seogwipo cause thats where i'm going to stay too!

[@travelwithme.roland]

enjoy your hike! :)

[@tanyaquilang6164]

I really enjoyed the video! It was super helpful for planning my hike next month. Could you let me know the perfect time to start climbing the mountain? Thanks!

[@travelwithme.roland]

I think if u set apart 8-9hours for the ascend and descend. It will be optimal to start between 6-7am from the trail entrance. Suppose if you rent a car and is planning to start and end at the same trail entrance, this means you can afford to reach earlier (i.e. at 6am). But I took bus, so I could only start at 7am. Hope this helps :)

[@angelorose3250]

Appreciated your sharing on the detailed hiking at both trails. We are planning to hike there in Aug too. If we park at the eastern trail , are there taxi available when we exit at Gwaneumsa trail ?

[@travelwithme.roland]

It may be hard for get taxi after you exit the trail. There are buses available, it may take some time to wait for the bus to come. Yet it is a feasible option. I waited around 30min

[@angelorose3250]

@@travelwithme.roland appreciated your reply . Will find out more on transport . Thank you ☺️

[@angelorose3250]

Hi in reply to getting taxi exit point at Gwaneumsa trailhead. We booked a taxi through Kakao T apps ( back to seonpanek where we parked our vehicle ~KW$15 ) . Hiked hallasan in mid August , hot weather but clear view from summit.

[@travelwithme.roland]

@@angelorose3250 Nice! I hope you enjoyed the hike! I love to try hiking up again in autumn or winter some day :)

[@anggunlestari6329]

Many thanks for your videos!! really helpful! , can you share your experience after the hiking? is it really tiring? I have an event in Jeju, i am planning whether I can hike before the day of the event.

[@travelwithme.roland]

Hi, thanks for your encouragement. It is hard to answer your question because it is subjective to individual. So just sharing from my point of view, it was tiring but still manageable (can walk but muscle aching) . Perhaps, just note it will take 8-9hrs to hike up and down. There are two routes, the Seongpanak trail is easier if you really consider trying (can see my previous vid). Gwaneumsa Trail (in this vid) is tougher because the steps are steeper.

[@allrandomstuff]

Thanks for the video. How did you get back to Seogwipo?

[@travelwithme.roland]

I took bus back. You can check using Naver Map to see which bus route is the faster

[@yuuchan97]

Hi! Planning on going ber months next year. But for some reason, I cannot access the website - it says it's blocked, do I need to be in Korea to be able to access it? Thank you!

[@travelwithme.roland]

May I ask which website are you referring to specifically? I will check to have it update. Let me know, thanks.

[@yuuchan97]

@@travelwithme.roland Hi, the same link you have provided in the Description of the video.

[@travelwithme.roland]

@@yuuchan97 Thanks for highlighting and read some reviews from others online who are facing the same issue. The respond is that to book the hike via their official website (visithalla.jeju.go.kr), one needs to be in Korea to access this site. Another alternative is to use VPN. I've yet to verify if this is true, because I don't have VPN. If you have a VPN, you can try to set to South Korea and see if it works. Let us know if it does.