East Sea of Korea Haeparang Trail: The Busan Walking Festival will take place on May 7, 2016 at Oryukdo Sunrise Park to celebrate the completion and opening of the Haeparang trail stretching 770 kilometers along Korea’s east coast.
Haeparang
Trail begins at Oryukdo Sunrise Park in Busan and ends at the Unification
Observatory in Goseong, Gangwon-do. The trail with 50 walking courses offers
some of the nation’s most diverse and scenic walking and hiking experiences.
East
Sea of Korea Haeparang Trail: Busan Walking Festival
○Date
& Time: Saturday, May 7, 2016 10AM – 5PM
○Where:
Oryukdo Sunrise Park
○Hosted
and Organized by: Busan Metropolitan City, Ministry of Culture, Sports and
Tourism, Busan Tourism Organization
○Walking
Route: Oryukdo Sunrise Park → Nongbawi Rock → Dongsaengmal Trail → Yonghoman
Bay terminal
Distance:
about 5km (3 hours and 30 minutes)
The
shuttle from Kyungsung Univ/Pukyong Nat'l Univ. Metro Station (Exit 1) departs every
10 minutes from 8:00am to 10:00am.
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About 2,000 participants
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Free admission
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Online Application: http://haeparang-busan.org (Deadline: - April 30, 2016)
○ For more information call 051-888-6714 or 051-747-0736