[Completed 1-15, 17, 20 and 21 as of Dec 2024. This page is updated as I complete parts of the trail]
This is a 157 km trail running around the outskirts of Seoul consisting of a variety of paths. From mountains to city streets, it has it all! It’s very well managed and there are plenty of signs to help you navigate it. You can also collect ink stamps from bright red booths along the trail to put in a stamp book. It’s called the Seoul Trail, the Seoul Dullegil (Dulle-gil) or 서울둘레길 2.0. The text link on the goes to English language details of the new version of the trail and you can easily find the Korean version from there.
There are a total of 21 connected courses, routes, or sections, and I started doing it in September 2024. They vary in landscape and difficulty. Originally, the Seoul Trail was divided into just eight sections, but each of those sections has now been broken up and renumbered. I guess this is to make the sections more doable in one go, perhaps increasing the motivation for people to take it on. The original Route 1, for example, was almost 20 km! Now it is divided into Routes 1, 2, and 3. This is important to know for when you pick up a stamp book; you need to look out for booklets and stamp cards titled 서울둘레길 2.0 (pictured above) and ignore the other ones. The older stamp book system will cease to be in March 2025. That said, the actual routes are the same (I think).
List of routes.
If there’s a link, it will go to my blog of when I did it!
This page will be updated as I continue along the course.
A few of the routes can be quite hard going because they feature a lot of going up and down over short distances. Three of the routes are labelled ‘Hard’ such as Route 1 which goes alongside Suraksan Mountain. However, if you’re used to walking, it’s just a matter of preparing for a series of steps and none of these trails are technically hard. Indeed, one of the best things about this curated walk is that most of it is extremely gentle and can be done at a leisurely pace with people of all ages and fitness levels.
Each trail has a few sites of interest along the way, details which can be found on the official link. You can also see what I did on the trails I’ve done so far.
So far, I’ve done the routes which have working links in the table below, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed them. They’ve been a great alternative to my usual style of hiking which is to go straight up the to the peak of any mountain I’m on! These trails take you along mountain walks many people might overlook. You come to realise how much beauty there is on those other trails. Oh, and in the summer heat of Korea, the shade from the trees will be much appreciated!
Get booklets and stamp cards at the following locations:
| Distributor | Contact |
|---|---|
| Seoul Citizens Hall (B1, Seoul City Hall) | +82-2-739-7733 |
| Seoul Trail Information Center (Seoul Iris Garden) | +82-2-779-7902/-4, +82-70-4465-7906 |
| Achasan Mountain Information Center | +82-2-450-1655 |
| Seoul Trail Information Center (Maeheon Citizen’s Forest) | +82-70-4465-7905 |
| Gwanaksan Mountain Information Center | +82-2-879-6561, +82-2-879-6526, +82-2-879-6574 |