Jeongseon itineraries

Market day in Jeongseon town

Land on a market day (dates ending in 2 or 7) and you fill a whole day without a car: wander the stalls, slurp a bowl of kongduchigi, hear the arirang up close, then watch the town from a cafe window before heading home.

Rail bike and Hwaam Cave

Day one pedals the old rail line from Gujeolli down to Auraji; day two goes from cliff-edge pines into a gold-mine cave. The north and east of Jeongseon by car, with one night in a hanok.

From the coal ridges to Auraji

The gondola and 1,300 m ridge above Sabuk and Gohan, a temple and pass on the flank of Hambaeksan, then the market town and the river landing at Auraji. Two nights crossing Jeongseon south to north.

Festivals & seasons

• 1 — Snow on Manhangjae and Hambaeksan
• 2 — High1 ski season
• 4 — Spring mountain-greens market days
• 6 — Donggang rafting season
• 7 — Manhangjae wildflowers
• 8 — Hambaeksan Wildflower Festival
• 8 — Auraji Raft and Makgeolli Festival
• 10 — Jeongseon Arirang Festival
• 10 — Mindungsan Silver Grass Festival
• 10 — Autumn leaves on the Gujeolli rail bike

Souvenirs

• Dried gondre (thistle greens)
• Jeongseon astragalus root (hwanggi)
• Packed buckwheat jeonbyeong and sorghum bukkumi
• Suri-chwi rice cake
• Deodeok and bellflower root
• Sabuk briquette bread and cookies
• Glutinous corn