A beautiful forest Gombaeryeong

          A beautiful forest, Gombaeryeong

               As planned the night before,
               at 6:00 in the morning, I'm finally heading for Gombaeryeong,
               which is well known as a beautiful forest in S.Korea.

               I (including my husband) have been waiting for today since
               made a reservation one month ago.

               Gombaeryeong is so popular among Koreans
               and sure enough, many from all over the country want to
               take a trail here.
               But there is a restriction of the number of people who can enter
               the forest, 300 people each day, to protect the nature.
               It is reported that about 850 species of wild plants are growing there.

               I have never been here before.
               'Is it really beautiful? What does it look like?'
               I'm wondering so much about it.

The entry to Gombaeryeong starts on altitude 700 meters

and lead us to the summit on altitude 1106 meters, and  

the distance is 5 kilometers.                                        

As people say, It won't be a hard trail at all.                 

                   

                           Just walk joyfully through the leafy forest, hearing the
                           sound of the clear water in the valley and the birds.

                           In the forest is a small village.

                           on the summit, it is in the dense mist.

                          Here is the top of Gombaeryeong;
                          Gombaeryeong is named according to the shape of it,
                          people say that it looks like a bear lying with its belly
                          toward the sky.

                           parking lot