Simhaksan Dulle-gil Paju: Forest Loop Near the DMZ
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Off Map Korea English-guided walking trips through Korea. Quiet trails, hidden villages, slow moments. Driver-only, self-guided. ▸ Plan a trip Most people drive through Paju to get somewhere else. That's a mistake. Paju sits just south of the DMZ, and most foreign visitors treat it as a corridor — either to the Dorasan Station tourist complex or the Imjingak peace park. Few stop to walk the Simhaksan Dulle-gil , a quiet 6km forest loop that circles the lower flanks of Simhaksan (해발 약 198m) through pine and oak woodland. It takes about two hours at an easy pace, gains almost no elevation, and leaves you feeling like you've stepped out of Korea entirely. What is the Simhaksan Dulle-gil, exactly? The Journal · Issue 09 Andong — the Confucian Highlands. A ridge, a village, a fire on the river. Our latest A5 brand book. ▸ Read Issue 09 The trail is a designated dulle-gil — a 'surrounding path' that loops around a mountain's pe...