Woke up early today to take bus to Hoenggye at 08:05 o’clock. Today’s destination is Daegwallyeong Samyang Ranch 대관령 삼양목장, Eco Green Campus 에코그린 캠퍼스 at Pyeongchang County.
After breakfast, we go to Dong Seoul Bus Terminal 동서울종합터미널. Buses (both intercity and express running to every corner of Korea including Gyeonggi, Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Chungcheong and Jeolla depart from this bus station). Bus reservations may be made through the following reservations agencies, but tickets can also be purchased at the ticket window upon arrival at the bus station.
The Dong Seoul Bus Terminal is located at Gangbyeon Station, Seoul Subway Station Line 2, Exit 4.
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Bus to Hoenggye is an Intercity Bus which cost 14.500 won and it took 2 hours and 45 minutes. Hoenggye is the 3rd stop. 1st stop is 장평 Jangpyeong Bus Terminal. 2nd stop is 진부공용버스정류장 Jinbu Bus Terminal. And finally, at 3rd stop, we arrive at Hoenggye Bus Terminal.
Pyeongchang is a county in Gangwon province, South Korea located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is also home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is located approximately 180 km east of Seoul. Pyeongchang will host the 2018 Winter Olympics and the 2018 Winter Paralympics.
The altitude of Pyeongchang is wide-ranging, with 84% of its territory comprising mountains with average elevations of 750m (2,460ft). Its best-known place, the township of Daegwallyeong-myeon, averages between 700 to 800m (2,300 to 2,600ft) above sea level, with some areas over 1,000m (3,300ft) high. Daegwallyeong-myeon has a monsoon humid continental climate with warm, humid summers and long, cold and dry winters.
The area is popular with mountain hikers, especially at the southern part of Mount Seoraksan.
Alpensia ski resort is a tourist attraction and has 6 slopes for skiing and snowboarding, with runs up to 1.4km long, for beginners and advanced skiers, and an area reserved for snowboarders. The resort is open year-round. Alpensia will be the focus of the 2018 Cultural Olympiad, with a new, purpose-built concert hall within the resort. A 250km per hour KTX line will be built between Wonju and Gangneung via Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Olympics and will put Pyeongchang within 50 minutes of travel time from Seoul.
Buddhist temple Woljeongsa of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism is located on the eastern slopes of Odaesan. The Lee Seung-bok Memorial Center is located in Nodong-ri, Yongpyeong-myeon.
Samyang Ranch is the largest highlands farm in Asia located on the hills of Daegwallyeong 850 to 1,470meters above sea level. It was operated as a petting zoo and enjoy tha pastoral landscape. It is film locations of the drama ‘Autumn in my Heart’ and the movie ‘Lover’s Concerto.’
Autumn Scene could be seen in here 
2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympiade
Address: Hoenggye-ri, Daegwalnyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Kangwon, South Korea
Phone: +8233-335-5044 ext. 5
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Arrive at Hoenggye at 10:50, it’s raining really hard. I have already espect the rain, because the weather forecast. But I didn’t know that it will be this hard.
We rode taxi to Daegwallyeong Samyang Ranch. There’s a taxi base camp in front of the bus station. Don’t forget, if you can’t speak Korean, write the destination, and show it to taxi driver. Then the driver tell us how much. I pay for 13.000 won one way for 20-30 minutes ride. And he gave me his name card, and ask me to call him again when we want to back to bus station. He is very kind, he even let us borrow his umbrella. Actually, I don’t know how to call him back, because my country phone number didn’t have signal at all. Just think about it later.
The ticket entrance to Daegwallyeong Samyang Ranch is 8.000 won, include the shuttle bus to go around the ranch. The shuttle buses travel non-stop for 20 min from the Welcome Square to the Dong Hae Observatory. On your way down, there are five bus stops where you can get off the shuttle to view the area at your leisure, then hop back on whenever you like. (Bus service runs from May through to November).
At winter season, shuttle bus is not available, instead you can enjoy the farm with your own car or by foot.
Daegwallyeong Samyang Ranch is Asia’s largest green pasture on a plateau. This ancient and vast meadow is where milking cows feed. The view from the plateau is remarkable as well. If you go up to Daegwallyeong Observatory early in the morning, you can witness the spectacular sunrise from the East Sea beyond the peaks of Mt. Odaesan. The lake where cows drink water is called Samjeongho Lake.
It’s a bad weather when I came there. Hard rain, thick mist, and we can’t enjoy the scene much. But because we have already arrive in here, so we have to visit the place.
1st stop, Dong Hae Observatory (1140m above sea level)
It should be a fantastic view of Gangneug City, Jumunjin City and Dong Hae (East Sea). But because of bad weather, we can’t see anything. Only a thick mist around there. The bus drive give us 10 minutes to stop here.
If the weather is nice, you can tracking in here. The first walking tracks is Breezy Hills (550m) which is location of filming “Taegeukgi: Brotherhood of War” and “Welcome to Dongmakgol“.
The second walking tracks is Leisure Forest (930m) where you can see 400Jeong, a location to view an extensive 400ha of our land. That’s why it is named 400Jeong (1 Jeong is almost 1 ha).
In here, you also can see Wind Powered Generator Complex with 53 wind powered generators which in operation and provide electricity to 50.000 households which are 60% of Gangneung population.
2nd stop, Tree of Lover’s Concerto, 2002 (1.080m above sea level)
Not only famous due to the popular movie “Lover’s Concerto” in 2002, the tree’s surroundings are stunnings.
From 1st bus stop to 2nd bus stop, also known as Eunseo and Junseo’s Autumn in My Heart TV Series bike path.
We decided to stop in here, and try to walk to 3rd stop.
The 3rd walking track is Memories of Love, located between 2nd bus stop and 3rd bus stop and it took 650m. But we didn’t pass the tracking because it’s slippery. We walk around the main road. There’s nothing can be seen, we can’t see the sheep paddock. But we saw a group of sheep, and take picture with them.
3rd Stop, Office of Gangwon Wind Poweres Generator Complex
I don’t know what can be seen in this area. We stop at the bus stop and wait for the bus. It’s really cold and I thought I need to drink hot chocolate right at that time, haha.. 😀
The 4th walking track is Meadow Stroll with distance 1.470m from the middle of 2nd bus stop to 4th bus stop. We will pass cattle paddock, ostrich paddock and sheepdog herding field.
4st Stop, Wish and Wind Post-Box
There’s a “Wish and Wind Post-Box” to share your emotional experience at our beautiful farm with your postcard and put it inside the post-box, chich are provided at Cheong Yeon Botanical Garden and the Ostrich Pavilion. Postcards will be delivered full of happiness.
We also would pass Eunseo & Junseo’s Tree in the TV Series “Autumn in My Heart”.
The 5th walking track is Peace of Mind, which located from 4th bus stop to 5th bus stop. The distance is 900m.
5th Stop, Welcome Square
Finally, we arrive at the main point. We bought instant noodle at the ranch mart. You can also buy souvenir from Samyang Ranch.
The 3rd walking track is Memories of Love, located between 2nd bus stop and 3rd bus stop and it took 650m. But we didn’t pass the tracking because it’s slippery. We walk around the main road. There’s nothing can be seen, we can’t see the sheep paddock. But we saw a group of sheep, and take picture with them.
3rd Stop, Office of Gangwon Wind Poweres Generator Complex
I don’t know what can be seen in this area. We stop at the bus stop and wait for the bus. It’s really cold and I thought I need to drink hot chocolate right at that time, haha.. 😀
The 4th walking track is Meadow Stroll with distance 1.470m from the middle of 2nd bus stop to 4th bus stop. We will pass cattle paddock, ostrich paddock and sheepdog herding field.
Behind the Welcome Square, there’s a building of Eunseo & Junseo’s House in the TV Series “Autumn in My Heart”.
Source: Eco green Campus Manual Brochure which you can get it on the ticket entrance locket when you bought the ticket.
It’s worthed to come here. And I want to come here again when the weather is nice. Maybe I could spend 1 night stay at Hoenggye.
We ask the staff at the restaurant to help us to call the taxi driver to pick us. It also cost 13.000 won to go back to the bus station.
Then we bought the ticket to back to Seoul.
At 17:15 we arrive at Dong Seoul Bus Terminal and back to guest house.
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