Samcheokwalgi Healing Forest is located in Hyeonggi-ri, Miro-myeon, Samcheok-si. The name of the town, Miro, means “never grow old.” What kind of place could this “healing forest,” created in a “town that never grows old” and a “town full of vitality,” be? Could it be a magical forest with mysterious powers? Now, with a fluttering heart, you walk into the green forest path thick with the fresh scent of nature. Cool energy surrounds your body, and fresh air touches the tip of your nose. Just by walking on the trail, your mind and body find stability. 

Samcheokwalgi Healing Forest

- Address: 651-230 Jungyeong-gil, Miro-myeon, Samcheok-si, Gangwon-do 
- Inquiries: +82-33-571-2600 
- Website: www.samcheok.go.kr/healinglife 
Operating hours: Samcheokwalgi Healing Forest 09:00-17:00; Samcheokwalgi Healing Forest Program 09:30, 13:30 (twice); Foot Bath Therapy; Thermal Therapy Experience 09:30-16:00 
The Healing Center is closed Mondays or the following day if Monday is a public holiday. 
The forest trails are always open and available. 

Healing Forest Trails to Walk along the Sound of Nature

Samcheokwalgi Healing Forest welcomed its first visitors in July 2020 in the red pine habitat of Hwangjangsan Mountain. The red pine habitat is a beautiful coniferous forest with more than 1,000 red pine trees that lived for over 70 years and measure 70 cm in diameter. There is also a birch forest beyond the ridges. The healing forest is a place where you can experience the energy of the evergreen forest, with forest healing activities designed to strengthen your immune system. 
The activity space, called Healing Forest Trail, has 16 routes. The routes are divided into three categories from low-difficulty trails that you can easily complete, to high-difficulty trails that require dedicated efforts. The high-difficulty routes include Yongoreum Trail, Tteodeumtteutgae Trail, and Baekdusong Trail. The medium-difficulty routes are Haneulbaram Trail, Solbaram Trail, Haengboka Trail, Daetjaeyet Trail, Mullebanga Trail, Cheongryong Trail, Baegugeumgwan Trail, and Yeonggyeong Trail. The low-difficulty routes, which are easily accessible to anyone, include Eumion Trail, Punggyeongsori Trail, Sasaegui Trail, Mulsori Trail, and Jungyeongyet Trail. All routes run along a cool valley, so you can walk while listening to the peaceful sound from the stream. When you walk along, the sound of your footsteps and leaves rustling in the wind will make all your worries disappear from your heart. It is the most “natural” way to heal the body and mind.

Disconnect, Heal, and Revitalize

Now that you have forgotten your worries and relaxed your mind naturally, it is time to tidy up your mind. A wide range healing programs are available to calm your mind, look into your inner self, and relieve stress. The healing programs, provided under three disparate themes, are led by professional healing instructors. “The World of Disconnection” provides emotional and psychological stability, and involves disconnecting from and letting yourself go from daily life, opening the five senses, participating in forest activities, exploring forest trails, and making and floating leaf boats on stepping stones. “Inner World” offers a process of introspection through contemplation. Try calming your mind with a singing bowl, communing with nature through wood burning, and meditating. “Lively World” includes stepping on the “laughter stepping stones” as well as getting rid of worries and relieving stress while enjoying the Samhyang therapy with foot baths, heat, and tea ceremonies.  
After walking through the forest, you can lie down on a bench for a while and meditate while listening to the sound of nature, play the singing bowl in the tree house, fill a boat with your worries and send it down the valley stream, and enjoy a tea ceremony and foot bath at the Healing Center. You will find that the two hours of the program had passed in an instant. 
 

NOTE

Reservations can only be made by phone, but you can sign up on-site if there are available time slots. The healing program is held twice a day at 09:30 and 13:30 (KRW 5,000 for individuals and KRW 4,000 for groups of 10 or more). In addition, you can enjoy foot bath therapy (30 minutes, KRW 7,000, first-come, first-served basis), thermal therapy (30 minutes, KRW 7,000, first-come, first-served basis), and healing tea ceremony (30 minutes, KRW 12,000, reservation by phone in advance) at the Healing Center. 

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