Jeju Olle Trail is a 437 -kilometer path that travels the coast of the island, consists of 21 main and connected routes, 16 kilometers each approximately. It also has 6 subrutas and a short branch that connects it with Jeju International Airport. All surrounded by beautiful landscapes and the leafy nature of the island of Jeju, which is one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature since 2011.
Jeju Olle Trail (path of Jeju Olle) was founded by former journalist and novelist Suh Myung Sook, who in 2006, at age 49, made the “Camino de Santiago de Compostela”.
On the occasion, Suh toured 800 kilometers and was delighted, so when he returned to South Korea, he made the decision to leave his job as editor chief of a weekly (she was the first woman to get this position in an important newspaper) and create A route similar to the one he had seen in Spain, on his native island: Jeju, a place full of unknown coastal peoples and unplug natural resources.
A year later, as he told La Voz de Galicia, he made this dream come true and created the “Jeju Olle Path”, which has meant a revolution in the country’s cultural and economic development, since it is one of the greatest attractions of the island.
Jeju Olle Foundation
The Jeju Olle Foundation is a non -profit organization that plan, manages and operates the Jeju Olle Trail, with donations and souvenir gains.
From the Foundation they expressed that the path has been created so that the people who do it can “play, rest and walk together”, is a path that seeks to provide joy to those who walk for him, to those who live in him and the nature that Allows walking.
Jeju Olle Trail tries to connect ancient paths and preserve nature, maintaining the environment and nature as they are with the minimum artificial changes for the safety of hikers.
“We seek to create a variety of content and programs with local residents, volunteers, individual donors and hikers around the path and share entertainment, comfort, healing and health means” they said.
They offer among other things, guided tours in different languages in parts of the path, with local guides.
To end the Jeju Olle Foundation, they expressed that “through the paths of friendship and the trails of the sisters, the Jeju Olle Foundation shares and communicates our values and beliefs with the world”.