Jeju Olle Walking Festival Draws 10,000 Walkers Each Year!

Around 10,000 Olle walkers take part in the Jeju Olle Walking Festival each year!? 😮 Plan for a three-day event along Jeju’s Olle trails, with walking at its centre rather than one fixed stage. Participants from China, Taiwan, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada are part of its growing international crowd 🌍.

Jocheon Manse Dongsan is a memorial park at the end of Olle Course 18 and the start of Course 19. Use it to get your bearings before setting out, because the festival moves along the trail. Restaurants and a bathhouse are in the surrounding area, useful to keep in mind when planning a pause after your walk 🧭.

Cultural performances meet you along the walking route, including music and traditional Jeju shows. Some music performances use the sound of waves as a backdrop, while festival fields frame traditional performances 🎶. If you can make time for just one experience, choose an on-route performance: it brings the festival’s culture right into your walk.

The festival also serves food made with agricultural and seafood products from the host region. Look out for the local fare as part of the programme, and make a pause for it in your walk. It brings the area’s own produce into the celebration 🍲.

Traditional game experiences and village programmes bring more than walking into the festival. Make room to pause for these activities as you pass through the host area. They’re part of the programme alongside performances and food 🪁.

Admission is paid, with discounts for groups of 20 or more, people with disabilities, national merit recipients and eligible youth. Check whether you qualify before setting out so you can plan the entry cost. Groups smaller than 20 can look to the other listed discount categories if eligible 🧾.

The Badang-gil Clean Path campaign is one of the festival’s main programmes. Make room for it if you want a hands-on way to join the event’s clean-path effort. It sits alongside on-route performances and traditional games 🐚.

The supporting programme adds Olle Gymnastics, Jeju Olle OX Quiz, QR Stamp Tour and Kkodak-kodak Styling. Choose the activity that catches your eye and keep your route flexible for a stop. Which one would you fit between stretches of walking? 🎟️