π· IMAGE: loaded touring bike on the riverside path, painted blue line visible, golden hour (Namhan River or Ara path)
Cycle the length of South Korea.
633 km of mostly car-free riding from Incheon to Busan, a stamp-collecting passport, and a medal at the end.
The car-free blue line, Incheon β Busan
Korea has something no other country does β and this site is the practical English-language guide to planning it, riding it, and getting it certified.
Why Korea
If you love bike touring, there's no reason not to come
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Car-free by design
633 km of dedicated bike path with a painted line to follow the whole way. No trucks, no shoulders, no guesswork β just ride.
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Safe like almost nowhere else
One of the world's lowest-crime countries. Solo women tour here unbothered, and your loaded bike waits outside the store β untouched.
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Comfort is never far
A convenience store every few kilometers, a clean $45β65 motel in every town, no booking and no camping gear required. Tour on a credit card and a change of clothes.
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Scenery that keeps changing
River mist at dawn, rice paddies, a mountain pass with a victory gate, and the sea to finish. Four bike paths, four moods, one week.
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It's a game you can win
Stamp a passport at red booths across the country and ride home with an actual medal. No other country turns touring into this.
Start here
Everything you need, in riding order
The Cross-Country Route
633 km from Incheon to Busan on the Gukto Jongju (κ΅ν μ’ μ£Ό) β day-by-day stage plans, the Ihwaryeong climb, and every stamp booth on the way.
Read more βBike Passport & Medals
How Korea's stamp-rally certification works: buying the β©4,000 passport, the red booths, and getting your medal as a foreigner.
Read more βGPX Downloads
Free GPX with every certification center as a waypoint β never overshoot a stamp booth and backtrack 20 km again.
Read more βPractical Guides
Why Google Maps won't work, trains & buses with a bike, motels, packing, seasons, rentals, and surviving Busan traffic.
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Triptych or single shot of the reward chain: opened Bike Passport full of stamps + completion stickers + the Cross-Country medal, laid flat on a map or handlebar bag. This sells the gamification instantly without words.
Cross-Country β Four Rivers
The two names get mixed up constantly. The Cross-Country Route (κ΅ν μ’ μ£Ό) is the continuous IncheonβBusan ride. The Four Rivers certification requires riding the Han, Nakdong, Geum and Yeongsan river paths β finishing IncheonβBusan does not complete it, despite the "Four Rivers" marker at the Busan finish line.