Starting from Children’s Grand Park, through Hwajisan Mountain Healing Forest, to Busan Citizens Park, prepare for trekking to calm your mind and body with green nature.

Located in the foot of Baegyangsan Mountain connected to Hwajisan Mountain, Children's Grand Park is perfect for enjoying the evergreen natural forests, full of various small and big trees mainly in Seongjigok Reservoir. With lush trees, you’d feel like you’re traveling in a remote countryside, even though you’re in the center of Busan.

The flat dirt paths extend from Children’s Grand Park toward Hwajisan Mountain. A few hikers in their casual clothes are walking among thick pine trees. Hwajisan Mountain is more like a back garden than a mountain for climbing, so anyone can easily climb the mountain and enjoy the healing forest. Walk along the evergreen forest, and breathe in fresh air to soothe your mood with nature’s therapy.

As you enter the path to climb up the summit of a mountain, you’ll find wonderful places that the community of pines in different shape offers. Suddenly, you’ll begin to wonder when countless trees have appeared. Now, you feel a sense of gratitude with the pine trees’ fragrance, blowing through the forest. Continue walking while steering through pine cones, and soon, you’ll notice the stone marker indicating that you’re near the peak.

Now, it’s time to go down from the peak that you’ve reached. The sign that shows the way to Busan Citizens Park greets you. Before long, you’ll witness a cypress forest carrying the scent of phytoncide. Once you arrive here, take slower steps to enjoy the wind blowing through the trees stretched toward the sky, and settle and relax. From your view where the park gets closer, there’s a crape myrtle, Natural Monument of Korea, which blooms on a hot summer day and spends a hundred days splendidly. Return around the blossoming season, and direct the steps forward.

Enter the bridge, known as “Ecobridge,” that connects Hwajisan Mountain to Busan Citizens Park. It is an ecological pathway, where people travel by day and animals by night. Thus, this bridge symbolizes the peaceful coexistence of people and animals.

Busan Citizens Park, which you arrived through the Ecobridge, is a land that was returned to the citizens after 100 years of the Japanese occupation and the US force deployment. In the center, there’s a spacious, square lawn surrounded by different themes of nature, culture, and play. Enjoy a relaxing time as you take a stroll around Jeonpocheon Stream across the park. The Metasequoia Tree Road, Platanus Forest Path, and the Camellia Maze Garden will cleanse your soul. The cool water flowing from the large fountain relieves any exhaustion you may have, with children laughing and playing on the green grass tickling your ears.
It’s a pity that this beautiful place has been lost by external forces for 100 years. The past brings pain, but remembering and cherishing the memory could ease it.

Sit under the shade of a tree to bring peace to your mind and body.