Cheorwon Basin

Gangwon Province · South Korea

Cheorwon Basin, South Korea
Photo: 최광모 (Choe Kwangmo), CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
December to February
Accessibility
limited
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The demilitarized borderlands near Cheorwon have become an accidental sanctuary where red-crowned and white-naped cranes overwinter undisturbed. Guided tours from local observatories track the flocks feeding in the frozen paddies.

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