Muju Firefly Festival: A Night Spectacle You Have to Witness in Korea
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Never seen a firefly before but desperately want to, because come on, who doesn’t want to see a sky full of fireflies at least once in their lives?! Well then, ladies and gents, I’ve totally got you covered with the 20th Muju Firefly Festival!
Say whaaaaat, a festival dedicated entirely to fireflies?? Yep, you’ve got that right! Taking place from 27th August to 4th September 2016, this is seriously one surreal festival that you don’t want to miss!
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Image credit: xenmateNot sure where to start to go for this brilliant festival? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! Sign up with this 7D6N Glowing Korea tour package by Dynasty Travel to catch this spectacular au naturel light show on not just one, but two whole nights! With a Fishing Experience and Evening Experience of releasing the Flying Balloons of Hope, you’ll definitely fall in love with this super Korean, super charming festival!Also, get yourself totally pumped up for the Mystery Firefly Exploration tour, an exclusive event which is only available if you sign up with Glowing Korea! Sounds like a pretty sweet deal, aye?Image credit: Republic of KoreaImage credit: Korea Tourism OrganisationWith Glowing Korea, you also get to check out other pretty cool sights from Seoul, Gyeonggi-do and Jeollabuk-do, too! From visiting the Meoru Wine Cave and doing some wine tasting, to endless shopping at the ever so popular Lotte Duty Free Shop, there’s plenty of things to keep you totally entertained! Check out this itinerary to see the best things you can do in a week.
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Taking place within the charming traditional craft culture zone of Muju, not only do you get to see fireflies light up right before your very eyes, get ready for a whole lot of fun with the whole plethora of activities that this famous festival has in store! Ready?? Let’s go!
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Test your fishing skills with the Fishing Experience, where you get to catch trout with your bare, bare hands. Like, woah, what an experience that’ll be, huh?? Feel like a total George of the Jungle with this activity! Just pray that no trout smacks you right across the face as you’re wrangling with it! Or, you know, fall off the raft while you’re at it. Yikes.
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Also, as night falls, you definitely have to experience releasing lit-up balloons into the silky black skies, or as they’re called in the festival, Flying Balloons of Hope. Fireflies ain’t the only thing that can light up the sky. This is totally a quintessential experience when you’re here so make sure you do it or die trying – don’t say I didn’t tell you!
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There’s plenty of other stuff to do when you’re here as well, from live performances and parades with super cute mascots, to an actual (gasp!) exorcism performance and catching a glimpse of your favourite K-pop stars, this is definitely a totes entertaining festival that you don’t want to miss.
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Fun fact: fireflies only survive in the cleanest of environments, so it’d be pretty hard to catch such a lightshow anywhere else! Indeed, this festival heavily advocates for keeping a clean, green environment – so while you’re at it, get a little more educated about our precious mother earth as well. Hey, who says fun and saving our environment can’t mix?? The Muju Firefly Festival is totally the embodiment of that.
Just to give you a small taste of what I’ve been talkin’ about, here’s a short video to get you into the mood for this tres cool festival!
So what are you waiting for?! Check out the 7D6N Glowing Korea tour now with Dynasty Travel to not only witness this spectacular scene, but get to do other totally fun stuffs in amazing Korea as well!
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