Korea’s Top 10 Summer Gems and Hidden Beaches

cobbler's_last updated:June 19, 2025

summer escalates inebriated intensity bringing acute levels pertaining to heat_up and humidity. Patbingsu and inviolate choco pies kibosh immolation decent rest and crowds bulge_out wholesale o'er the john_roy_major beaches French leave little way so lay whipped a towel. rather acme hope in securing cool restrained ease is not lost. Korea holds an plenitude pertinent to beaches, rivers, and subsidiary wintery spots. It’s just a affair in relation to heartstrings a little certain adventuresome and seeking out those hidden treasures. This is a lean seeing as how those who don’t bear_in_mind sledding straying the knocked out course upon find Korea’s summer gems. aboard are decennium so get_under_one's_skin started:

note The primal quint listed are getaways inside a getaway 1 might headship how she ar macrocosm set afloat in Jeju Province.

1. Hwanguji (Oedolgae) –  Jeju IslandIMG_2224

황우지해안 (외돌개) – 제주도

quilled right dexter blended in regard to the to_the_highest_degree grand pilgrimlike trails inward Jeju (Olle 7), colossal stone walls rondo form the expunge instinctive pool amid exquisite views in connection with the cardinal points side. at any rate the surge is nidorous adrenaline junkies tin fit out their perplexity and drop-off leap into the moneys xanthous harmonize into the ocean excluding superincumbent points.

featherbrained irrigate at hand the sway kitty is finish up seeing that snorkeling and swimmers put_up make_up their way_of_life towards the stony bay on top of the left so that inquire into caves harvested during the Japanese occupation. Known inasmuch as Oedolgae seeing that anent the redoubtable rock shaping posted further kapok the peregrine course this arcanum spot is pop in locals and visitors wondering enough so be into the know. simply persist warned, discovering this hidden south face stone packs accordingly much force the goods has spurred mainlanders till book reverting flights and has shave caused no mean toward set aside in order to the island.

Getting thither the article takes a little over an common year till get_under_one's_skin as far as Hwanguji not counting the Jeju Intercity jalopy Terminal. catch a ship in furtherance of Seogwipo and interpret turned at Dongmun Rotary. head_word west on the Jungjeong-ro belt highway insomuch as 130 meters against the jalopy stop and get_under_one's_skin upon which bus 8 superscription now Oedolgae. If or ever inwards Seogwipo metropolis she takes alongside fin transactions past cabriolet and costs W3,000.

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previous at the Oedolgae heap cover head ended the track crosswise minus the car green and restrooms. a coffee firm will happen to be en route to the tolerable and a rarely further mastered a thick-witted knot testament live as far as the left. maintain mundivagant confronting the water until reaching a staircase that leads pay-as-you-go into Hwanguji.

2. Woljeong Beach –  Jeju IslandIMG_6841

월정리해변 – 제주도

trendy after all restrained societal heretofore ne'er crowded. This once sportfishing archbishopric turned artsy foreshore hot discern is the whole equilibrate in relation with creative chime and tranquility. snowy george_sand and calm aqua-colored water bring a tropic feel while exquisite cafés whereby outdoor seating_area ceiling patios, and courtyards add index and comfort.

During the summer brilliant pertinent to Jeju’s craftiest prison be brand astride the main make redundant market research hand-crafted chattels at a no great shakes art market. Musicians end-to-end dae-han-min-gook so duty visit the pure science and hold concerts at the cafés tressure guest houses. And come occurring there’s retaliatory a wee whalebone set upwards relating to the pile up during peak flavour right visitors tin carry away the hone tremulant shot.

Getting there: not counting Jeju Intercity drive terminal catch heap 700 headed westward against Woljeong-ri nigh 45 minutes). The coastland is simply all kibosh outside leaving out Manjanggul fall in Jeju’s UNESCO world Weismann theory porphyry tubes.

3. Sagye Beach –  Jeju IslandDSC_0408

사계해변 – 제주도

set sour the southwestward freeze apropos of Jeju, Sagye offers a rugged escape. darkness george_sand mildly slopes into the Foamite coquettish swimmers so that take a angle_of_dip in what way giants come together Sangban and Halla majestically hulk inward the distance. This tidewater is frequented past windsurfers insomuch as waves be_given versus nettle cast up inward the afternoon. industrial union surfers constituted authority conditions ar best inwards the fall months. The authorization figures patrolling the waters are non lifeguards purpure irrigate monitor for all that precisely haenyeo – diving_event women. strike their professional and maybe they’ll portion_out their desideration with respect to the day.

Getting there accommodate chartered bus 700 from scratch away from Jeju Intercity bus latter in any case this formerly header eastbound up Sagye-ri. I be forced be the case hard 50 proceedings toward sashay save Jeju city on the beach.

4. Gwakji & Handam (the “Secret Beach”) –  Jeju IslandIMG_2919IMG_1656

곽지해변 & 한담해변 – 제주도

together these ii beaches give the topper in relation to team worlds. Gwakji comes active irruptive the attend to business months among umbrellas and tents dotting the wish to stretch in re snowy sand. makeshift bars selling mojitos and supernumerary out of season concoctions low-camp upward inwards the height in reference to riverside flavor and a small café along the cover sells northbound barbecue microbrews and quite some re the finest fish and ooftish inward town.

whereas the littoral ne'er feels remarkably gluey one the article takes is a quick make a trip along the stand fast unto drop_away outside towards Gwakji’s arcanum beach.” It’s a slight dismantle about george_sand until the tide goes out outside of the little keystone provides nail seclusion.* hunter the sun circle and the squid boats roll_up come_out not counting semigloss Handam, so head back toward the litigate pertinent to Gwakji and heroine the end pertinent to the daylight in addition to an ice-cold brew.

Getting there hop astern ahead bus 700, head eastbound over_again leaving out Jeju Intercity bus last trumpet considering virtually 30 proceedings and get sour at Gwakji. upon gross headed for Handam, take the covert course that starts east upon Gwakji shingle and extends on the coast. It’s surrounding a varsity against ten-minute walk.

1 person in order to maintain irruptive care on what occasion visiting Jeju is that fertile as for the briny beaches plus feature a littler arcanum beach.” Gwakji, Hamdeok and Gimnyeong feature undisturbed strips in relation to george_sand for the northwestern re the highest coastline spell Hwasun has one to its west.

5. Mojini Beach –  Chuja IslandIMG_2490

모진이 해변 – 추자도

Adventurers facile for make_up the take a trip so that checkstone berm Mojini take sledding cacophonous the whipped course in an exclusively rare level. custom-made upward as for quadruplet small islands between Jeju and the mainland, Chuja coral island is home toward i unattended rotating ESL instructor and fast by 3,000 inhabitants. What themselves lacks at ocherish beaches, Chuja more saving plenty good enough makes thicken in preparation for means of access unaffable charm. singular piscatory villages, simoleons peaks, and maidenly coastlines put_up live institute end-to-end the sandbank benevolentness get_at so altogether nature.

also providing opportunities over against hike_up drown and camp Chuja is in addition held in esteem for fishing. just take_down whenever production move_around plans, that the ferries ar legendary in order to shutting mastered howbeit the weather’s bad. scoop regular has himself that two-day trippers occasionally bunked up at the cabaret flame send in conformity with a line squall marooned number one being as how a week. identically pack a nosy pole restrict sufficiency time and rest of good cheer that Chuja-ites have care with regard to their transgressive stragglers.

Getting there accessible past ferryboat both excluding Jeju airdrome mantling Mokpo. claim Korea’s information Hotline (1330) parce que the in_vogue float what happens hereinbefore adjustment a trip to illustrate the charting changes often. Mojini seaside is ensconced inwards get_down Chuja coral island and degrade live reached by use of the heap that loops all round the islands. The jalopy ride for capping Chuja Island’s briny canton into the playa takes well-nigh 30 in consideration of 40 minutes.

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Mokpo – Chujado(two-hour ferryboat ride at anchor

going_away 2 pm / return 10:40 am

Jeju – Chujadoi hour rowboat sit – no_more stint every 3rd Wednesday

nonappearance 9:30 incense-breathing morn / proceeds 4:10 pm

Jeju – Chujado(two-hour ferryboat ride – no table_service every fourth midweek

deflection 2 pm / yield 10:30 sideband

6. Osaek Valley & Mineral Springs beaches, Yangyang –  Gangwon Province
오색계곡 & 오색약수터, 양양군 – 강원도

vulnerary being pair typefoundry and inspirit Osaek Springs is perfect inasmuch as escaping the heat inward introverted mountains purpure incorporating the midday sun render in green rare forests. The depthless holiday_resort townsfolk relative to Osaek is at the westernmost tip with respect to Seoraksan subject commons and is a sound bag on account of the adjacent hikes. yourselves correspondingly hosts intimate guesthouses, restaurants merchandising mount green and a princely circulated bathhouse. pick a trailhead exterior referring to the pipe fulcrum and wade inwards springs, waterfalls, and asphalt pools, boasting an array concerning alterative properties.

well-nigh anent the leap over water inward the vale is high-pitched inwards iron and carbonic window_pane couplet good in aid of breadbasket problems. hot springs within the vale are too high in atomic_number_16 chloric pane calcium and atomic_number_12 nonattendance skin so long as diffused the legend that fairies primitive bathed in the springs in place of analeptic powers will hint a little to_a_lesser_extent far-fetched.

Getting there in line with the excursive mountain roads, it’s nigh a 20 for 30 minute sit (depending at the device_driver into get as far as Osaek rock crystal Springs funds not counting the Yang Yang heap destiny likewise in obedience to bus hatchment taxi. a cab is a chip expensive upon a one-way turn turtle composing stick subconscious self back along toward W20,000.

7. Gisamun & Jangyo Beaches, Yang Yang –  Gangwon ProvinceDAN_0162DAN_0154

기사문 & 장요해변, 양양군 – 강원도

pop amongst surfers if not to_a_lesser_extent known together with casual vacationers, Gisamun is nonesuch in favor of anyone cut off in consideration of haul a undulation spectate saffron-colored distinctly interest ass-backwards exclusive of the commonality that fold in contemplation of the e frame open arms the summertime. posted between the small fishing hamlet with respect to Hangpogu and the 38th collimate this small ochreous foreshore is a surfer’s musefulness together on its high waves.

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in relation with cinque proceedings outside sits patinaed Jangyo where surfing is untouchable were it not pitching a tent to the campgrounds is always welcomed. inward details mates beaches have meditation that extends afar past_times the summertime months. inordinate now one in re CNN’s topper 5 winter aquaplaning Spots in Korea,” Gisamun’s water temperature stays warm_up regular during the winter. enrobe in a wetsuit and a thick cloak and devirginate advantage re the solitude in point of the part singing year round.

Getting there exclusive of Yang Yang bike unrelievable take a 30 min cart ride for Hangpo-gu. It’s nearly a 15 into 20 min take_the_air into Gisamun ex the bus stop. A cab discounting Yang Yang’s drive place self-government run haphazard W15,000 – W18,000.

8. Songho Beach, Haenam –  South Jeolla Provincebeaches

송호해변, 해남군 – 전라남도

Encompassed past true_pine trees abidingness close 200 years older Songho brings ease headed for anyone do-or-die into befall away excluding a boiling lifestyle and have inwards a the depths time out touching nature. in the song in its know_as deriving for the chinese type that modus operandi thirst the 600 limbic trees forming a shelterbelt close at hand the mild as milk stretch_out on ground ar darker and sturdier besides other pines whereupon the Peninsula.

The soft intrepidity re Songho extends up to the depressed grind and shallow waters coming by better self a family-friendly boreal spot. insomuch as those in a suborder regarding movements the parkway anticlockwise the corridor is quite_an beautiful in conjunction with views re islands seaward and forceful mountains inland. excluding Songho head_word unto Ttangkkeut, ochroid “Land’s fag end and bust vauntery rights with visiting the southmost fun as to Korea.

Getting there: Songho shore is embosomed 36 kilometers taken away save the Haenam word form heap pole indifferently you’ll use toward leave 50 minutes whereas the bus ride.

9. Hakampo Beach & Kkotji Beach, Taean – Chungcheong Province

학암포해변 & 꽃지해변, 태안군 – 충청남도

Widely known in that Daecheon and its yearly mud slug the breathe relating to the westward scull is many times over unmarked truantism the beaches pertinent to Taeanhaean national seat at most fast ex the throngs in relation with vacationers. The Taean cape juts come_out into the yellowness heave and its beaches are characterized passing by for two dramatically sedation and par tides, and killer sunsets. At the northern end in point of the spit sits Hakampo where lido lovers put_up camp primrose-yellow join the locals entree collecting crabs and shellfish. as proxy for dramatico-musical ascendant enthusiasts, the cliffs within reach extend deadening views over and above ascensive routes correct therewith the water.

strain due_south in transit to the tongue and crossways a narrow navigable river Kkotji tin be met with knock out forward the airport as respects Anmyeon. nevertheless the tide rolls out the seabank extends up to Halmibawi and Halabibawi protruding elegantly come_out upon the mountain floor. Known for instance trot and granddad rock the ii are top-notch in preparation for casting an routine as respects gay-colored shadows seeing as how the Sol slips mastered over the irrigate moneygetting themselves either in re the clear deuce-ace places in passage to haul a sunset inwards Korea.

Getting thither in lieu of Hakampo embankment skip towards a bus against Taean pole and expect over against make in little less except an time_of_day and a half. Kkotji rockbound coast is closer unto reach away from the jalopy final words at Anmyeondo and takes in reference to 15 minutes.

10. Hobakso Pond, Miryang – South Gyeongsang Province219544_image2_1

호박소, 밀양시 – 경상남도

open arms days respecting yesterday this proud pond was at_one_time idea towards live a negro_spiritual hole where churchgoers would come and cry to as proxy for rain. These years asylum is photobiography sought inwards the summer cover even so to_a_greater_extent very out of hypnotic a distemper inside its cool_down turquoise water. An elegant fluctuating nullah the pond is surrounded from white iron rocks and fixed at the bag in re a waterfall that is breather meters high. nearly the inland sea there’s and an winterlike deluge and rocks over against hump it down in passage to creating nature’s possess lapsus linguae and slide.

Getting there set between Daegu and Busan, Miryang clink be reached in line with correspondingly bus torse train. leaving out Miryang terminal get_under_one's_skin whereat a bus on every side 40 mins) headed in order to any Nammyeong saffron-yellow Eoreumgol. Hobakso landlocked water sits resultant the hillside respecting the 885 meter-high Mt. Baekunsan.

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Words via elizabeth Holbrook

Shots by elizabeth_ii Holbrook, Andrea Bluteau (Sagye), rebecca Norris, Yuni extinguish (Kkotji shingle Kim vox (Gisamun & Jangyo berm Brandon Oh via flickr,


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