Yongmeori Beach
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jeju Namyang Travel Hongmin Lee
Jeju, South Korea478 contributions
Jul 2024 • Business
Yongmeori Coast, famous for its beauty in Jeju, is only accessible when the waves are low.
Yongmeori Coast between the west and south of Jeju.
Yongmeori Coast is geologically valuable on Jeju Island, a volcanic island, and you can walk along the sea for about an hour and take pictures. and If you walk along the coastline, you can see wild mussels, crabs, and oysters, making it an educational place for children. It boasts beauty in all four seasons, but it is regrettable that you can only enter depending on the weather at sea.
If you have any customers planning a trip to Jeju, be sure to include it on your visit list.
If you want to travel comfortably and safely, book a taxi tour with Jeju Namyang Travel.
A local taxi guide will recommend beautiful places.
Yongmeori Coast between the west and south of Jeju.
Yongmeori Coast is geologically valuable on Jeju Island, a volcanic island, and you can walk along the sea for about an hour and take pictures. and If you walk along the coastline, you can see wild mussels, crabs, and oysters, making it an educational place for children. It boasts beauty in all four seasons, but it is regrettable that you can only enter depending on the weather at sea.
If you have any customers planning a trip to Jeju, be sure to include it on your visit list.
If you want to travel comfortably and safely, book a taxi tour with Jeju Namyang Travel.
A local taxi guide will recommend beautiful places.
Written August 21, 2024
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The Soul Of Seoul
Seoul, South Korea131 contributions
Oct 2020 • Family
The Yongmeori Coastal walk takes about an hour and there are no barriers so with young children keep an eye on them at all times. It’s a gorgeous walk and there is lots of space out there. The walk is only open when the tide is low so is weather dependent. Plenty to do nearby including horse rides if you need to wait.
Written October 26, 2020
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Pernellevoyage
Valence, France5,792 contributions
Jul 2024 • Solo
Yongmeori Coast is a spectacular coastline of Jeju, with its volcanic rock cliffs sculpted by time and ocean, offers breathtaking scenery. The rock formations, which resemble a dragon's head diving into the sea, are simply fascinating. If the place is armoured with tourists, the walk is nevertheless pleasant, the entrance does not cost much, it is beautiful, and there are many fishermen, a mix between tourism, nature and local life.
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Written September 1, 2024
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BertSG
Singapore535 contributions
Apr 2023 • Couples
Spent 1hr here. Nominal entry fee. It's a walk around the base of a 'hill' crater along the sea edge. Structures of the volcanic hill are just lovely to see. Nice casual stroll with some live seafood offering sashimi style.
Written April 13, 2023
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온다 다
158 contributions
Feb 2024 • Family
It's really cool and worth a visit. Admission is free for those over 65 years old. Even elementary school students can enjoy looking at it, and it's really cool to take pictures of. There is a set time to go.
Written February 12, 2024
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SQKrisflyer
Singapore385 contributions
Jun 2016 • Family
My family and I drove to this awesome natural attraction and walked along the layered rocks and cliffs produced as a result of a volcanic eruption on a beautiful non-windy and sunny morning.
Safety concerns: Yeongmeori (Dragon's Head) Coast is opened from 8 am to 6:30 pm from May to September. It will be closed when the weather changes in a way that impacts people’s safety (e.g. high tidal waves, strong winds), so it is better to call to check before going. Also a rainy day means that the rocks and coast will become slippery and you may have problems taking photographs. in any case, you definitely need a good pair of walking shoes.
2 walking trails: You have to take note that there are 2 trails and entrances to Yeongmeori Coast. Both trails meet each other but are not connected due to safety issue, which means you have to pay separate entrance fees. However, I saw a white bridge is presently being constructed that links the 2 trails, but it remains unclear as to when it will be opened.
Between the 2 trails – Trail 1 and Trail 2 (described below) – I found Trail 2 to be safer for walking and has more spectacular sandstone rock formations and cliffs, and because of that my family and I spent about 3 hours admiring the attraction and taking photographs.
Trail 1: This trail is where the tourists go, and starts after the Hamel Castaway Memorial and the Hamel vessel. You park your car (along with the tour coaches) at a car park that’s next to a mini theme park (with the Viking amongst others). You then walk along the seaside promenade next to sandstone layered rocks along the sea, which takes about 1.5 to 3 hours return after the ticket booth (1,000 won for adults & 500 won for teenagers & children). Since certain stretches of the promenade are narrow, you have to walk carefully so as not to fall into the sea and onto the rocks.
Trail 2: This is a shorter trail that in theory should only take about 30-60 minutes return after the ticket booth. You park your car just beneath the temple. Parking is free. Cross the road and look for 3 bronze circular structures with inscriptions of “Jeju Island Geopark”, “Global Geopark Networks” and “New 7 Wonders of Nature” and a green signage “Yongmeori Coast Entrance -> 300m” From there, you just walk down the steps and follow the path which will take you past several shops. After about 10 minutes’ walk, you will reach a ticket booth. After buying the tickets (1,000 won for adults & 500 won for teenagers & children), turn left and you would come to the top of a narrow and steep passageway to the coast. Take your time to carefully choose the big rocks as your steps for your descent (and then I realised what the term “stepping stone” means). There are no handrails.
Once you reached the bottom after about 6 minutes (longer when there are many people), turn around and look up at the challenging and difficult passageway and appreciate your achievement! Looking across the sea, we saw Mount Hallasan. Instead of going left, I recommend you go to the right and once through a archway or hole in a rock wall, and you will soon encounter the spectacular irregular layered and wavy sandstone cliffs that often contain ‘pot-holes’. The rock formation at certain places was carved out by a blade that cut itself into the layered rocks, creating v-shaped clefts. And when the waves crashed into the rocks, it sounds like roaring thunder – awesome!
There’s a short cement bridge where standing on it allows you to take a superb photograph of the rock formation and the narrow stretch of turquoise-coloured sea. It is also around this same spot that you can take another superb photograph of the cliffs with Mount Sanbangsan in the background.
There were 2 ladies (I didn’t think they were the famed ‘Haenyeo’ sea-divers) at the shoreline with 3 basins of sea animals - sea snail (sora), sea squirt (myeonggye) and sea cucumber (haesam) – who would be happy to enable you to experience Korean culture of eating raw seafood by the shoreline. I didn’t like to eat raw seafood so I didn’t try.
Overall, my family and I think that Yeongmeori Coast is one attraction in Jeju that ranks it as among the top 3 attractions in Jeju. Don’t miss it! It will blow your mind away!
Safety concerns: Yeongmeori (Dragon's Head) Coast is opened from 8 am to 6:30 pm from May to September. It will be closed when the weather changes in a way that impacts people’s safety (e.g. high tidal waves, strong winds), so it is better to call to check before going. Also a rainy day means that the rocks and coast will become slippery and you may have problems taking photographs. in any case, you definitely need a good pair of walking shoes.
2 walking trails: You have to take note that there are 2 trails and entrances to Yeongmeori Coast. Both trails meet each other but are not connected due to safety issue, which means you have to pay separate entrance fees. However, I saw a white bridge is presently being constructed that links the 2 trails, but it remains unclear as to when it will be opened.
Between the 2 trails – Trail 1 and Trail 2 (described below) – I found Trail 2 to be safer for walking and has more spectacular sandstone rock formations and cliffs, and because of that my family and I spent about 3 hours admiring the attraction and taking photographs.
Trail 1: This trail is where the tourists go, and starts after the Hamel Castaway Memorial and the Hamel vessel. You park your car (along with the tour coaches) at a car park that’s next to a mini theme park (with the Viking amongst others). You then walk along the seaside promenade next to sandstone layered rocks along the sea, which takes about 1.5 to 3 hours return after the ticket booth (1,000 won for adults & 500 won for teenagers & children). Since certain stretches of the promenade are narrow, you have to walk carefully so as not to fall into the sea and onto the rocks.
Trail 2: This is a shorter trail that in theory should only take about 30-60 minutes return after the ticket booth. You park your car just beneath the temple. Parking is free. Cross the road and look for 3 bronze circular structures with inscriptions of “Jeju Island Geopark”, “Global Geopark Networks” and “New 7 Wonders of Nature” and a green signage “Yongmeori Coast Entrance -> 300m” From there, you just walk down the steps and follow the path which will take you past several shops. After about 10 minutes’ walk, you will reach a ticket booth. After buying the tickets (1,000 won for adults & 500 won for teenagers & children), turn left and you would come to the top of a narrow and steep passageway to the coast. Take your time to carefully choose the big rocks as your steps for your descent (and then I realised what the term “stepping stone” means). There are no handrails.
Once you reached the bottom after about 6 minutes (longer when there are many people), turn around and look up at the challenging and difficult passageway and appreciate your achievement! Looking across the sea, we saw Mount Hallasan. Instead of going left, I recommend you go to the right and once through a archway or hole in a rock wall, and you will soon encounter the spectacular irregular layered and wavy sandstone cliffs that often contain ‘pot-holes’. The rock formation at certain places was carved out by a blade that cut itself into the layered rocks, creating v-shaped clefts. And when the waves crashed into the rocks, it sounds like roaring thunder – awesome!
There’s a short cement bridge where standing on it allows you to take a superb photograph of the rock formation and the narrow stretch of turquoise-coloured sea. It is also around this same spot that you can take another superb photograph of the cliffs with Mount Sanbangsan in the background.
There were 2 ladies (I didn’t think they were the famed ‘Haenyeo’ sea-divers) at the shoreline with 3 basins of sea animals - sea snail (sora), sea squirt (myeonggye) and sea cucumber (haesam) – who would be happy to enable you to experience Korean culture of eating raw seafood by the shoreline. I didn’t like to eat raw seafood so I didn’t try.
Overall, my family and I think that Yeongmeori Coast is one attraction in Jeju that ranks it as among the top 3 attractions in Jeju. Don’t miss it! It will blow your mind away!
Written July 23, 2016
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GoKaiKaidotcom
Singapore, Singapore44 contributions
May 2014 • Family
The Yongmeori coastline was not on my list of places to see/go when I first planned my taxi tour itinerary, but I was persuaded to go by my guide, Mr Lee Hong Min. I am so glad that he brought us here as it turned out to be the highlight of the tour for me.
There are 2 ways to access the coast - and you'll either begin or end up at the very impressive looking stone "stairway". To walk the coastline, you don't need to be superfit as it's not a tough hike, but some might find the rocks to be uneven and slippery so do watch your step even as you take in the beautiful scenery. The round trip takes about 30 mins for the superfit and about an hour for families.
The scenery of Yongmeori is breath-taking, especially for someone who's never seen such rocky formations before. Turning every corner drew exclamations of awe from us and we took dozens of pictures throughout. You can really see where the sea has eroded away the cliff, leaving craggy sights that vaguely remind me of the Grand Canyon. You can even see the inhabitants of the sea that were left 'stranded' at low tide, waiting for the high tide to return - small fish, oysters and mussels, and some weird cockroach like crustaceans scurry along the rocks. Haenyeo or women divers set up stall along the coast so if you fancy a fresh seafood snack, you can feast on the rocks for a unique experience unlike any other.
Tip: There are no toilets once you pass the small stalls set-up before the attraction entrance as this is natural scenery attraction so do make sure all in your party go first before you enter.
There are 2 ways to access the coast - and you'll either begin or end up at the very impressive looking stone "stairway". To walk the coastline, you don't need to be superfit as it's not a tough hike, but some might find the rocks to be uneven and slippery so do watch your step even as you take in the beautiful scenery. The round trip takes about 30 mins for the superfit and about an hour for families.
The scenery of Yongmeori is breath-taking, especially for someone who's never seen such rocky formations before. Turning every corner drew exclamations of awe from us and we took dozens of pictures throughout. You can really see where the sea has eroded away the cliff, leaving craggy sights that vaguely remind me of the Grand Canyon. You can even see the inhabitants of the sea that were left 'stranded' at low tide, waiting for the high tide to return - small fish, oysters and mussels, and some weird cockroach like crustaceans scurry along the rocks. Haenyeo or women divers set up stall along the coast so if you fancy a fresh seafood snack, you can feast on the rocks for a unique experience unlike any other.
Tip: There are no toilets once you pass the small stalls set-up before the attraction entrance as this is natural scenery attraction so do make sure all in your party go first before you enter.
Written July 6, 2014
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Aryun
United States203 contributions
Apr 2014 • Friends
One of the best stops we made in Jeju. This rock formation is pretty cool and the stop is more worth it since it's a good hour's worth of walking and snapping photos (as opposed to a number of the really touristy places where it's just one kodak moment).
Check the tides. The rock formation that people walk on are really close to the water, so if the tides are high, it gets slippery. Actually, some parts are slippery as it is.
You have two options: going counter-clockwise, which ends up being an upward movement OR going clockwise, a downward movement. The views are nice-ish both ways (personally the counter-clockwise views were nicer). More than that though, going counter-clockwise is a lot easier as the steps are easier to deal with moving up. Many of the people coming down were cursing the steep rocks and were tired even before it began for them. Might not recommend this if walking is difficult for you as climbing and hoping around is a must. Little children were around and they seemed to be enjoying themselves, but none of them were younger than 3 years of age.
No bathrooms once you enter the formations, but ladies will sell you food and drink (mostly alcohol) if you're interested in a seaside meal.
Check the tides. The rock formation that people walk on are really close to the water, so if the tides are high, it gets slippery. Actually, some parts are slippery as it is.
You have two options: going counter-clockwise, which ends up being an upward movement OR going clockwise, a downward movement. The views are nice-ish both ways (personally the counter-clockwise views were nicer). More than that though, going counter-clockwise is a lot easier as the steps are easier to deal with moving up. Many of the people coming down were cursing the steep rocks and were tired even before it began for them. Might not recommend this if walking is difficult for you as climbing and hoping around is a must. Little children were around and they seemed to be enjoying themselves, but none of them were younger than 3 years of age.
No bathrooms once you enter the formations, but ladies will sell you food and drink (mostly alcohol) if you're interested in a seaside meal.
Written May 6, 2014
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MarchBlossom
Singapore, Singapore61 contributions
Mar 2019 • Family
We engaged a Local private driver to bring us to Yongmeori Coast. He made a call to the Relevant Authority to check the weather and tide condition. Yongmeori Coast is situated beside Mt Sanbangsan.
The car park was full that day and fortunately we found one lot. Our driver guided us the walking route to the coast.
He was indeed a good private tour guide!
We were immense into the nature and its beauty. He skilfully captured many memories into pics for us! This trip was my most memorable part in Jeju.
The car park was full that day and fortunately we found one lot. Our driver guided us the walking route to the coast.
He was indeed a good private tour guide!
We were immense into the nature and its beauty. He skilfully captured many memories into pics for us! This trip was my most memorable part in Jeju.
Written May 14, 2019
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sageds
Singapore, Singapore420 contributions
Apr 2017 • Couples
Didn't have any high expectation when visiting this spot after the waterfalls.
A good thing we visited this Dragon Head Coast while doing the west coast route.
The canola flowers site is a paid visitor spot (should be around KRW2K each adult). There is a Viking ride @ the base for the young ones to try. You can see many interesting lines and grains on the side of the rocks' walls. You get to see women divers selling fresh seafoods along the coast, youngest are already in their 50s and oldest are in their 70s (still diving)...they are simply amazing.
A good thing we visited this Dragon Head Coast while doing the west coast route.
The canola flowers site is a paid visitor spot (should be around KRW2K each adult). There is a Viking ride @ the base for the young ones to try. You can see many interesting lines and grains on the side of the rocks' walls. You get to see women divers selling fresh seafoods along the coast, youngest are already in their 50s and oldest are in their 70s (still diving)...they are simply amazing.
Written April 18, 2017
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We are government pensioners, do we get special offer for the hotel rate?
Written December 23, 2014
I don't think so, not for accommodation. But you do get a discount or a free pass for the touristic sights. I was travelling with my parents and, half the time, they got in for free.
Written December 24, 2014
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