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The green crater rising over the sea and rocky shore — Seongsan Ilchulbong, Jeju

Volcanic island · about 1h by air from Seoul

Jeju’s east coast at low tide

Best months
Apr–Jun, Sep–Nov
Nights
2–3
Getting here
Fly from Seoul Gimpo, about 1h
Pairs with
Busan, the south coast
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Jeju 제주 · The island

Jeju is a volcanic island off the south coast, with Hallasan in the middle and black rock all round the edge. Inland there are low craters called oreum, stone walls and tangerine farms.

Skip the theme parks. We base you on the quieter east side, walk a section of the Olle trail with a guide, and arrange time with the haenyeo, the women divers, at a village diving school.

33° 23′ N, 126° 33′ E

Sunrise peak

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The green crater rising over the sea and rocky shore — Seongsan Ilchulbong, Jeju

Seongsan Ilchulbong is a tuff cone rising out of the sea. Climbing it at dawn takes about half an hour; most people go later.

The divers

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Black volcanic rock on the shore — Jeju coast

The haenyeo are on UNESCO’s intangible heritage list. Some villages run sessions where a diver explains the work and the sea.

The mountain

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Snow on Hallasan beyond the trees — Hallasan, Jeju

Hallasan is South Korea’s highest peak. The summit trails need a reservation and start early.

What we’d do

Private, with a guide where it helps. Times are a guide.

A white lighthouse on the rocky shore of Udo — Udo, Jeju

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Udo, off Jeju

33° 23′ N, 126° 33′ E

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Food calendar
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Painted houses stacked up the hillside — Gamcheon Culture Village, Busan
The south-east coast

Busan

May–Jun, Sep–Oct
2 nights

A working port on steep hills: fish auctions, hillside villages and a temple on the rocks.

Explore
Thatched houses of the walled town below a green hill — Naganeupseong, Suncheon
The south coast

Boseong and the south coast

May (tea), Oct–Nov (reeds)
3–4 nights

Green tea terraces, reed beds at Suncheon Bay and a coast of small islands. The part of Korea we would keep.

Explore
Stone stairways and the gate up to the temple halls — Bulguksa, Gyeongju
12 nights

Kiln to Coast

April–May or October–November

Seoul’s studios, a potter’s wheel, two nights on a heated floor in Hahoe, the Silla capital, Busan’s market and Jeju’s east coast.

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The green crater rising over the sea and rocky shore — Seongsan Ilchulbong, Jeju
7 nights

Seoul and the Island

Any season but high summer

Four nights in Seoul, split between what your teenagers want and what you want, then three on Jeju with one big outdoor day.

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Mon–Fri, 09:00–18:00 UK time

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