Hwasun-Gun: Parks, Waterfalls, and Nighttime Views

Hwasun-Gun offers a variety of natural landscapes and scenery: From the three-story Gaemisan Observation Deck, you can look out over the musical fountain; parks and waterfalls offer a different perspective. When planning your trip, it is worth first considering whether you are more interested in viewpoints and nighttime scenery or in relaxation and strolls through park landscapes. That way, you can choose excursions that suit your interests.

Views and nighttime impressions

The Gaemisan Observation Deck has three stories and offers a view of the musical fountain. This makes it a specific place to visit for anyone who wants to see Hwasun-Gun from an elevated perspective. The deck is also a destination for nighttime scenery. Along with musical fountain performances and waterfalls, it offers a range of nighttime views. If you want to make these experiences the focus of your trip, you can consider them when choosing your excursions.

Parks for relaxation in nature and strolls

Dongguri Lake Park is a nature-oriented recreation area around Manyeonsa Temple and Manyeon Waterfall. Activities mentioned there include forest bathing and flower trails. The park thus brings together several ways to enjoy nature: you might be interested in a stroll along the flower trails or choose forest bathing as a focus in its own right. The temple and waterfall are also landmarks within this park area.

Namsan Park is also a place to relax, with flower trails, and is suited to strolling. If a walk and flower trails are your main priorities, this offers a different focus from Dongguri Lake Park, with its connections to a temple and waterfall and the option of forest bathing. The two parks therefore offer different ways to plan a nature-focused outing, without having to fit every experience into a single itinerary.

Azalea scenery near Sumalli

Sumalli Azalea Park stretches from Sumalli through Keunjae to Anyangsan and is renowned for its outstanding scenery. Its span across these named places sets it apart from the parks described for their flower trails and strolls. If scenic views are a particular priority when planning your trip, you can make this park a focus in its own right. The named places also provide a specific indication of the area covered by the azalea park.

Seryangji as a special destination

Seryangji was selected as one of CNN's 50 recommended places in Korea. You can therefore include Seryangji as a destination in its own right and distinguish it from parks, flower trails, and nighttime scenery. This allows you to plan a trip that caters to different interests rather than limiting nature experiences to just one type of outing.

Choose the focus of your trip

Discover more destinations

If you would like to explore more places, you can also find Gurye, Yeongam-Gun, Wando-gun, Haenam-gun, Goheung-gun, Mokpo, Yeonggwang-gun and Yeosu.

For the broader travel overview: Jeollanam-Do.