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Three Places to Visit in Western Jeju: Opening Hours and Suggested Order

What each of these three sites on Jeju's west side is like and which kind of trip it suits, with the summer bathing season, the seasonal ticketing deadline, the tide closures at Yongmeori Coast and the rules on dogs set out for planning.

Published Sep 10, 2026Updated Sep 25, 20268 min read

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Hyeopjae Beach at low tide, shallow emerald water running out to the horizon with Biyangdo on it.

Hyeopjae Beach and Hallim Park sit side by side in Hyeopjae-ri, Hallim-eup, on Jeju's north-west corner, while Yongmeori Coast lies further south below Sanbangsan, in Andeok-myeon, Seogwipo. A shallow white-sand beach, a park of palm avenues and lava tubes, and a volcanic cliff the sea has cut into layers — three quite different half-days, close enough together to plan as one trip through western Jeju.

What has to be checked beforehand, though, is different at each. Hyeopjae matters most during the weeks when the bathing season is staffed and supervised; Hallim Park runs on a ticketing deadline that shifts with the season; Yongmeori Coast depends on the tide and the swell on the day itself. Travellers with a dog get three different answers as well.

Four things to check before setting out

Swim at Hyeopjae in season
The beach itself is open at all times. The 2026 supervised bathing season runs 24 June to 6 September, 10:00-19:00, with an extension to 21:00 between 15 July and 15 August.
Hallim Park runs on a ticketing deadline
The published times are when ticketing opens and closes. The deadline is latest at 17:30 from June to August and earliest at 16:30 from November to January.
Check Yongmeori Coast on the day
Basic viewing hours are 09:00-17:00 with last admission at 16:30, but high tide, swell and weather can change them or close access entirely. Check @6sot_official or 064-794-2940 that morning.
The rules on dogs differ at all three
Hallim Park admits dogs under 5 kg on a lead and with waste bags carried; Yongmeori Coast admits no animals at all; for Hyeopjae Beach the guidance is to confirm the rule officially.

Which of the three suits which trip

Place	Suits	Check before going
Hyeopjae Beach	A shore walk with Biyangdo in view, or a summer swim in shallow water	Season dates and hours, tube hire, the rule on dogs
Hallim Park	Gardens, a palm avenue and lava tubes in one set of grounds	The seasonal ticketing deadline and the admission price
Yongmeori Coast	Volcanic cliffs seen close up on a walk of about 30 minutes	Whether it is closed that day, and the 16:30 last admission

Hyeopjae Beach: shallow water and a view of Biyangdo

The sand here is pale, with crushed shell in it, and it runs a long way; the slope is gentle and the water shallow. Next door it joins Geumneung Beach without a break, which is why the pair are called the twin beaches, and Biyangdo sits out on the water in front. Jeju Olle Trail Course 14 passes along this shore.

The beach is open at all times, so the sand can be walked in any season. What has a season is the supervised bathing period: in 2026 it runs from 24 June to 6 September, 10:00-19:00, with late opening until 21:00 between 15 July and 15 August. Anyone planning to swim should aim inside those dates and hours. Come in winter and the sand and the view of Biyangdo are unchanged; what is missing is anybody watching the water.

Parasols and platform beds are hired rather than free. The amounts below are published as the 2026 rate common to Jeju's designated beaches, not as a charge particular to Hyeopjae.

Hyeopjae Beach hire charges

Parasol	₩20,000Published as the 2026 common rate across Jeju's designated beaches rather than as this beach's own charge.
Platform bed	₩30,000Published as the 2026 common rate across Jeju's designated beaches.

Source: Visit Jeju — Hyeopjae Beach (2497-1 Hyeopjae-ri, Hallim-eup; 33.3924809/126.2389861; tel 064-728-3981. The visitor note reads: open at all times; the 2026 bathing season with safety management runs 24 June to 6 September, 10:00-19:00, extended to 21:00 from 15 July to 15 August; parasol 20,000 KRW; platform bed 30,000 KRW; tube hire and its price need official confirmation; the rules on dogs and on entering the swimming area need official confirmation; the situation room on 064-728-3981 operates during the season. It is part of Jeju Olle Trail Course 14, runs into Geumneung Beach as its twin, and looks out on Biyangdo.) · Sep 10, 2026

Whether tubes can be hired and at what price, whether a dog may come along, and the conditions for entering the marked swimming area are not settled by the published guidance. The situation room on 064-728-3981 operates through the bathing season, so anything on that list that matters to the plan is worth a call before travelling.

Hallim Park: gardens and lava tubes south of the beach

A private theme park directly south of Hyeopjae Beach. Visit Jeju describes nine themed sections spread across a hundred thousand pyeong, and besides the palm avenue and the gardens there are lava tubes — Hyeopjaegul and Ssangyonggul among them — inside the grounds. Being in the same village as the beach makes the two easy to split across a morning and an afternoon.

Hallim Park ticketing hours

2·3·4·5·9·10	09:00last entry 17:00
6·7·8	09:00last entry 17:30
11·12·1	09:00last entry 16:30

The publisher gives these times as when ticketing opens and when it closes. They are the window in which a ticket can be bought rather than the park's own opening and closing, and no closing time is stated anywhere. The publisher splits the year into four bands; the deadlines for February-May and September-October are the same, so those are one row here. There is no admission price on this record: the publisher gives no amount, and the operator's own site renders its fee only inside a booking widget, so it is not published in any form this repository can read. That is not the same statement as the operator not publishing a fee, so no pricePolicy is asserted.

Source: Visit Jeju — Hallim Park (300 Hallim-ro, Hallim-eup; 33.3879944/126.2397837; tel 064-796-0001. The visitor note reads: ticketing opens and closes at 9:00-17:00 February to May, 9:00-17:30 June to August, 9:00-17:00 September to October and 9:00-16:30 November to January; small dogs admitted, the limit being under 5 kg; waste bags compulsory; lead compulsory. The introduction calls it nine themed sections across a hundred thousand pyeong. The page carries no admission amount.) · Sep 10, 2026

Those times are when tickets are sold. The deadline is 17:30 from June to August, 17:00 from February to May and again from September to October, and 16:30 from November to January. No closing time for the park itself is published, so anyone hoping to take in the caves without hurrying should arrive well ahead of the ticket deadline rather than just inside it.

The published guidance gives no admission amount. Where the budget has to be fixed in advance, Hallim Park can be asked directly on 064-796-0001.

Dogs are admitted only under 5 kg, on a lead, and waste bags must be carried.

Yongmeori Coast: a shore walk the tide has to allow

The coastal cliff where the foot of Sanbangsan runs out into the sea, named for its likeness to a dragon's head going under the water. Volcanic debris from three craters offshore piled up here and was then cut by the waves into layered, curving rock. The cliff is about 700 m long and 25 to 40 m high, and a flat rock shelf in front of it carries the walking route, which takes about 30 minutes.

Yongmeori Coast basic viewing hours

Every day	09:00–17:00last entry 16:30

The publisher calls these the basic viewing hours and then puts a condition over them: the day's high tide, the swell and the weather can change them or close the route entirely. So the timetable is a ceiling rather than a promise. It says to check on the day, either through the Seogwipo public-attractions Instagram account @6sot_official or on 064-794-2940. The same page puts the walk at about 30 minutes. It carries no admission amount.

Source: Visit Jeju — Yongmeori Coast (112-3 Sagye-ri, Andeok-myeon; 33.2334272/126.313741; tel 064-760-6321. The visitor note reads: basic viewing hours 09:00-17:00; last admission 16:30; no regular closing day; hours may change or access be closed entirely with the day's high tide, swell and weather; check on the day via the Seogwipo public-attractions Instagram @6sot_official or 064-794-2940. The body gives a sea cliff about 700 m long and 25-40 m high, a walk of about 30 minutes, Jeju Olle Trail Course 10, the Hamel shipwreck monument raised on 1 April 1980 by the Korea International Cultural Association and the Netherlands embassy, and that animals may not enter. It carries no admission amount.) · Sep 10, 2026

Check whether it is closed before setting out

The hours above are the basic viewing hours. The day's high tide, the swell and the weather can change them or close access entirely. The guidance is to check on the day of the visit, either through the Seogwipo public-attractions Instagram account @6sot_official or on 064-794-2940.

There is no regular closing day, but a clear sky is no guarantee: high water or a big swell can shut the route anyway. Last admission is 16:30, so a late-afternoon arrival is the other thing worth avoiding.

Animals may not enter. Near the shore stands the monument to the shipwreck that put Hamel and his crew ashore on Jeju, raised on 1 April 1980 by the Korea International Cultural Association and the Netherlands embassy in Seoul. Jeju Olle Trail Course 10 also passes here.

Suggested order for the three

Hyeopjae Beach and Hallim Park are both in Hyeopjae-ri, Hallim-eup, about 500 m apart in a straight line by the coordinates on the map. That makes them a comfortable morning-and-afternoon pair, though how long the leg actually takes on foot or by car depends on the route and is best checked in a maps app.

For a summer day that includes a swim, it works better to see the park first and move to the beach afterwards: park ticketing closes at 17:30 from June to August, while supervision on the beach continues to 19:00, and to 21:00 between 15 July and 15 August.

Yongmeori Coast is in Andeok-myeon, Seogwipo, about 19 km in a straight line from the two Hallim sites. It reads better as part of a Sanbangsan half-day than as something tacked onto the end of a Hallim day, and the departure time is best fixed on the morning itself, once the closure has been checked.

For a half-day around the Aewol coast, the guide to three Aewol attractions shows how the Handam Coastal Trail, Gwakji Gwamul Beach and Saebyeol Oreum fit together.

If Yongmeori Coast is closed

When a closure is announced, the first thing to establish is whether the whole day is shut or the viewing hours have simply been adjusted. The guidance covers both cases, so on a day when only the times have moved, bringing something else forward and returning in the afternoon may still work.

For a two-day loop through western Jeju, the easiest arrangement is to put Yongmeori Coast and the two Hallim sites on separate days from the outset. A closure then costs nothing more than swapping the two dates. To stay in Andeok-myeon and simply change direction, the Osulloc Tea Museum below is the practical alternative.