Suncheon and Damyang Gardens Compared: Tickets, Night Pass and Hours
Suncheonman National Garden, Suncheonman Bay Wetland, Juknokwon, Gwanbangjerim and the Metasequoia Lane compared on how their tickets work, their hours and closing days, and which town to choose. In Suncheon one ticket covers two sites but the night ticket does not admit you to the wetland; in Damyang you buy separately, and the Metasequoia Lane's admission comes back as a local voucher.
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These five green places in Jeonnam sit in two towns — two in Suncheon, three in Damyang — and the ticket works in opposite ways in each.
Suncheon sells one ticket for two places: the national garden and the wetland are 7 km apart and share it. Damyang does the reverse, three tickets at three sites — which together still cost less than Suncheon's one, and part of which comes back. So the first thing to settle here is which town you are going to.
Why these five, and which town to choose
These are the gardens and green places in Suncheon and Damyang whose tickets and hours are published, gathered so that a traveller in Jeonnam who wants gardens, woodland walks or a wetland can decide which town gets the day.
- For a whole day in a large garden, Suncheon. The national garden is the largest of the five and takes the most time, and the same ticket admits you to Suncheonman Bay Wetland, which the operator describes as 7 km away. To see the reed beds and tidal flats, buy a day ticket and do the wetland before the light goes.
- For the garden after dark, Suncheonman National Garden's night ticket. It is half the price, but the wetland will not accept it and some facilities are already shut.
- To link several places on foot, Damyang. From Juknokwon you can walk along Gwanbangjerim to the metasequoia lane without getting back in a car, and Gwanbangjerim, with no ticket, has no closing time either.
- For one place in Damyang, Juknokwon; if you are staying in Damyang for a meal, add the metasequoia lane, whose admission comes back as a voucher spendable only in Damyang.
Suncheon — one ticket for two places, 7 km apart
Suncheonman National Garden and Suncheonman Bay Wetland are 7 km apart by the operator's account and share a ticket. A garden ticket admits you to the wetland; a wetland ticket admits you to the garden, and in that direction you must produce it at the gate. A ticket is valid for the day it is bought and no longer.
Adults KRW 10,000, youth and military KRW 7,000, children KRW 5,000. Groups of 20 or more pay KRW 6,000 / KRW 5,000 / KRW 3,000, and Suncheon residents KRW 2,000 / KRW 1,500 with children free.
Pricing the two separately doubles the figure. KRW 10,000 is what one town's two sites cost together.
But the half-price night ticket is not the same thing, cheaper
The night ticket is KRW 5,000 for adults, KRW 3,500 for youth and military, KRW 2,500 for children — exactly half. It is sold 17:00–19:00 and admits you until 20:00.
The price is not the only half. The wetland does not accept the night ticket at all, so the "one ticket, two places" above does not apply to this one.
And the operator publishes, in a table, which facilities have already shut or are about to when the ticket goes on sale at 17:00.
| facility | closes |
|---|---|
| Zoo | 17:00 |
| Therapy Garden | 17:00 |
| Ferris wheel | 17:40 |
| Sky Cube | 18:00 |
| Suncheonman Bay Wetland | night ticket not accepted |
So the night ticket is best read as a ticket to the garden after dark rather than a discount on the daytime visit. If the wetland, the zoo or the therapy garden are on your list, buy a day ticket.
The combined ticket including the Sky Cube (garden + wetland + Sky Cube) is KRW 14,000 for adults, KRW 12,000 for youth and military, KRW 8,000 for children, and KRW 4,000 for ages 3–6.
Damyang — three tickets, KRW 5,000 together, and KRW 2,000 of it comes back
Damyang's three are bought separately. Together they still cost less than one Suncheon ticket.
- Juknokwon — KRW 3,000 adults, KRW 1,500 youth and military, KRW 1,000 primary-school children. It closes at 19:00 from March to October (last entry 18:00) and at 18:00 from November to February (last entry 17:30) — an hour's difference depending on the season.
- Metasequoia Lane — KRW 2,000 adults, KRW 1,000 youth, military and children — and the full admission is refunded immediately in Damyang Love gift vouchers.
- Gwanbangjerim — no ticket. No gate, and no opening hours either.
The refund is not the same as free. What comes back is not cash but a voucher spendable only in Damyang. Eat or buy something there and the effective cost is zero; drive straight on to the next town and you have spent KRW 2,000. Most guides call this lane a free country road, which it is not, and it is not a straightforward paid attraction either.
The three also connect on foot. Gwanbangjerim's entrance is about 800 m from Juknokwon's front gate, and Damyang County's own Obang-gil route allows 20 minutes for that stretch. Buying three tickets does not mean travelling three times.
The five in one line
| adult | gate | |
|---|---|---|
| Suncheonman National Garden | KRW 10,000 (KRW 5,000 at night) | 09:00–20:00, last entry 19:00 |
| Suncheonman Bay Wetland | same ticket (night ticket excepted) | — |
| Juknokwon | KRW 3,000 | 18:00 or 19:00, by season |
| Metasequoia Lane | KRW 2,000 → fully refunded in vouchers | 09:00–18:00 |
| Gwanbangjerim | none | none |
The National Garden closes on the last Monday of each month.
Suncheonman Bay Wetland visiting hours
| 11·12·1·2 | 08:00–18:00last entry 17:00 |
|---|---|
| 3·4·9·10 | 08:00–19:00last entry 18:00 |
| 5·6·7·8 | 08:00–20:00last entry 19:00 |
Ticketing closes first and the grounds an hour later — the operator writes the viewing window as the rule "one hour from the admission deadline", and the combined Suncheonman timetable publishes the same values as clock times. The lamps go out at closing, so after sunset there is roughly half an hour of usable skylight and walking out after dark carries a risk the operator warns about. The night observatory runs to 22:00 on a seasonal programme, booked online in advance, entering through the exit gate from thirty minutes before the start.
Source: Suncheonman Wetland — opening times ·
The wetland's closing time moves with the season, and ticket sales end first, leaving an hour to walk. The street lights go off at closing time, so plan to be out before dark.
Closing days, and when the plan goes wrong
- On the last Monday of the month Suncheonman National Garden is closed, and the same notice closes Suncheonman Bay Wetland that day too. If you are in Jeonnam that day, Damyang's three — with no regular closing day in their official information — are the better choice.
- Arriving in Suncheon late in the afternoon, decide what you want to see first. The night ticket does not admit you to the wetland, so if the wetland matters, buy a day ticket rather than a night one and arrive before the wetland's last entry in the table above.
- If Juknokwon has stopped admitting visitors, Gwanbangjerim has neither ticket nor gate and can still be walked. Juknokwon's last entry is 18:00 from March to October and 17:30 from November to February.
- Damyang's fees and hours should be checked again with Damyang County and Juknokwon before you go; the figures here are as of the date given below.
Check Damyang's three fees before you go
Suncheon's fees are published on the operators' own pages. Damyang's three figures are as Damyang County listed them on 10 August 2026, and they may have changed since.
If the budget matters, open the source links above and confirm the current amounts before setting out.
In this list
NationwideSuncheonman National Garden
A national garden of lakes and themed planting, much the largest of the five and the one that absorbs the most time. A ticket bought here also opens the wetland 7 km away, which is why a Suncheon day usually starts at this gate — with one kind of ticket that does not.
- What you'll see
- Lakes, themed gardens and the Sky Cube
- How the ticket works
- One ticket also opens the wetland — except at night
- Which city
- Suncheon
- Best for
- Building the day around the garden
09:00–20:00 (last entry 19:00)last Mon of the month₩2,000–₩14,000
- Nationwide
Suncheonman Wetland
A coastal wetland of reed beds and tidal flats, whose image is the branching channels seen from the observation deck. The garden's ticket admits you here, and it works the other way round too — though in that direction you have to produce it at the gate.
- What you'll see
- Reed beds, tidal flats and the channels from above
- How the ticket works
- Enter on the garden's ticket, shown at the gate
- Which city
- Suncheon
- Best for
- Reaching the reeds before the light goes
Jan–Feb, Nov–Dec 08:00–18:00 (last entry 17:00) · Mar–Apr, Sep–Oct 08:00–19:00 (last entry 18:00) · May–Aug 08:00–20:00 (last entry 19:00)last Mon of the month · Sky Cube Every Mon (closed the following day instead if it falls on a public holiday) · the reed train Every Mon (closed the following day instead if it falls on a public holiday)₩2,000–₩10,000
NationwideJuknokwon
A hillside packed with bamboo, walked on paths cut through it. It is the anchor of Damyang's three, with the distances to the other two measured from here, and its closing time shifts by an hour with the season.
- What you'll see
- Paths through dense bamboo
- How the ticket works
- Its own ticket, the dearest of the three
- Which city
- Damyang
- Best for
- Picking one place in Damyang
Mar–Oct 09:00–19:00 (last entry 18:00) · Jan–Feb, Nov–Dec 09:00–18:00 (last entry 17:30)₩3,000
NationwideGwanbangjerim
A shaded walk under old trees along the Damyang embankment. It is the one one of the five with no ticket, no gate and no hours — which is what lets you simply keep walking it on the way from Juknokwon to the metasequoia lane.
- What you'll see
- Old trees shading an embankment path
- How the ticket works
- No ticket and no gate
- Which city
- Damyang
- Best for
- Walking between the other two
open at all hoursNot published by the operatorFree
NationwideDamyang Metasequoia Lane
A straight road walled with metasequoias, walked through the tunnel the trees make. It charges admission and then returns the whole of it immediately as a voucher spendable only in Damyang — so if you eat or buy anything there, it costs nothing in practice.
- What you'll see
- A tunnel of metasequoias along a straight road
- How the ticket works
- Admission returned in full as a local voucher
- Which city
- Damyang
- Best for
- Staying in Damyang for a meal
09:00–18:00₩2,000
Frequently asked questions
Do the Suncheon garden and wetland need separate tickets?
No. They are 7 km apart and share one ticket. A ticket bought at the national garden admits you to the wetland, and one bought at the wetland admits you to the garden — in that direction you have to produce it at the gate. It is valid only on the day of purchase. Budgeting for both separately doubles the cost you actually pay.
Is the half-price night ticket worth it?
Buy it knowing that more than the price is halved. The wetland cannot be entered on a night ticket at all, so the one-ticket-two-places rule does not apply to it. The operator also publishes what is already shut or shutting when night tickets go on sale at 17:00: the zoo and therapy garden at 17:00, the Ferris wheel at 17:40 and the Sky Cube at 18:00. Read it as a different ticket — one for the garden after dark — rather than a cheap version of the same thing.
What does it cost to see all three in Damyang?
Juknokwon at 3,000 won and the metasequoia lane at 2,000 make 5,000 together, and Gwanbangjerim has no ticket. But the metasequoia lane returns its whole admission immediately as a Damyang Love voucher, so if you spend that voucher locally the real cost is 3,000. The refund is not the same as free, though: what comes back is a voucher usable only in Damyang, so leaving straight for the next city means you did spend the 2,000.
Can I walk between Damyang's three?
Yes. The entrance to Gwanbangjerim is about 800 m from Juknokwon's main gate — the county's Obang-gil route allots 20 minutes to that stretch — and the embankment walk carries on towards the metasequoia lane. Buying three tickets does not mean making three journeys.
Are any of them closed on particular days?
Suncheonman National Garden closes on the last Monday of each month. The official information for Damyang's three lists no regular closing day. Juknokwon's closing time does move with the season: 19:00 from March to October with last entry at 18:00, and 18:00 from November to February with last entry at 17:30.
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Official sources (6)
- Fact check: Suncheonman National Garden — admission (single, night and combined tickets; what the night ticket excludes)
- Fact check: Suncheonman Bay Wetland — admission
- Fact check: Juknokwon — visitor information (admission, seasonal hours)
- Fact check: Damyang County — Metaland admission refund notice
- Fact check: Damyang County tourism — walking Gwanbangjerim (Obang-gil segment and timing)
- Fact check: Suncheonman National Garden — visiting hours (opening, last admission, closing day)