The interesting places in Jeju!

By Yusin Lee

Jeju is located south in Korea. I’m from Jeju. So I will introduce interesting places in Jeju! Jeju has a lot of interesting places, so I can’t introduce all of them... I’m going to introduce 3 places! These 3 places are Halla Mountain, Cheonjiyeon Falls, and Manjanggul Cave.

First, Halla Mountain is the most famous place in Jeju. It’s a UNESCO Natural World Heritage site. It is a dormant volcano, and it consists of basalt. It is 1950 meters high and the highest mountain in the South Korea. Therefore hiking Halla Mountain is so hard, but Halla Mountain’s landscape is so beautiful!

Second, Cheonjiyeon Falls are 22 meters high and 12 meters wide. The basin at the foot of the falls is 20meters deep. Surrounded by evergreen subtropical forest, the falls are renowned for scenic beauty. According to legend, a holy dragon lived in the basin. In times of drought, the locals would pray for rain at the waterfall, and it is said that their prayers were always answered.

Third, Manjanggul Cave is represented cave of Jeju. This cave is the longest lava tube in the world and a UNESCO Natural World Heritage. It is 13,422 meters in length. Inside temperature of cave is 11~21 degree for the year. This cave has pillar of lava and oval stone. The pillar of lava is the longest in the world. The oval stone is shape of turtle. Also it looks like shape of Jeju. It’s amazing!