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Which places in Haenam can I visit with children?
This site lists 15 places in Haenam to visit with children.
They are 4 museums and exhibition halls (dinosaurs, sea life, the Battle of Myeongnyang, Yun Seon-do relics), 6 tidal flat, forest, and village activity sites, 3 cable car and monorail rides, and 2 maze and loess theme parks. Haenam Dinosaur Museum and Ttangkkeut Marine Natural History Museum charge 3,000 won for children. 5 places have free admission: Duryun Maze Park, Gosan Yun Seon-do Museum, The Battle of Myeongnyang Memorial, Daeseom Fishing Village Experience Park, and Haenam Kimchi Village. Of the 15, 5 are closed every Monday, including Haenam Dinosaur Museum and Ttangkkeut Marine Natural History Museum. 7 are open on Mondays too, including The Battle of Myeongnyang Memorial, Deobureosup Agricultural Company, and Ttangkkeut Monorail. Korea Tourism Organization TourAPI lists stroller rental as 'none' at Duryun Maze Park, Gosan Yun Seon-do Museum, and Myeongnyang Marine Cable Car, and 'not available' at Osan Fishing Experience Village. So you cannot borrow a stroller at any of the 4.
The 15 places in this guideFull list
- Hours
- 09:00–18:00
- Closed days
- Every Monday
Ttangkkeut Marine Natural History Museum
- Closed days
- Every Monday
- Fee
- General 5,000 wonIndividuals more
- Hours
- 09:00–18:00
- Closed days
- Every Monday
- Hours
- 09:00–18:00 (last entry 17:30)
- Closed days
- Every Monday more
The Battle of Myeongnyang Memorial
- Hours
- 09:00–17:30
- Closed days
- Open all year round
Daeseom Fishing Village Experience Park
- Hours
- Always open
- Closed days
- Open all year round
- Hours
- Always open
- Closed days
- Open all year round
Deobureosup Agricultural Company
- Hours
- 10:00–22:00
- Closed days
- Open all year round
- Closed days
- Open all year round
- Hours
- Weekdays 10:00–18:00Weekends/public holidays 09:30–18:00 more
- Closed days
- Varies by schedule
Osan Fishing Experience Village
- Closed days
- Open all year round
Songji Daejuk-ri Clam Digging Experience Site
- Hours
- At low tide, July–August every year
- Closed days
- September–June every year
- 3 moreSee the full list
Photos: · KOGL Type 1, KOGL Type 3 (no changes allowed)
4 museums and exhibition halls: dinosaur footprints, over 40,000 sea life items, and a rowing activity
- Haenam Dinosaur Museum is inside the Uhang-ri fossil site. Its exhibition rooms hold 447 items, including a genuine Allosaurus fossil, 35 dinosaur sculptures stand outdoors at the fossil site, and dinosaur, pterosaur, and bird footprint fossils are under 3 protective shelters. It is open 09:00–18:00 and closed every Monday, and admission is 5,000 won for adults, 4,000 won for youth, and 3,000 won for children.
- Ttangkkeut Marine Natural History Museum holds about 40,000 items of about 25,000 kinds, from shells, corals, fish, mammals, and crustaceans to insects.
- A visit takes about 1 hour.
- Admission is 5,000 won general, 4,000 won for youth, and 3,000 won for children, and parking is free.
- At The Battle of Myeongnyang Memorial, you can try rowing on the 2nd floor of the building shaped like a board-roofed warship and watch stereoscopic videos in the 1st-floor 4D theater (1,000 won). It has no admission fee and is open 09:00–17:30 every day of the year.
- Gosan Yun Seon-do Museum has free admission and parking and runs tea ceremony and printmaking activities, traditional folk games, and classics lectures.
- Haenam Dinosaur MuseumHours 09:00–18:00
- Ttangkkeut Marine Natural History MuseumClosed days Every Monday
- The Battle of Myeongnyang MemorialHours 09:00–17:30
- Gosan Yun Seon-do MuseumClosed days Every Monday
6 tidal flat, forest, and village activity sites: clam digging in July–August, and a forest rope playground open every day of the year
- Songji Daejuk-ri Clam Digging Experience Site opens only at low tide in July–August each year and is closed in September–June.
- Fees are 5,000 won for adults and 3,000 won for children. It is a 10 ha tidal flat that the Daejuk-ri fishing village association created in 2001, and when the water recedes you can also walk the sea path between Jukdo Island and Seokdo Island.
- Daeseom Fishing Village Experience Park, about 70 m away in a straight line, is open at all times with free admission (call about activity fees). It opens its clam-digging area from early July to the end of August.
- At Osan Fishing Experience Village in Bukpyeong-myeon, you look for mitten crabs, short-necked clams, octopus, and gobies on mud, sand, and mixed tidal flats.
- Times change with the tide, so set them by phone (070-7759-5047).
- Ttangkkeut Songho Village runs sea activities, barge fishing and traditional seine-net fishing. It is closed on public holidays and opens only 09:00–13:00 on Saturdays.
- Deobureosup Agricultural Company in Samsan-myeon runs a forest rope playground for children with swings, zip lines, and ropes, plus a hinoki cypress forest with 30 hammocks. It is open 10:00–22:00 every day of the year; call 0507-1370-6670 about fees.
- Haenam Kimchi Village runs different activities each season and is open at all times and free.
- Hours
- Winter season 09:00–17:00Summer season 09:00–18:00 more
- Closed days
- Public holidays more
Photos: · KOGL Type 1
- Songji Daejuk-ri Clam Digging Experience Site
- Daeseom Fishing Village Experience ParkHours Always open
- Osan Fishing Experience Village
- Deobureosup Agricultural CompanyHours 10:00–22:00
- Haenam Kimchi VillageHours Always open
5 theme parks and rides: a maze of about 13,000 trees and a cable car that children 36 months and under ride for nothing
- Duryun Maze Park has an outdoor maze made of about 13,000 western arborvitae, camellia, and fringe trees, with periscopes, sound tubes, and animal sculptures.
- The 2nd floor of the exhibition building has a mirror maze forest and trick-art zones such as Dinosaur Adventure.
- Admission and parking are free, and it is open 09:00–18:00 and closed every Monday.
- Duryunsan Cable Car, about 330 m from Duryun Maze Park in a straight line, runs over a 1.6 km line in 8 minutes.
- Korea Tourism Organization TourAPI lists its child fare as 12,000 won (36 months to elementary school students), with no charge for 36 months and under.
- Haenam County Culture and Tourism lists 12,000 won for child individuals.
- Ttangkkeut Monorail climbs a 395 m line between Ttangkkeut Village and Ttangkkeut Observatory in about 7 minutes.
- Children (age 3 to elementary school students) pay 4,000 won round trip and 3,000 won one way. Its hours differ between Korea Tourism Organization TourAPI (08:00–sunset) and Haenam County Culture and Tourism (09:00–18:00), so call 061-533-4414 to confirm before visiting.
- Myeongnyang Marine Cable Car is open to all ages and runs 10:00–18:00 on weekdays and 09:30–18:00 on weekends and public holidays.
- Ttangkkeut Hwangtonara Theme Village in Songji-myeon is a campground with tent sites and a Loess Culture Experience Center. It offers forest story and dyeing activities and is closed every Monday.
- Closed days
- See the website (bad weather or unavoidable circumstances)
Ttangkkeut Hwangtonara Theme Village
- Hours
- 14:00–11:00
- Closed days
- Closed every Monday
Photos: · KOGL Type 1, KOGL Type 4 (non-commercial, no changes allowed)
- Duryun Maze ParkHours 09:00–18:00
- Ttangkkeut Monorail
- Myeongnyang Marine Cable Car
5 closed on Mondays, 7 open, and 4 without stroller rental
- The 5 places closed every Monday are Haenam Dinosaur Museum, Ttangkkeut Marine Natural History Museum, Gosan Yun Seon-do Museum, Duryun Maze Park and Ttangkkeut Hwangtonara Theme Village.
- Ttangkkeut Marine Natural History Museum opens when Monday is a public holiday and closes the next day.
- 7 places are open on Mondays.
- The Battle of Myeongnyang Memorial, Deobureosup Agricultural Company, Ttangkkeut Monorail, Daeseom Fishing Village Experience Park, Osan Fishing Experience Village and Haenam Kimchi Village are open every day of the year, and Ttangkkeut Songho Village closes on public holidays.
- Duryunsan Cable Car closes in bad weather or other unavoidable circumstances, Myeongnyang Marine Cable Car closes according to its schedule, and Songji Daejuk-ri Clam Digging Experience Site opens only in July–August.
- Stroller rental is listed as 'none' for Duryun Maze Park, Gosan Yun Seon-do Museum and Myeongnyang Marine Cable Car, and as 'not possible' for Osan Fishing Experience Village.
- Haenam Dinosaur MuseumHours 09:00–18:00
- Ttangkkeut Marine Natural History MuseumClosed days Every Monday
- Gosan Yun Seon-do MuseumClosed days Every Monday
- Duryun Maze ParkHours 09:00–18:00
- Ttangkkeut Hwangtonara Theme VillageHours 14:00–11:00
- The Battle of Myeongnyang MemorialHours 09:00–17:30
- Deobureosup Agricultural CompanyHours 10:00–22:00
- Ttangkkeut Monorail
- Daeseom Fishing Village Experience ParkHours Always open
- Osan Fishing Experience Village
- Haenam Kimchi VillageHours Always open
- Ttangkkeut Songho VillageClosed days Public holidays
- Duryunsan Cable Car
- Myeongnyang Marine Cable Car
- Songji Daejuk-ri Clam Digging Experience Site
The 15 places in this guide
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See the genuine Allosaurus fossil in the exhibition rooms, footprint fossils under 3 protective shelters, and 35 dinosaur sculptures outdoors at the fossil site, all in one place. It is open 09:00–18:00 and closed every Monday. Children pay 3,000 won individually and 2,000 won in groups of 20 or more.
- Hours
- 09:00–18:00
- Closed days
- Every Monday
- Fee
- Adult 5,000 wonIndividuals more
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Ttangkkeut Marine Natural History Museum
A museum with about 40,000 items of about 25,000 kinds, from shells, corals, and fish to fossils and insects, and a visit takes about 1 hour. From the last week of July to the last week of August it opens 09:00–19:00 (the closing time is the last entry time). It is closed every Monday, children pay 3,000 won, and parking is free. Haenam County Culture and Tourism gives the Ttangkkeut Marine Natural History Museum hours as 10:00–18:00 in the summer season and 10:00–17:00 in the winter season, so call before visiting.
- Hours
- Sources differ · call before visiting
Korea Tourism Organization / Haenam County
Korea Tourism Organization 10:30–18:00Haenam County Summer season 10:00–18:00 - Closed days
- Every Monday
- Fee
- General 5,000 wonIndividuals more
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The Battle of Myeongnyang Memorial
In a building shaped like a board-roofed warship, try rowing on the 2nd floor, visit the 4D theater on the 1st floor, and look down on Uldolmok from the 3rd-floor viewing facility, in that order. Admission is free, the 4D Video Hall and the chroma key photo cost 1,000 won each, and it is open 09:00–17:30 every day of the year.
- Hours
- 09:00–17:30
- Closed days
- Open all year round
- Fee
- FreeAdmission more
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It runs tea ceremony and printmaking activities, traditional folk games and classics lectures, and displays the Self-Portrait of Gongjae Yun Du-seo (National Treasure). Admission and parking are free. It is open 09:00–18:00 (last entry 17:30) and closed every Monday, and there is no stroller rental.
- Hours
- 09:00–18:00 (last entry 17:30)
- Closed days
- Every Monday more
- Fee
- Free
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Songji Daejuk-ri Clam Digging Experience Site
Clam digging and the sea path activity run only at low tide in July–August each year, and fees are 5,000 won for adults and 3,000 won for children. It does not operate in September–June, and parking is available.
- Hours
- At low tide, July–August every year
- Closed days
- September–June every year
- Fee
- Adults 5,000 won more
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Daeseom Fishing Village Experience Park
Admission is free, and the clam-digging area opens from early July to the end of August (call 061-531-3163 about activity fees). A sea path appears twice a day between the village and Apseom Island, and there are photo zones shaped like clams and fish.
- Hours
- Always open
- Closed days
- Open all year round
- Fee
- Free more
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Osan Fishing Experience Village
Try a tidal flat activity in a seaside village with mud, sand, and mixed flats. Times change with the tide, so set them by phone (070-7759-5047). It is open every day of the year, parking is available, and strollers are listed as 'not available'.
- Hours
- Not listed
- Closed days
- Open all year round
- Fee
- Not listed
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8
A fishing village offering sea activities, barge fishing and traditional seine-net fishing. It operates 09:00–17:00 in the winter season, 09:00–18:00 in the summer season and 09:00–13:00 on Saturdays, and it is closed on public holidays. Songho-ri Beach is in front of the village.
- Hours
- Winter season 09:00–17:00Summer season 09:00–18:00 more
- Closed days
- Public holidays more
- Fee
- Not listed
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Deobureosup Agricultural Company
Children ride swings, zip lines, and ropes at the forest rope playground, and 30 hammocks hang in the hinoki cypress forest. It is open 10:00–22:00 every day of the year, and parking is available. Ask about fees by phone (0507-1370-6670) or on the website.
- Hours
- 10:00–22:00
- Closed days
- Open all year round
- Fee
- Not listed
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10
A village at the foot of Duryunsan Mountain that runs different activities each season along its stone wall path, the sea, fields, and a reservoir. It is open at all times, use is free, and parking is available.
- Hours
- Always open
- Closed days
- Open all year round
- Fee
- Free
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Tour an outdoor maze made of about 13,000 trees and an exhibition building with a mirror maze forest and trick-art zones, for free. It is open 09:00–18:00 and closed every Monday. Parking is free, and there is no stroller rental.
- Hours
- 09:00–18:00
- Closed days
- Every Monday
- Fee
- Free
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It is open to all ages, and Korea Tourism Organization TourAPI lists children 36 months and under as riding at no charge. The child fare is 12,000 won in Korea Tourism Organization TourAPI and 12,000 won for child individuals in Haenam County Culture and Tourism. It runs 09:00–18:00 in the summer season and 09:00–17:00 in the winter season. The Duryunsan Cable Car page of Haenam County Culture and Tourism gives 08:00–18:00 from April to November and 08:00–17:00 from December to March (departure of the last upward car), so call before visiting.
- Hours
- Sources differ · call before visiting
Korea Tourism Organization / Haenam County
Korea Tourism Organization Summer season 09:00–18:00Haenam County 08:00–18:00 - Closed days
- See the website (bad weather or unavoidable circumstances)
- Fee
- Sources differ · call before visiting
Korea Tourism Organization / Haenam County / Official website
Korea Tourism Organization Adults 15,000 wonHaenam County General: individual 15,000 · group 13,000 · Youth, military/police: individual 15,000 · group 13,000 · Children: individual 12,000 · group 12,000Official website Adults 15,000 won
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It climbs 395 m from Ttangkkeut Village to Ttangkkeut Observatory in about 7 minutes. Children (age 3 to elementary school students) pay 4,000 won round trip and 3,000 won one way, and there are no closed days. Hours differ between Korea Tourism Organization TourAPI (08:00–sunset) and Haenam County Culture and Tourism (09:00–18:00), so call to confirm before visiting.
- Hours
- Sources differ · call before visiting
Korea Tourism Organization / Haenam County
Korea Tourism Organization 08:00–sunsetHaenam County 09:00–18:00 - Closed days
- Open all year round
- Fee
- Sources differ · call before visiting
Korea Tourism Organization / Haenam County
Korea Tourism Organization General 6,000 wonHaenam County Round trip: General: individual 6,000 · group 5,500 · Youth, military/police: individual 6,000 · group 5,500 · Children: individual 4,000 · group 3,500
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It travels about 1 km between Haenam and Jindo over the Uldolmok Strait and is open to all ages. It runs 10:00–18:00 on weekdays and 09:30–18:00 on weekends and public holidays, and there is no stroller rental. It is about 110 m from The Battle of Myeongnyang Memorial in a straight line.
- Hours
- Weekdays 10:00–18:00Weekends/public holidays 09:30–18:00 more
- Closed days
- Varies by schedule
- Fee
- Sources differ · call before visiting
Korea Tourism Organization / Haenam County
Korea Tourism Organization Adult round trip 15,000 wonHaenam County Standard: General: individual 15,000 · group 14,000 · Youth, military/police: individual 15,000 · group 14,000 · Children: individual 13,000 · group 12,000
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Ttangkkeut Hwangtonara Theme Village
A camping and lodging facility with tent sites and a Loess Culture Experience Center, offering forest story and dyeing activities. The usage time is 14:00–11:00, and it is closed every Monday. Fees are 50,000 won on weekdays and 60,000 won on weekends in the peak season, and 40,000 won on weekdays and 50,000 won on weekends in the off-peak season.
- Hours
- 14:00–11:00
- Closed days
- Closed every Monday
- Fee
- Peak season: weekdays 50,000 won more
Photos: Korea Tourism Organization, Haenam County Culture and Tourism · KOGL Type 1, KOGL Type 3 (no changes allowed), KOGL Type 4 (non-commercial, no changes allowed)
FAQ
Are there activity spots in Haenam I can visit with children on a Monday?
Yes. The Battle of Myeongnyang Memorial is open 09:00–17:30 every day of the year, and Deobureosup Agricultural Company is open 10:00–22:00 with no closed days. Daeseom Fishing Village Experience Park and Haenam Kimchi Village are open at all times. Osan Fishing Experience Village is open every day of the year, but activity times change with the tide. Haenam Dinosaur Museum, Ttangkkeut Marine Natural History Museum, and Duryun Maze Park are closed on Mondays.
When can I go clam digging with children in Haenam?
Songji Daejuk-ri Clam Digging Experience Site opens at low tide in July–August each year, and fees are 5,000 won for adults and 3,000 won for children. The clam-digging area at Daeseom Fishing Village Experience Park, about 70 m away in a straight line, opens from early July to the end of August. At Osan Fishing Experience Village in Bukpyeong-myeon, tidal flat activity times change with the tide, so set them by phone (070-7759-5047).
How much is children's admission at Haenam's museums?
At Haenam Dinosaur Museum and Ttangkkeut Marine Natural History Museum, children pay 3,000 won individually and 2,000 won in groups of 20 or more. Gosan Yun Seon-do Museum and The Battle of Myeongnyang Memorial have no admission fee, and the 4D Video Hall and the chroma key photo at The Battle of Myeongnyang Memorial cost 1,000 won each.