Jeongbang Falls 정방폭포

Jeongbang Falls costs ₩2,000 for adults and is open every day 09:00–17:50, with last entry at 17:30. It is a 23 m waterfall on the edge of Seogwipo that falls off a cliff onto the shore and into the sea. Allow under an hour. From the airport, the limousine 600 stops about 150 m away.

Visit Jeju calls it the only waterfall in Korea whose water falls straight into the sea. With Cheonjiyeon and Cheonjeyeon, it is one of Jeju’s three best-known falls. Since 2008 it has been a national Scenic Site (No. 43), officially named Jeongbangpokpo Falls in Seogwipo.

Is Jeongbang Falls worth a stop?

Stop if you are staying in Seogwipo or spending a day on the south coast. The visit is short and cheap, and you stand on the rocks at the foot of the falls with the sea behind you. Skip it if stairs are a problem: the only way down is a stairway of about five minutes, and Visit Jeju rates wheelchair access as very difficult.

Hours	Every day 09:00–17:50; last entry 17:30
Adults (25+)	2,000 won
Age 7–24	1,000 won
Free	Age 6 and under, 65 and over, people with disabilities (proof required)
Time needed	Under 1 hour
Getting down	About 5 minutes by stairs from the ticket office

From Seogwipo City’s e-ticket page and Visit Jeju, checked 22 October 2026. The closing time moves with sunset, and the site can close in bad weather. Visitors 65 and over should carry a passport to show their age.

Jeongbang or Cheonjiyeon?

	Jeongbang Falls	Cheonjiyeon Falls
Setting	Drops onto the shore and into the sea	Falls into a pool in a wooded gorge
Way in	Stairway, about 5 minutes	Level path
Open	09:00–17:50 (last entry 17:30)	09:00–22:00 (last entry 21:20)
Adults	2,000 won	2,000 won

Hours and fees from Seogwipo City’s e-ticket pages, checked 22 October 2026. Both are in Seogwipo and easy to see on the same day. See Jeongbang in daylight first, and leave Cheonjiyeon for the evening.

What you see at the falls

• The falls. Two streams drop 23 m from a dark cliff. Visit Jeju gives the falls as 8 m wide, with a pool about 5 m deep. The water starts on the southern slopes of Hallasan.
• The cliffs. Vertical rock walls with columnar joints and old pine trees frame the falls on both sides. The view was counted among the ten great sights of old Jeju as “Jeongbang’s summer falls”.
• The legend. Xu Fu (Seobul), sent by China’s first emperor to find a herb of eternal life, is said to have carved “Seobul passed here” on the rock. No such carving has been found.
• The history. Sonammeori, the hill above the falls, is where many residents of southern Jeju were executed during the Jeju 4·3 Incident. Visit Jeju lists it as a 4·3 historic site.

The site has a public car park, toilets, a convenience store and a drinks stand by the entrance. The falls are also on Jeju Olle Trail Route 6, which runs through Seogwipo.

Getting to Jeongbang Falls

From	Bus	Get off at
Jeju Airport	Airport limousine 600 (600-1, or the 600-3 variant), from the 600 stop at the airport	서복전시관 (Seobok Exhibition Hall), 28 stops (600-3: 30)
Jungmun / Jusangjeolli	Limousine 600 from 제주국제컨벤션센터 중문대포해안주상절리대[남]	서복전시관, 11 stops
Jeju Airport, faster to the town centre	Express 182 from the 제주국제공항5 (Pyeonghwa-ro, 800) stop	중앙로터리/제주권역재활병원 (Jungang Rotary), 12 stops; then about 1.3 km to the falls on foot or by taxi
Back to the airport	Limousine 600 (600-2)	From the 서복전시관 stop across the road; 28 stops to the airport (drop-off only)

Stop orders from the Jeju Bus Information System, checked 22 October 2026. The 서복전시관 stop is about 150 m from the falls on the official map coordinates. The limousine leaves from its own 600 stop at the airport, not the express-bus stops. A T-money card works on island buses.

By car, park in the public car park by the ticket office, on the eastern edge of central Seogwipo.

Tips

• Come before 17:30. Last entry is 17:30, and earlier when the sun sets early. Put Jeongbang in the afternoon and Cheonjiyeon, open until 22:00, after dark.
• Pay by card or QR. The ticket office takes cards and cash. Jeju’s public sights added ZeroPay QR payment in April 2025, and Seogwipo City is cutting back on cash.
• Wear shoes with grip. The viewing area at the bottom is on boulders by the sea, which can be wet from spray.
• Pets. Visit Jeju says to phone 064-733-1530 to ask whether pets are allowed.

Around Jeongbang Falls

Visit Jeju lists the Seobok Exhibition Hall, Chilsimni food street, Jaguri Park, Lee Jung-seop Street, Seogwipo Maeil Olle Market and Cheonjiyeon Falls as nearby. Add Jusangjeolli Cliff near Jungmun, 11 stops west on the limousine 600, for a south-coast day. For flights, buses and where to stay in Seogwipo, see the Jeju guide and the Jeju region page. For a full island route, see the 10-day Korea itinerary.