National park · North Jeolla
Byeonsanbando National Park
변산반도국립공원
Byeonsanbando National Park (153.934 km²): Korea’s only peninsula national park, temples and falls inland, sea cliffs and sunsets on the coast.
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15 Nov – 15 Dec 2026
Autumn fire-season trail closures
The Korea National Park Service closes 148 trail sections in the national parks for the autumn wildfire season: 115 fully and 33 in part. Other trails stay open as usual. Check the closure list for your park before you set off.
Plan your visit
The inland forest or the Gyeokpo coast?
Byeonsanbando brings mountains and sea into one national park. Choose between Naebyeonsan’s inland valleys and Oebyeonsan’s coast before setting your destination.
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Forest and a temple approach
Naesosa’s fir-tree path
Start at Naesosa bus stop and temple approach 내소사
Choose Naesosa for the fir-tree approach into the inland side of the park. It is the destination of the bus journey from Buan below, with the walk towards the temple beginning after you leave the bus.
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Coastal cliffs and sea views
Chaeseokgang and Gyeokpo
Start at Gyeokpo coast 격포 · 채석강
Choose the Gyeokpo side for Chaeseokgang’s layered coastal rock and the seafront. Jeokbyeokgang and Gosapo Beach belong to the wider coastal area; plan these as coastal destinations rather than extensions of the Naesosa arrival.
Official coastal visitor guide
The Buan bus below reaches inland Naesosa
This journey ends at the Naesosa approach. Select Gyeokpo as your destination for Chaeseokgang and the coast. For the return from Naesosa, use the departures displayed at Naesosa.
Place details
- Region
- North Jeolla
- Type of place
- National park
Getting there
Start at Buan Bus Terminal
Entrance or stop 내소사
- Take a bus bound for Naesosa (내소사) from Buan Terminal. The temple publishes separate departure boards for Buan and Naesosa.
- Get off at Naesosa bus stop. Walk about one kilometre along the fir-tree path to the temple.
Coming back Use the Naesosa stop timetable for the trip back; the Buan Terminal board is for the outward journey.
Transport sources checked .About Byeonsanbando National Park
Byeonsanbando became Korea’s 19th national park on 11 June 1988, the country’s only peninsula park, where mountains and sea meet. Of its 153.934 km², 89% is land and 11% sea.
Inland, Naebyeonsan holds the thousand-year-old temple Naesosa, Jikso Falls, Wolmyeongam and Gaeamsa. On the coast, Oebyeonsan has Gyeokpo harbour, the sea cliffs of Chaeseokgang and Jeokbyeokgang, Gosapo beach and sunsets over the sea; about two million people visit each year.
The rocks range from ancient gneiss and Jurassic granite to Cretaceous volcanic rock, and the area was certified on 13 September 2017 as part of the Jeonbuk West Coast National Geopark.
Worth seeing
- Chaeseokgang 채석강Sea cliffs at Gyeokpo, one of the park’s geology sites.
- Jikso Falls 직소폭포Waterfall in the inland mountains of Naebyeonsan.
- Naesosa 내소사Thousand-year-old temple in Naebyeonsan.
Written from the Korea National Park Service park introduction.