KOREA THROUGH THE SCREEN · JEJU 02
Welcome to Samdal-ri
웰컴투 삼달리
Choose the Jeju pace that brings you back to yourself.
This homecoming story moves between forest shade, temple stillness and a west-coast horizon. The choice is about pace and direction, not collecting all fifteen official locations.
- TIME
- 5–6 hours
- AREA
- Jeju
ONE SIDE OF THE ISLAND
START WITH WHAT STAYED WITH YOU
Did the quiet forest or the open coast call you back?
Stay east and inward with forest and temple, or let one west-coast sunset hold the day.
Before you commit to this route
- Start
- Your accommodation → Secret Forest at Andol Oreum
From your accommodation or the hub below, check the current route to the first place. A place pin is not a verified entrance.
Find the place ↗ - Finish → return
- Gwaneumsa Temple → Your accommodation
From the final place, check the route back via this hub to your accommodation. Save the return before setting out; optional detours require their own return plan.
Find the place ↗ - Time boundary · 5–6 hours
- Start from your Jeju accommodation, not Seoul. Add the outbound and return drive/bus plus waiting. Decide between a rental car and a quoted taxi before leaving; do not combine east and west branches into one short visit.
- Rain / changed plans
- Postpone the forest, garden or outdoor set in heavy rain, snow/ice or closure. If already there, finish at the public arrival area and use the return arranged in advance. Do not replace it with a distant branch in another city.
Build your budget
Optional food/drink: KRW 15,000–25,000 per adult is an editorial allowance, not a checked menu price.
Add the admissions below, both transport journeys, local transfers and any parking. Transport has no fixed quote here, so a total is not promised. Shopping and optional paid experiences are extra.
- Secret Forest at Andol Oreum: Private attraction with a fee; confirm the current price before travel · 2026-09-11
- Gwaneumsa Temple: General admission free; temple-stay and experience programs are separate · 2026-09-11
Basis and limits
Editorial connection between the listed places and transport hubs, not a measured journey or field-verified doorway. Place-specific source dates below remain unchanged. Current route, fare and access must be checked for your travel date.
YOUR FREE TRIP CUT · 5–6 hours
See how your day fits together.
Andol Oreum Secret Forest → Gwaneumsa
Mapped places
Numbered lines show the suggested order between mapped places, not roads or live navigation. Optional places are not joined to the main route.
Open the place, choose Directions and set your starting point. Confirm travel mode and time before leaving.
Suggested day
An east-and-inland route best handled by car.
- LATE MORNING
Andol Oreum Secret Forest
Enter only after confirming the private attraction’s current access.
- LUNCH
Songdang or Jeju City edge
Pause before changing the emotional register of the route.
- AFTERNOON
Gwaneumsa
Arrive as a temple visitor, not as a scene director.
FOREST RETURN · SELECTED
Three confirmed Jeju locations, grouped into routes that respect island distance.
Each label separates a confirmed screen connection from cultural context and our route edit.
Secret Forest at Andol Oreum
안돌오름 비밀의숲 · Gujwa-eup, Jeju City
The straight trees and controlled light make the act of looking central to the route.
Visit Jeju identifies the Secret Forest as the Episode 10 location where Sam-dal photographs a couple.
Treat it as a private attraction: check same-day closure notices and do not promise uninterrupted portrait access.
Open practical details
- Address
- Songdang-ri, Gujwa-eup, Jeju-si, Jeju-do
- Current hours
- Daily 09:00–18:30; check the venue’s official Instagram for closure notices
- Entry
- Private attraction with a fee; confirm the current price before travel
- Parking
- No dedicated lot; follow the current roadside parking guidance
- Rental car or taxi is the practical approach.
- Listed hours are 09:00–18:30 daily; closures are announced through the venue’s official Instagram.
- There is no dedicated car park, so follow current roadside parking guidance.
Gwaneumsa Temple
관음사 · Ara-dong, Jeju City
The temple carries the family’s change of heart without turning it into spectacle.
Visit Jeju identifies Gwaneumsa as the Episode 14 place where Sam-dal tells Sang-tae she will keep loving Yong-pil.
Visit as a worship space first, keep voices low and separate the temple grounds from the Hallasan trail commitment.
Open practical details
- Address
- Sallokbuk-ro, Ara-dong, Jeju-si, Jeju-do
- Opening
- Open year round
- Temple grounds
- General admission free; temple-stay and experience programs are separate
- Important distinction
- Hallasan Gwaneumsa trail access follows separate reservation, weather and cut-off rules
- The temple is open year round and general admission is free; paid programs are separate.
- Dress and photograph with restraint.
- Trail access has different reservation, weather and cut-off rules.
Why this day belongs to the storyScreen evidence, cultural context and the moments behind the choice.
THE KOREA IT SHOWED
Homecoming is a change of pace before it is a destination.
The drama’s healing comes from returning to relationships, not escaping into empty scenery.
Build either an east-and-inland day or a west-coast sunset; crossing between both weakens the feeling and the logistics.
Take this Lens into JejuMOMENTS THAT STAY WITH YOU
The screen memory behind the choice.
Each moment separates what the work makes you feel from what a traveler can responsibly experience.
A camera finds its purpose again
Andol Oreum Secret Forest appears when Sam-dal photographs a couple and rediscovers satisfaction in the work.
The forest turns looking into an act of recovery.The forest is a private attraction; access and fees need a live check.Eight years written into the wind
Sinchang Windmill Coastal Road appears when Sam-dal recognizes Yong-pil’s constancy.
The exposed coast makes time feel physical.Wind and weather can be stronger than the romantic frame suggests.KOREA BEHIND THE SCENE
Let weather and worship set the rules.
A private forest, active temple and exposed coast each ask for a different kind of attention.
Private forest, public expectation
Popularity can make a small managed forest feel like an unlimited photo studio.
Confirm entry and share the path.Temple before filming location
Gwaneumsa remains an active Buddhist space.
Let worship, dress and photography etiquette lead.Weather writes the schedule
The west coast’s wind creates the image and can also cancel it.
Keep a flexible sunset plan.REALITY CHECK
What the screen confirms — and what the day still needs.
Filming evidence and live visitor conditions are checked separately so a memorable scene does not become a false promise.
NO ON-SITE VISIT YETSecret Forest Episode 10
Confirmed by Visit JejuGwaneumsa Episode 14
Confirmed by Visit JejuSinchang coast Episode 13
Confirmed by Visit JejuMangjangpo Port
Excluded because it is absent from the official 15-location list used hereKEEP YOUR KOREA MOVING