A stroll through Hallim Park

If you didn’t have much time on Jeju Island, this was the place to visit — a kind of all in one package. Beyond the beautiful gardens, the site included a Jeju historical village and Hyeopjae lava cave formed from a volcanic explosion of Halla Mountain.

Cactus Grove habitat

Along the shore line of Wollyeong on Jeju Island’s western side grew the only wild cactus in Korea. No one knows for sure how cactus first grew in this location but one theory was that seeds arrived by warm Kuroshio currents from Mexico.

In search of an oreum

I started along this fifteen kilometre trail in Jeju’s Saryeoni Forest, but planned to hike only five kilometres into the forest to reach Mulchat Oreum. This volcanic parasitic cone was where Hwaguho Lake, a crater lake was located on its flat summit.