BORYEONG MUD FESTIVAL: budget travel guide & schedule

summer is when the Korean city of Boryeong gets down and dirty.

It’s not what you’re probably thinking. We’re talking about the Boryeong Mud Festival. it all started in mid-1990s when a cosmetics brand launched products using the mineral-rich mud found at Boryeong mud flats, which is believed to be good for the skin. In 1998, as part of a enormous promotional campaign, the company trucked the mud to Daecheon beach and initiated mud games, thereby launching the first ever Boryeong Mud Festival. practically 20 years later, it remains one of the most significant summer celebrations in South Korea. It is held over a period of two weeks in July.

Vad behandlas i den här guiden?

Understanding Boryeong, South Korea
How to get to Boryeong / Daecheon BeachIncheon airport to Boryeong / Daecheon Beach
Seoul City center to Boryeong / Daecheon Beach

Day Trip, Overnight or Longer?
Where to stay in Boryeong or Seoul
Things to delight in at Boryeong Mud Festival
Things to bring to Boryeong Mud Festival
More suggestions for the poor Traveler
Sample Boryeong Itineraries
Budget Breakdown
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Understanding Boryeong, South Korea

Boryeong is a port city located 141km from Seoul. Koreans in some cases refer to the place as Daecheon because the present-day Boryeong is a merger between Daecheon City and Boryeong-gun. Hemmed in by the waters of the Yellow Sea in the west, it is a popular summer destination, with Daecheon beach as a top place to visit. during the festival, huge inflatable slides, a performance stage, and other attractions are set up along Daecheon Beach, where all the fun happens.

Boryeong Mud Festival

How to get to Boryeong / Daecheon Beach

The nearest airport is Seoul-Incheon, which makes it very available to foreign tourists. many major cities in the world is linked to Seoul by a lot of both legacy airlines and inexpensive carriers.

If you’re coming from Manila, the most affordable option is to fly AirAsia, which provides the lowest year-round fares to Seoul. AirAsia actually shouldered our flights to Seoul in purchase for us to experience the festival. What’s terrific about the AirAsia flight is the time, scheduled to leave daily at 7:10am and arrive at 12:55pm, just in time for the typical hotel check-in time at 2pm (if you’re staying in the capital first).

AIrAsia in-flight meals
Fönsterplats

Incheon airport to Boryeong / Daecheon Beach

Om du åker till Boryeong direkt från flygplatsen måste du gå ombord på flygplatsens järnvägståg till Yongsan Station, där du tar ett Korail -tåg till Boryeong.

För att komma till Yongsan Station, ta flygplatsens järnvägslinje till Gongdeok Station (där du kommer att tända).

Överför till Gyeongui Jungang -linjen, bunden till Yongmun.

Tänd vid Yongmun Station.

På Yongmun Station går ombord på ett Korail -tåg till Daecheon Station.

Incheon Airport till Yongmun Station
Resetid: 63 minuter
Pris: 4150 vann (3,7 USD, 172 PHP)

Yongmun Station till Daecheon Station
Restid: 2 timmar, 40 minuter
Pris: 11 700 vann (10,5 USD, 485 PHP)

Seoul City center to Boryeong / Daecheon Beach

Om Boryeong inte är ditt första stopp i Korea och du kommer från ditt hotell i Seoul, så här.

Med tåg. depending on where you are in the city, take the train/subway/metro to Yongmun Station, where you will board a Korail train to Daecheon Station.

Yongmun Station till Daecheon Station
Restid: 2 timmar, 40 minuter
Pris: 11 700 vann (10,5 USD, 485 PHP)

Med buss. note that travel time varies greatly according to which terminal you’re coming from and how bad traffic is.

Ta dig till Central City Bus Terminal eller Dong Seoul bussterminal och åka bussen till Boryeong bussterminal eller rakt till Daecheon Beach (tillgänglig under festivalen). Resetid: Central City, 2,25 timmar; Dong Seoul, 3,5 timmar. Pris: 10-15 000 vann.

Om du går till Boryeong bussterminal, ta bussen till Daecheon Beach. Resetid: 35 minuter. Frekvens: 1 var tionde minut.

Av byrånsarrangerad gruppturné. another problem-free way to experience the festival is by joining a 1-day group trip that would take you from Seoul directly to Daecheon beach at around 7am and take you back by nightfall. These packaged day trips typically cost somewhere between USD 50-80, depending on the agency and the size of the group.

Day Trip, Overnight or Longer?

It’s time to decide how long you want to stay in Boryeong.

Remember: The Boryeong Mud festival runs for 2 weeks. A lot can happen in 2 weeks, especially during the last weekend of the event. here are the pros and cons.

View of the main activity area from Dunhill Cafe
Day trips are becoming a much more popular choice because accommodation rates in Boryeong at this time of the year are sky high. The problem is, a day isn’t enough to experience all the fun that floods the event. remember that you will leave Seoul in the morning and arrive between 10 to 11am. If you leave at 4pm,you only have 5-6 hours to delight in the muddy party. That’s not enough time, in my opinion because:

The queues are so long, it would eat up much of your time. You’ll be able to try only a few attractions given that you still have a lot of other things to fall in line for (i.e. locker room and shower).

There are activities at night, too! You will miss it if you leave in the middle of the afternoon.

There are a few much more places to visit. Daecheon beach alone is a lengthy stretch.

In my personal opinion, an overnight stay is ideal. Booking a room even just for a night not only gives you much more time to enjoy, it also gives you space to keep your valuables without the hassle and the worry and a private place to clean up and freshen up after all the madness.

Where to stay in Boryeong or Seoul

Summer is top season, and hotel prices are even higher in July when the festival is happening. rooms also tend to be sold out easily. If you decide to spend a night or two in Boryeong, be sure to book in advancement to protected a room.

Things to delight in at Boryeong Mud Festival

Here are some of the activities that you may delight in during the festival.

Mud Games
Mud Wrestling

Mud Slide
Beach Activities

There are also special side events. These may change in the future, but to give you an idea, here are some that they staged in the past.

Opening and closing ceremonies

Street Parade

Foam parties

Korean Air force Black Eagle Show

Character mud mime performance

Waterproof pouch to put your devices in.

Things to bring to Boryeong Mud Festival

Okay, first things first: what to wear. Gamla kläder. Basically, clothes that you wouldn’t cry over ought to they get ruined. You will get really dirty! and I’ve seen some have their t-shirts ripped apart while playing a game.

When it concerns other items, it is essential to bring as little as possible. but here are the bare essentials:

Extra clothes. Something good and clean you can wear after you shower.

Pengar. So you could purchase food and pay for shower, lockers, or food.

Waterproof pouch or bag. Where you can put money and other valuables. For your phone, a see-through waterproof cover is a should if you’re planning on taking your phone with you everywhere.

Solskydd. Make sure your skin is correctly protected.

Cheap lockers are available in one of the buildings (just ask around, everyone knows where it is). However, not only the number very limited, it’s also so crowded all the time. The lockers themselves are also small, there’s only so much you can keep in it. There’s another baggage deposit area but it’s much pricier.

More suggestions for the poor Traveler

Boryeong Mud Festival

Entréavgift. 10,000 KRW (9 USD or 415 PHP) for adults; 8,000 KRW for teens.

Don’t expect too much from the beach. It’s clean, alright, but if you’ve been to tropical white beaches (like those in the Philippines, Thailand or Indonesia), you’ll be very disappointed by the sand here. It’s just not as fine and far from fair (more brown-ish). but you’ll learn to appreciate it when you start taking a dip after being covered with mud all day.

During the festival, the beach is very crowded. väldigt fullt. just managing your expectations.

All activities stop during lunch time. If you want to avoid long queues at restaurants, have early lunch before midday or late lunch past 1:30pm.

If you’re on a day tour, have a meal before going to Daecheon Beach. Food prices within the vicinity of the games are much higher. A meal costs no lower than 15,000 won. best to bring food instead or just dine at a stopover on the way to the city. Others who are short on cash or time choose to just have cupped noodles (from benefit stores) for lunch.

The public locker room closes at 4pm. The sign on the door says that if you fail to fetch the things you deposited before then, you will be able to get them the following morning. DO NOT forget this if you’re on a day tour. (Although during my visit, they still allowed people to get their valuables and it was already past 4.)

Enjoy a panoramic view of the play area and the beach from a cafe (Dunhill Cafe?) on top of one of the buildings.

FREE wi-fi is available, but they’re not that reputable because you’re sharing it with a lot of other visitors. coverage isn’t that wide, either.

Sample Boryeong Itineraries

Below are two sample itineraries: one for a day trip and the other for overnight tour. Both samples assume that you will be coming from Seoul city center. feel totally free to adjust accordingly. have breakfast beforehand.

DAY TOUR
06:00 ETD central City Bus Terminal
09:00 ETA Daecheon Beach, find lockers
09:30 get DIRTY! join mud games.
13:30 Lunch!
14:30 explore Daecheon beach area
05:30 freshen up
16:30 ETD Daecheon Beach
19:30 ETA Seoul

The overnight schedule below requires overnight hotel accommodations.

OVERNIGHT DAY 1
08:00 ETD central City Bus Terminal
11:00 ETA Daecheon Beach
11:30 LUNCH
12:30 hotel check-in if room is ready,Släpp bagage om inte
13:30 Bli smutsig! Gå med i lera spel och aktiviteter.
20:00 middag

Övernattningsdag 2
07:00 Frukost
08:30 Utforska stranden och gå med mycket mer lera spel
11:00 Gå tillbaka till hotellet, fräscha upp, packa saker
12:00 Kolla in, lämna väskor i mottagningen
13:00 lunch

Härifrån kan du välja att fortsätta utforska området och kolla in andra attraktioner i Boryeong. (Bli inte lerig den här gången!) Du kan också välja att bara åka till Seoul.

Boryeong Mud Festival

Budgetuppdelning

Här är en lista över artiklar som turister vanligtvis spenderar på på väg till och på Boryeong Mud Festival.

Om du reser med tåg:
Från Incheon Airport till Yongmun Station – 4150 vann (3,7 USD, 172 PHP)
Från Yongmun Station till Daecheon – 11 700 vann (10,5 USD, 485 PHP)

Om du reser med buss:
Seoul till Daecheon: 10-15 000 vann (9-14 USD, 415-620 PHP)

Om på en byråarrangerad dagstur:
All-in: 50 000-100 000 vann (45-90 USD, 2000-4000 PHP)

Andra utgifter:
Admissionsavgift: 10.000 vann för vuxna, 8000 vann för tonåringar
Skåputhyrning: 2000 vann (2 USD, 90 PHP)

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