Boseong Tea Plantation is South Korea's most extensive tea plantation and the only one that allows tourist visits. In May, Boseong hosts a unique Green Tea Festival that shows various traditional tea events for participants to enjoy. You can go tea leaf-picking, try out your tea-making skills, take part in the ritual to the Tea God, and taste delicious tea-inspired dishes.

Jeju Fire Festival is one of the most well-known festivals in Korea celebrated yearly for over three days in late February and March. The enchanting city of Jeju is set ablaze to pray for and welcome the new year with good health, happiness, and ample harvest. It signifies the ancient ritual of burning old grass to get rid of vermin before resuming the next farming season. It is a unique celebration, and the sight of the hilly city on fire looks dazzling. The main event includes folk dance, torch march, and tribal games and activities.

The Boryeong Mud Festival is one of the events in Korea that draws the most international visitors. The first festival started in 1998 to promote the therapeutic benefits of mineral-rich mud. The festival is celebrated with various activities and adventures that induce delight and excitement for all. Mud wrestling, firework, mudslides, and mud king competition highlight the events. 

Visitors can enjoy swimming in a giant mud bath, mud sliding, or mud wrestling at the festival. After sunset, the party and fireworks start on the beach.

Hwacheon Sancheoneo (Mountain Trout) Ice Festival was designated as a representative festival in Korea by the Ministry of Culture and nominated as one of seven winter wonders of the world by CNN. Hwacheon Sancheoneo (Mountain Trout) Ice Festival is one of the famous winter festivals in Korea. It’s a fun and exciting festival that features ice fishing and other thrilling activities like ice bobbing, sleigh racing, traditional games, and lots and lots of food.

Seollal is the Korean new year and is celebrated on the first day of the Korean calendar. It is one of the most famous Korean festivals delighted by the entire country. The highlight of the holiday is the ritual of ancestor worship; People start their celebration by performing ancestral rites and paying tributes to them.

Traditionally, families gather from all over Korea at the house of their oldest male relative to pay their respects to both ancestors and elders. The locals wear traditional dresses, eat authentic conventional food, play folk games, and listen to folk tales. Everyone greets each other, exchanges wishes and blessings and gifts and sweets.

Andong is well known for its traditional Hahoe village, which has hosted the yearly Mask Dance Festival since 1997. It’s one of the most fantastic and most traditional Korean cultural festivals. The shamanistic festival dates back to the Joseon Dynasty, where ordinary people used theater and mask performances to make fun of people with high power.

Presently, the festival lasts for ten days and is packed with exciting activities, amazing shows, spectacular performances, and festivities all around the city. 

The Muju Firefly Festival celebrates the regions' fireflies at the beginning of September. The festival's main event is firefly-gazing, where everyone walks into the countryside to spot three different species of fireflies that live in that area. People come to catch sight of three unique fireflies, light up the dark skies and see thousands of fireflies in their natural environment.

Besides dazzling views, the festival was set up to promote environmental awareness in Muju, where its fireflies can only survive in a spotless and untouched environment. At the end of the festival, people write a wish on a lantern and set it free; the sky will be filled with lights. As they float away, for wishes to come true, people leave the area with an enlightened vision of life and an unforgettable experience to treasure in their hearts. 

The Goyang Flower Festival is Korea’s most significant international flower exhibition. It takes place each year in Ilsan, a city just outside Seoul. Over 300 companies and organizations from all over the world gather to showcase their flower sculpture, and products made using flowers.

The festival has several indoor and outdoor areas, including unique and rare plants exhibitions, flower sculptures, flower experiences, different performance stages, and other cultural events.

Namiseom Island, part of Gapyeong county, is overlaid in a beautiful natural landscape- named after the famous general Nami buried in the Island way back 17th century. The Island is 63 km away from Seoul in the direction of Chuncheon and is renowned for its lovely tree-lined roads.

Aside from the surreal scenery and historical references, the Island is known for its delicious pan-fried rice cake.

Jeonju is a historic traditional city, formerly capital of the Joseon Dynasty, home to many ancient temples and shrines and a hanok village. The old town is famous for its many hanoks: traditional Korean houses which pay considerable attention to the positioning of the house.

The perfect hanok would feature a mountain in the back and a river out front. They usually utilize a courtyard for retaining heat within the home, especially the floor, since Koreans traditionally sit to eat and entertain.

Hwaseong's magnificent fortress is a true testament to Korea's unique history. King Jeongko built the fortress to honor his father, murdered by his grandfather during 1794 and 1796. It was established to surround the town of Suwan. Since then, the fortress has received many battle scars.

 The complex features an elaborate palace, six kilometers of fortress walls, and various gate towers. Every autumn, the Suwan Hwaseng Cultural Festival features reenactments and other cultural events and exhibits.

Boseong is regarded as the birthplace of the commercial tea industry in the country. It is called as DongguyeojI-Seungnam (meaning ” tea house ” in the Joseon Dynasty). Boseong Green Tea is a unique product produced only in Boseong County, South Jeolla Province, South Korea, and it is famous for its excellent quality.

The stunning, rolling green hills of Boseong Tea Fields are the only fields of their kind open in Korea. There are many walking trails and viewing points where you can take in the beauty of the lush gardens and watch the skilled workers selecting the best tea leaves. 

Seoraksan National Park is a Unesco Biosphere Protection site. Seorak-san (Snowy Peaks Mountain) is the third-highest mountain in South Korea, with its highest peak, Daecheong-bong, with a summit of 5,604 feet. It is one of the most beautiful and iconic parks on the Korean Peninsula.

This majestic natural park has mountains, lakes, waterfalls, streams, and miles of hiking trails that allow you to explore them. The park is known for its biological diversity, as it has over 1,500 different animal species and over 1,000 different kinds of plants. There are also two Buddhist temples inside the park, one known as the "Temple of a Hundred Pools" due to the ponds around it fed by mountain streams.

Jeonju is a historic traditional city, formerly capital of the Joseon Dynasty, home to many ancient temples and shrines and a hanok village. The old town is famous for its many hanoks: traditional Korean houses which pay considerable attention to the positioning of the house.

The perfect hanok would feature a mountain in the back and a river out front. They usually utilize a courtyard for retaining heat within the home, especially the floor, since Koreans traditionally sit to eat and entertain.

The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) border between North and South is one of the tensest borders in recent times. Heavily guarded and mined, the strange area can be visited, but only on an official, guided tour. The official site is about four kilometers wide and is formally known as the JSA or Joint Security Area.

For some visiting the area, the DMZ is the only glimpse of the mysterious and brutal country, North Korea, that they will ever get. Various viewing platforms from the South Korean side look northward toward North Korea. The strip that borders each country was decided at the end of the Korean Wars as part of the Korean Armistice Agreement.

Gyeongju's Bulguksa Temple was originally built in 528 but has endured several renovations and extensions throughout history. The temple is on Mount Toham in Gyeongju, the ancient capital city of Korea. It's officially Historic and Scenic Site Number One as classified by the government. It's a historic city called a "museum without walls" due to all the historical sites and temples. The temple is home to seven of the country's national treasures, sacred pagodas, and statues of the Buddha.

Huwon Secret Garden is a rear garden at the Changdeokgung palace that flows naturally with nature and is used as a place of retreat for the royal members. The garden has also been known as Bukwon, Geumwon, and Biwon. At 78 acres, the garden takes up about sixty percent of the palace grounds. The Huwon Secret Garden is one of the stars of the property of Changdeokgung palace.

This vast garden features many plants, trees, rivers, lotus ponds, pavilions, and sitting areas. Some of the trees on the property are over 300 years old. It was a place where no one but the royal families was permitted to enter without permission.