Jaraseom Island자라섬

At a glance

Jaraseom took shape in the Bukhan River after the Cheongpyeong Dam was built in 1943, and lies only about 800 m from Nami Island as the crow flies. Its name comes from a nearby hill said to look like a jara, a soft-shelled turtle, gazing at it. Of its four islets — East, West, Central and South — the west one holds an auto campground, the central one an eco-culture park with a lawn more than 100 m across, and the Ihwawon nature garden sits at the far end of the campground. Jaraseom is best known as the home of the Jarasum International Jazz Festival.

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Jaraseom Island · 4 tours & tickets

1. KlookBegonia Bird Garden, Gapyeong cruise and Nami/Jara day tourA day tour from Seoul with Begonia Bird Garden and a one-way Bukhan River cruise to Nami Island and Jaraseom.Book
2. KKdayBegonia Bird Garden with Jaraseom Flower Festa or Eobi Ice ValleyA seasonal day tour from Seoul: Begonia Bird Garden plus the Jaraseom flower festival in spring and autumn, or Eobi Ice Valley in winter.Book
3. KlookJaraseom & Begonia Bird Garden day tourA day tour from Seoul with several routes; some pair Jaraseom with the Begonia Bird Garden, a Gapyeong cruise or the Gapyeong Rail Bike.Book
4. KKdayBegonia Bird Park, Gapyeong cruise & Nami day tourA 10-hour group day tour from Seoul to the Begonia Bird Garden, a Gapyeong cruise and Nami Island, with a seasonal stop at Jaraseom for its flower displays.Book

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Tips

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  Nami Island is only about 800 m away, and the Klook tour links the two by river cruise.
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  The flower festival is a spring and autumn event; KKday's tour swaps in Eobi Ice Valley in winter.

Nearby

Gapyeong Rail BikePedal a rail bike from Gapyeong over a 30 m-high iron bridge across the Bukhan River to old Gyeonggang Station and back.Skyline ZipwireFly from an 80 m tower at Nami Island's Gapyeong wharf on a gravity-powered zip line, 940 m across the river to Nami Island or 640 m toward Jaraseom.Jade Garden Natural ArboretumA European-style arboretum in the Chuncheon hills with 24 themed gardens, from an English border garden to an Italian garden with water channels.Nami Island (Namiseom)A five-minute ferry hop to a river island of tree-lined lanes, famous from Winter Sonata and golden with ginkgo in late autumn.