Cheonjiyeon, meaning "God’s pond," derives its name from the legend of the seven fairies serving the King of Heaven came down to the pond on stairs of cloud and bathed in its clean waters.
Apart from the wild Dampalsu trees, designated as natural monument No. 163, the wooded area also contains a great variety of rare plants such as brambles, Songyeopnan as well as Gusiljappam trees, Sanyuja trees (Chinese lemon trees), and camellias which are all specified as natural monument No. 379. Take a walk along the subtropical path towards the Cheonjiyeon Falls for a kilometer and you will be able to hear the magnificent sound of waterfalls.
The waterfall is 22m high, 12m wide and 20m in depth. The clear and deep water of Cheonjiyeon Falls is designated as natural monument No. 27 and is renowned as a habitat for Mutae eels (natural monument No. 258). Also, the annual Seven Fairies Festival is held every May.
It has night light facilities so you can have a date there. The place closes at 10pm from November to April, 11pm from May to October. Every year Seogwipo walking festival opened from this point. You can see a amazing stone called face of chunjiyeon because it looks like a human face especially at noon. Also, you can see a fossil whose kind is a shellfish and a fish whose kind is eels.
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