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South Korea’s highest peak (1,947 m), a volcano crowned by the Baengnokdam crater lake and the heart of Jeju’s UNESCO site.
Official websitewhc.unesco.org→A tuff cone born of an undersea eruption, whose crater rim takes about twenty minutes to reach for the sunrise.
Official websitewhc.unesco.org→UNESCO-listed network of lava tubes that includes Manjanggul Cave; check which sections are open before visiting.
Official websitewhc.unesco.org→Memorial and museum dedicated to the 1948 uprising and the crackdown that followed, a long-silenced chapter of Korean history.
Round-eyed basalt statues in hats that once guarded the town gates and have become the emblem of Jeju.
Free divers organised in village cooperatives, with their own songs and rituals; inscribed on UNESCO’s intangible heritage list in 2016.
Official websiteich.unesco.org→Shamanic rite held in the second lunar month for the wind goddess, praying for calm seas and good harvests; UNESCO intangible heritage.
Every New Year’s Eve, concerts and fireworks fill the night before the year’s first sunrise, watched from the crater.
A flavourful local breed grilled at the table over charcoal and dipped in meljeot, a fermented anchovy sauce.
Abalone rice porridge, tinted green by the abalone’s innards, served in haenyeo restaurants with sea urchin and octopus.
Citrus orchards cover the south of the island; hallabong, known for its bumpy top, is a winter treat.