Time for tea in South Korea. The most beautiful and famous tea-fields in Korea can be found at Boseong Tea Plantation in the Jeollanam-do region, near Suncheon and Gwangju (although Jeju Island is also known for its green tea plantations too).
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We stayed in Suncheon in summer 2025 and visited the Daehan Dawon green tea plantation (located next door to the Boseong Korean Tea Museum 한국차박물관). Nearly half of South Korea green tea is harvested in this area so it is a must visit (especially if you are a tea drinker)!
Daehan Dawon has lush green tea fields which you can explore – hike to the top for coastal views or enjoy green tea ice-cream in the cafe overlooking the tea plantation.
From cherry blossom trails to bamboo forests, waterfalls to wonderful panoramic views, here is our guide to the Daehan Dawon / Boseong Tea Plantations.
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How to get to Boseong Tea Plantation 보성녹차밭 / Daehan Dawon
Boseong tea fields are located a short drive away from Boseong town where the train station and intercity bus station are located. You can take a local bus or taxi from Boseong town to the tea fields.
To get to Boseong town, we took a 1 hour train from Suncheon Station to Boseong Station. Our one way train tickets from Suncheon to Boseong cost 3,400 Won.
Please note there are only four scheduled train journeys per day between Boseong and Suncheon. We reached the tea fields around 11.30am so it made sense for us to take an intercity bus back to Suncheon, rather than wait until 5pm for the next train.
Train times between Suncheon and Boseong (you can also reach Boseong easily from Gwangju and Mokpo).
| Suncheon train station to Boseong train station (spring 2025) | 6.09am, 9.32am, 1.38pm, 6.44pm |
| Boseong train station to Suncheon train station (spring 2025) | 7.10am, 11.52am, 5.00pm, 9.18pm |
You can check all the Boseong to Suncheon intercity bus times on Google Maps or Naver – there are around 11 journeys every day.
The Boseong intercity bus station (map) is located a short walk away from Boseong train station, and has more scheduled departures throughout the day.
We walked to the bus station as soon as we arrived in Boseong to purchase our bus tickets back to Suncheon (to guarantee a seat). However we didn’t really need to because a) the ticket had no specified time on it, you could take any bus back, and b) the bus was mostly empty when we boarded.
We then used Naver to locate the nearest bus stop to board a local bus to take us to the tea fields. There is one bus stop directly in front of Boseong station, and another a few minutes walk away.
Please note the local buses are not so frequent, so if a bus is not available for a while, you can take a taxi.
When we tried to leave the tea fields to get back to town, the scheduled local bus did not arrive, so we shared a taxi back with another couple who were also waiting. We tried using the Uber app but were unsuccessful in securing a booking, however with the Kakao T app we were able book a taxi easily.
There is also accommodation available nearby at both Boseong Green Tea Resort and Golmangtae Pension.
Make sure you have a T-Money card to pay for your local buses in Boseong plus we found using Naver Maps indispensable here.
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Daehan Dawon Tea Plantation – 2025 admission costs and opening hours
We visited Daehan Dawon in May 2025. Admission tickets to Daehan Dawon are 4,000 Korean Won per adult, 3,000 for youth / students and free for the elderly and children 6 and under.
Tickets can be purchased from a vending machine or from a ticket desk.
Daehan Dawon Tea Plantation is open 7 days a week from 9am and closes at 6pm March to September and at 5pm the remainder of the year.
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Boseong Tours
Hopefully this guide will allow you to visit Boseong ‘s beautiful tea plantations and Daehan Dawon by yourself but if you are short on time or don’t fancy all that public transport, try these Boseong tours:
Boseong Green Tea Plantation and Suncheon Bay 1 day private tour from Seoul/Busan >
Green Tea Tour in Boseong and Gangjin – day tour from Gwangju with Klook or Viator
Boseong Tea Plantation and Suncheon National Garden tour departing from Busan >
History of Boseong / Korean Green Tea
Boseong is Korea’s largest green tea producing area, accounting for almost half of Korea’s green tea – we’ll raise a tea cup to that!
Tea has been grown in Boseong for over 1,500 years and local soil and climate (over 1,500mm of rain every year) make it the perfect place to grow and harvest tea leaves.
Dahean Tea Garden / Daehan Dawon is the largest tea garden in Korea and opened in 1939 (although it suffered much damage during the Korean War).
It has also featured in many movies and K-Dramas including ‘Gift’, ‘Mokpo is the Harbor’ and ‘Summer Scent’.
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Visiting the tea fields
The Boseong Green Tea fields are located here >
If you are getting the local bus from Boseong town to the tea fields, make sure you take the correct path up to the tea fields (it is located to the left of the big car park). We followed some other tourists instead of checking our Google Maps and ended up at the Tea Museum by mistake!
Once you have your 4,000 Won Boseong Green tea plantation ticket, you have a choice of what to do first.
Incidentally, we got an English paper map from the entrance kiosk and it was super useful navigating the site, especially the waterfall and pavilion area.
Bamboo Forest
As you enter the main gate, the first thing you see signposted is a bamboo forest – this is a photo spot and walk through a small bamboo forest – it is OK but nothing on the scale of Juknokwon (Bamboo Garden 죽녹원).
Gift shops and Dawon ShimTe tea room
Stay on the main path and walk through the woods to fountain square.
From here, you can visit the onsite gift shops first (where you can buy packets of Daehan Dawon tea to take home) or enjoy some green tea and tea flavoured ice cream.
The ice cream is soft serve so it melts so quickly on hot days – get your Instagram picture super fast then just enjoy it!
We went for a green tea ice cream (4,000 Won) and a green tea latte iced (4,800 Won) – both were good, heightened by the view of the tea-fields as we enjoyed them outside on the terrace.
This area is also your first and only toilet-stop – so you might want to visit before doing an extensive tour of the plantation (especially if you’ve had a few cups of tea)!
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Daehan Tea Plantation
Obviously the star of the show is the picturesque tea-fields themselves – please note there are lots of steps involved after the cafe and gift shop area so it may not be suitable for all ages and abilities.
A gorgeous green vista, exploring the Boseong tea plantation has to be one of our favorites things to do near Suncheon. Even with a few other tourists around, it is a peaceful place to explore with lots of excellent photo opportunities.
This is especially true of the Central Observatory photo spot at the top of the main central stairway that snakes directly through the tea-fields.
During spring in Korea, there is a cherry blossom trail at Boseong tea plantation that blooms into life (we visited in May 2025 so there was no blossom).
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Ocean Observatory
After taking many photos on the lower levels, we did the short but steep hike up to the Ocean Observatory. Sadly, we visited on a misty day so did not see the ocean ourselves but we are assured it is there!
From the ocean observatory, we decided to go back a different way via the Azalea forest and Sun Tree trails to visit the waterfalls – we actually wouldn’t recommend it as the path was very wet, slippery and potentially quite dangerous.
The waterfall wasn’t really spectacular so you are probably best going back via the tea-field plantation itself than the forest trail.
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Boseong Tea Plantation 보성녹차밭 final thoughts
With a really low admission cost (4,000 Won) and lots of tea plantation walks and incredible views, we really enjoyed our trip to the Boseong tea plantation.
Although the trip from Suncheon takes around two hours (unless you get a taxi), it is a nice place to escape the hustle and bustle of city life plus enjoy green tea at the source, looking at the tea plants.
Very beautiful to look at, when we return next time, we would like to spend a night at the nearby Boseong Resort, so we explore at ease and not have to worry about rushing to catch public transport back.
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Other things to do nearby
Boseong 보성군
If you are arriving by train or bus, your first port of call will likely be Boseong itself.
It is a small market town with bustling stalls, local farmers, the odd cafe and convenience store and occasional tea plantation tourist.
Browse the local farmers market which is a hotchpotch of stalls, fresh ingredients and the odd errant moped.
Boseong Korean Tea Museum 한국차박물관
If you have time, you can also pay a visit to the Boseong Korean Tea Museum 한국차박물관 which is next door to Daehan Dawon. It has a small admission fee and the exhibits are a little bit dated (some would say ‘ancient’) but it is a nice place to try tea and the staff are very friendly.
Behind the Korean Tea Museum, you can see more tea-fields and the views around here are very nice.
As you approach the tea museum, you’ll walk through gardens plus go past a square full of cafes, tea shops and slightly tacky souvenir shops. There is also an ‘interesting’ ornamental teapot statue too!
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