Private Tour
Spirited Garden Jeju: Korea’s Only 60-Year Garden
Overview
1 hour
Mobile ticket
• Korea’s only 60-year garden created by a single life’s devotion.
• Recognized by global media, Spirited Garden offers a serene and uncrowded setting to slow down, reflect, and rediscover yourself.
• Enjoy mindful walking through carefully shaped landscapes, and enhance your visit with optional experiences: singing bowl meditation, stone-mill coffee rituals, traditional indigo art, and refined wellness dining.
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Specialized infant seats are available
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Spirited Garden
Welcome to the ticket office of Spirited Garden(생각하는정원). Upon entering, you will have the opportunity to explore one of the Top 10 Gardens in the World. Spirited Garden spans 12,000 pyeong (approximately 40,000 square meters) and features seven themed sub-gardens along with various auxiliary facilities. The garden showcases Korea’s native garden trees and bonsai, as well as unique rock formations and ornamental stones. Each sub-garden includes clear ponds, spacious lawns, and small hills (oreum), surrounded by stone walls, gates, and bridges crafted from volcanic basalt, creating a serene and harmonious atmosphere. The auxiliary facilities are architectural structures made from natural volcanic stone, offering a glimpse into the aesthetic beauty of Jeju's natural landscape and architectural philosophy.
What‘s Included
admission fee information for Spirited Garden
Lunch
Coffee and/or Tea
Options
Spirited Garden Jeju: Korea’s Only 60-Year Garden
Reviews
28 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Touched our souls
281loriw,Mar 12, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Upon entering the gardens, you are filled with a sense of peace and calm. The quiet around you touches your soul as you walk and see the sculptures and bonsai trees. We had a chance to meet Bum-Young Sung, the founder; we found him humble and totally committed to this project.
A Garden of Zen and History
Explorer11701182999,Mar 10, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Fantastic garden! It was nice meeting Bum-Young Sung too. My friends and I had a great time exploring the legendary garden. We took about 2 hours and admission fee is 15,000 won.
Are you interesting place to visit in Korea?
AncalagonTheBlack,Mar 10, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Garden was beautifully laid out with lots of bonsai to look at, starting the statues, rocks, beautiful, pathways, fish, a nice place to have refreshments, with a tower that overlooked the garden so you had a really great view of the property. We met the owner of the property who, at an advanced age, was still working. It was a pleasure to see him and tell him what we thought of it; although he couldn’t understand English. I think he got the idea though. It’s well worth a visit to go to this place if you happen to be on Jeju island
Amazing
daniellehV3846QV,Mar 8, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This is such a beautiful garden, met the founder as well and he was so sweet!
Beautiful and peaceful
AncalagonTheBlack,Feb 22, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00What a lovely place The bonsais were very interesting. Some in flower but most not Grounds laid out well Had the pleasure to meet the creator, Sung, Bum-Young. A fine elderly gentleman still working and caring fir the grounds and bonsai trees There’s a shop there along with a cafe. Also enhancing the visit Definitely a thing to do in Jeju island
Not to be missed
florad523,Feb 21, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00A moment out of time. An afternoon to recharge. The meeting with Sung Bum-young who kindly signed his book for me was the highlight. I highly recommend it.
Cool and silent place to calm your soul and mind good for meditation and for photography each plants seems to be good
Maps08084926176,Jan 28, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The atmosphere was good with good and friendly owners with everyplace to sit looks like an antique wooden structure…..
Most beautiful garden we saw in South Korea and Japan🌳
Lorie M,Dec 26, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We travelled throughout South Korea and Japan for one month and the Spirited Garden was the most beautiful garden we had seen. It is a medium sized garden, not large, but we allowed ourselves to slowly wander and it's beautiful focus on healing and refuge as you walk through it is felt. It's meticulously maintained, has many Jeju Island volcanic rock structures, bridges, archways, gates, world's largest dolharbang, 2 large waterfalls and large koy ponds, bronze swings, so it's also a nice place for children. The garden includes signs with a short description of the technique for growing bonsai trees and his philosophical view to everyday life. A UNESCO world heritage site. The café is a tall round 2 level Jeju volcanic rock building filled with a lot of beautifully crafted wood furniture to allow you to enjoy tea or a single hand ground dripped coffee from the world's top three locations, as well as pottery, jewellery, high quality hats made in Korea and books from the builder and farmer of this garden, Seong Beom-yeong, who was a humble older man who greeted us with the warmest smile and a warm visit. The whole experience for me was touching, and such a lovely memory that I have taken home to Canada with me. I bought my Mom his interesting book for Christmas (he wrote a note in it for her) that has been translated to English about his life story, his story of building this garden and curating bonsai trees while philosophically relating it to life. I look forward to reading the book also. This was our favourite stop on Jeju Island.🌳
Calm experience away from the hustle and bustle of city living
ZhenghaoL2,Dec 25, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Very pretty curated garden. Snowing in winter day after Christmas adds to the charm. Met the founder who still remains healthy and attentive to tourists.
experience at spirited garden
748sheyennel,Dec 16, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00beautiful bonsai plants and the whole landscape was brought together by the founder. it was calming and peaceful, which heals the soul
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