Marine park · South Chungcheong
Taeanhaean
태안해안국립공원
Beaches, dunes and mudflats along the west coast.
A long, thin park following the Taean peninsula on the Yellow Sea coast, made up of beaches, sand dunes and the tidal flats that go with a coastline where the water withdraws a long way twice a day.
Sinduri's dune field is the largest coastal dune system in the country and protected as a natural monument.
Photograph by Jjw, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for this page.
Getting there from Seoul
Door-to-door estimates for a normal day; they stretch on a holiday weekend. Check the timetable before you rely on a last bus back.
Bus
Express coach from Seoul Central City to Taean, about 2h 30m, then local buses along the coast. Bus 313 serves Sinduri.
Train
No line to the peninsula.
Car
Around two hours. The park is a long thin strip of coastline with 28 separate beaches, so a car changes what you can see.
Wildlife & plants
Animals
The tidal flats are internationally important for migrating shorebirds — spoon-billed sandpiper, great knot and curlew stop here on the flyway. Spotted seals appear offshore in winter.
Trees & flowers
The Sinduri dune system supports plants found almost nowhere else in Korea, including the sand-binding grasses that hold the dunes together. Behind the beaches, old coastal pine groves planted as windbreaks.
Korea’s wildlife is shy and mostly nocturnal — you’re far more likely to see tracks than animals. Wild boar are the one to know about: keep your distance, don’t run, and never get between a sow and her young.
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