We’d skipped breakfast this morning, so the kids were getting pretty hungry by mid-morning, and the boy asked for McDonald’s – just to continue that family tradition of always eating at McDonald’s once on every vacation we take haha. Mr. Lee brought us to a McDonald’s restaurant that was just a 1-minute drive from the entrance of Cheonjeyeon Waterfalls, where we tucked in for an early lunch.
The daughter was quipping, why are we visiting so many waterfalls this trip. We actually even got the Cheonjeyeon Waterfalls mixed up with Cheonjiyeon Waterfall that we’d visited yesterday – but notice the difference of that single letter ‘e’ and ‘i’ in the name. Cheonjeyeon is unlike Cheonjiyeon or Jeongbang Falls that we’d checked out on Day 01: Cheonjeyeon actually consists of three waterfalls, and is located within a forested valley. There seem to be two possible routes one can take, and it depends on where you’re visiting the valley from. We entered from the northern entrance, so the suggested route to take was to visit the upper falls before continuing along paths and bridges deeper into the gorge.
Each of the three waterfalls has a slightly different appearance and setting. The first waterfall is a little short and wide, but there was no water falling to speak of: it only comes after heavy rainfall. The second falls is the famous one and, set beside the waters of the turquoise pond, looked incredible. Getting to the first two falls, which are near each other, is pretty quick. The third waterfall though is accessible through a much longer walk, and from what we read, most visitors didn’t feel that the walk was worth it. So we skipped visiting the last fall, and headed to Seonimgyo Bridge, which crosses the valley above the water.
We stayed in this area for about an hour, then hopped back into the car to head to our next spot: Yongmeori Coast!