Tuesday, July 14, 2009

엉또폭포 Eongtto Falls

After coming back from the Seogwipo Forest, I thought we'd make a slight detour and check out the Eongtto Falls. It's not a very popular waterfall, since it is only visible after rainfalls exceeding 70mm, but I thought it might be interesting to see what there was around.

The entrance is marked with a Jeju Olle flag, so you can tell that this is along one of the many Olle routes that are all over Jeju, especially along the coastline.



The falls is surround by orange groves, some which are even starting to sprout some baby oranges. It seems like only yesterday they were all over the place, but it won't be long until they are again.



There was this abandoned house up on the hillside near the walkway towards to falls. Matt and I checked it out and discovered it to be a storage area for orange crates, which will be used to harvest the oranges come Fall.



This is where the falls should be, but there is only a pond and a small river flowing back towards the way we came, through the woods.



Some interesting rock colours along the cliffs and even a noticeable cave, that happened to be flooded with water.



Besides the few fields and cliffs, there really isn't much to see. You can go rock climbing there, but I'd check online to see what requirements there are before just showing up to do some climbing.


The picture at the entrance depicts a huge waterfall, and the area seems very remote and tranquil, unlike most of the other waterfalls on Jeju.

It's such a shame that there needs to be so much rain to see it, but if there was, I think it would probably be my favourite.


I can only hope that we get a big enough storm someday and I'll get to see such a sight.

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