At a glance
| Dates | 30 Oct – 1 Nov 2026Happening now · Theme: Haenam rice. Haenam County's announcement (iNews24, 13 Oct 2026; also CNB News and The Leader) drops the opening ceremony, the township parade and VIP seating this year, so the parade listed in a 1 Sep 2026 Travie Magazine feature will not take place. Hours and prices were not in the announcement; the performers were named in a 21 Oct 2026 report (Asia News Agency). Selected as a 2026 Jeollanam-do representative festival for the fifth year running, in the 'promising' tier with ₩10 million in provincial support. |
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| Hours | Not yet published for 2026 (2025: 10:00–21:00) |
| Admission | Entry was free in 2025, with some hands-on programs charging a fee (festival listing) and food at the halls and stalls paid; 2026 admission and prices have not been published.Entry: Free (2025 prices) |
| Venue | Duryunsan Provincial Park lawn ground전라남도 해남군 삼산면 대흥사길 154 (해남군관광지관리사무소) |
| Nearest station | Gwangju Songjeong Station (KTX), then bus via Gwangju U-Square (광주송정역), Korail Honam high-speed line (KTX from Yongsan)Not walkable; cross Gwangju to U-Square terminal, take a bus to Haenam (1 h 24 m–1 h 48 m), then the 20-minute Daeheungsa bus |
| From Seoul | about 4 h 46 min · BusLeave from Central City Terminal · One-way fare from ₩46,200Full route · Festivals by travel time from Seoul |
| Organizer | Haenam County and the Haenam County Festival Promotion Committee해남군, 해남군축제추진위원회 |
| Usual timing | Three days, Friday to Sunday, around the turn of October and November: 1–3 Nov 2024, 31 Oct–2 Nov 2025 and 30 Oct–1 Nov 2026. Earlier editions ran in November (2–7 Nov 2020 online, 12–14 Nov 2021, and 11–13 Nov 2022 after a one-week postponement). Browse October / November festivals. |
| First held | 2019 |
| Last checked | 29 October 2026Checked against 32 sources · See sources |
What it is like
Minam (味南) means 'taste of the south', and this is Haenam County's yearly showcase of what its farms and coast produce. It has been held since 2019 in Duryunsan Provincial Park in Samsan-myeon, on the lawn ground along the same road that climbs to Daeheungsa Temple, and Jeollanam-do has picked it as one of its ten representative festivals five years running, most recently for 2026.
The format is three days of eating and cooking. In 2025 each of Haenam's 14 towns and townships brought its produce to an opening parade, the county presented its 'Haenam 8 flavours' (해남8미), a set of signature dishes, at a themed table hall, and the theme was kim (laver): a kim pavilion explained how it is made, visitors rolled their own kimbap at a pop-up, and the local fisheries cooperative sold kim at half price. For 2026 the theme is Haenam rice, with a theme pavilion (exhibition, hands-on activities, sales and an online broadcast), a rice-cooking experience and a Haenam cabbage bibimbap event; the county has dropped the opening ceremony, the township parade and the VIP seats, so all seating is open to everyone. Recent editions have also had the 515 Kimchi Mixing, a mass kimchi-tossing session named after the county's 515 villages, a food hall of local restaurants, a snack hall, free bowls of rice-cake soup, rice cakes grilled over firewood and a makgeolli cocktail stand; in 2026 the food and snack halls are run by local businesses and township residents, beside large sales booths for local farm and fisheries produce. The opening day has a trot show (in 2026 after a rice-themed performance) and there is an evening concert; in 2025 chrysanthemum displays, a light tunnel and night lighting zones decorated the park.
The festival grew up during the pandemic: the 2020 edition was mostly online and the 2021 edition was hybrid, with booked, vaccinated-only entry. In 2022 it was postponed by a week after the Itaewon crowd crush and held without its concerts. Visitor numbers rose from about 165,000 in 2022 to about 243,000 in 2025.
The honest caveats: Haenam is far from Seoul (about four and a half hours by direct bus), the last direct bus back leaves in the late afternoon, and the park is another 20 minutes by local bus from Haenam's terminal, so most visitors from Seoul should plan to stay the night. Programs are run in Korean and no English support is documented. Entry was free in 2025 (2026 prices have not been published), but you paid for food and some workshops. Pair the visit with Daeheungsa, a UNESCO-listed mountain monastery just up the road; in 2022 the Duryunsan leaves were expected to peak around the second weekend of November.
Highlights
- Food halls built on Haenam produce: the Haenam Bapsang table of the county's '8 flavours', a Minam Food Hall of local restaurants and a snack hall (2025); in 2026 the food and snack halls are run by local businesses and township residents
- 515 Kimchi Mixing, a mass kimchi-tossing session named after Haenam's 515 villages, with 250 participants in 2025
- Theme pavilion for the year's product: Haenam rice in 2026 (exhibition, hands-on activities, sales and an online broadcast, plus a rice-cooking experience and a Haenam cabbage bibimbap event); kim (laver) in 2025, with a make-your-own kimbap pop-up and a half-price kim sale by the Haenam fisheries cooperative
- Free kim rice-cake soup, rice cakes grilled over firewood and a makgeolli cocktail pavilion (2025)
- A rice-themed opening performance and the Minam Trot celebration show (Kim Yong-bin, Hong Ji-yoon) on Friday 30 October 2026, and the Minam romantic concert (Sungri, Jadoo) on Saturday 31 October; no opening ceremony, township parade or VIP seating this year
- Chrysanthemum displays, a light tunnel and night lighting zones in Duryunsan Provincial Park, on the road to UNESCO-listed Daeheungsa Temple
Who it suits. Best for food-focused travelers who want to taste south-western Korean country cooking (kimchi, kim, sweet potatoes, rice cakes, makgeolli) in one place, and for anyone spending an autumn weekend in Haenam with Daeheungsa Temple; less suited to a day trip from Seoul (about 4.5 hours each way, with only a few direct buses a day) or to visitors who need English-language programs.
Getting there
From Seoul
Direct express buses link Seoul Central City Terminal (Honam Line) and Haenam Bus Terminal in about 4 h 26 m (₩46,200 deluxe, ₩59,800 premium; about five a day from Haenam back to Seoul); Dong Seoul Terminal also has a 5 h 16 m service (₩47,000). By rail, take the KTX from Yongsan to Gwangju Songjeong (about 2 h, ₩42,000 standard), cross Gwangju to U-Square bus terminal, and take a bus to Haenam (1 h 24 m–1 h 48 m, ₩15,000–21,600). From Haenam terminal the local bus to Daeheungsa runs about every 30 minutes and takes about 20 minutes to Duryunsan Provincial Park, where the festival is held.
From Busan
Intercity buses run between Busan Seobu (Sasang) Terminal and Haenam a few times a day: about 3 h 28 m on the premium service (₩49,400) or 4 h 45 m on the regular one (₩34,800); check departure times at the terminal before you travel. Then take the 20-minute Daeheungsa bus to the park.
From Incheon Airport
Since 1 October 2026 Kumho Express runs one direct bus a day each way between Incheon Airport and Haenam: a morning departure from the airport (Terminal 2, then Terminal 1) that reaches Haenam around midday, and an overnight bus back that leaves Haenam just after midnight and reaches the airport before dawn. The departure times were reported in the news but not confirmed from Kumho Express's own timetable, so check them at the airport bus counter or Haenam terminal before you rely on them.
Last leg from Gwangju Songjeong Station (KTX), then bus via Gwangju U-Square
Korail Honam high-speed line (KTX from Yongsan). Not walkable; cross Gwangju to U-Square terminal, take a bus to Haenam (1 h 24 m–1 h 48 m), then the 20-minute Daeheungsa bus
Festival shuttle
No festival shuttle was documented on the pages opened. From Haenam Bus Terminal the Daeheungsa local bus runs about every 30 minutes and takes about 20 minutes (temple guide, undated); check the last bus back at the terminal, or take a taxi.
Getting home
Bus times for the festival dates were not verified. Direct express buses from Haenam to Seoul run only a few times a day and the last one may leave before the evening programs end (the 2025 festival ran to 21:00), so check the last bus to Seoul Central City or Dong Seoul at Haenam terminal before the festival day. To stay later, the usual route is a bus from Haenam to Gwangju U-Square (1 h 24 m–1 h 48 m) and an express bus from there to Seoul; check those last departures at the terminals too. Return times of the local bus from the park were not found, so allow for a taxi back to Haenam terminal. Kumho Express's overnight Incheon Airport bus leaves Haenam just after midnight; check its departure time at Haenam terminal.
Parking
Festival parking was not described on the pages opened; the Daeheungsa temple car park on the same road is paid.
How to switch Naver Map and Kakao Map to English
Google Maps shows train, subway and bus routes in Korea but not walking or driving directions yet, so for the walk from the station Naver Map or Kakao Map is more reliable.
Before you go
1330 · Travel hotline
The Korea Tourism Organization’s helpline answers in English, Japanese and Chinese around the clock, and in several other languages from 08:00 to 19:00. Dial 1330 from a Korean phone, or +82-2-1330 from a phone registered abroad.
112 / 119 · Emergencies
112 for police, 119 for fire and ambulance. Both are free from any phone. Police on 112 can add an English or Chinese interpreter to the call.
T-money card
Buy one at a convenience store such as GS25, CU or 7-Eleven and top it up there with cash. It pays for subways and buses in most cities, and for most taxis.
Maps
Use Naver Map or Kakao Map for walking and bus directions; Google Maps does not yet give walking directions in Korea. Both apps can be switched to English. Naver Map: Menu (≡) → Settings → Language (Japanese and Chinese also available). Kakao Map: Menu (≡) → Settings → App settings → Language. If the option is missing, change your phone’s language and reopen the app. Small shop names and some reviews stay in Korean.
Trains and buses
Book trains on Korail’s English site and express buses on Kobus. Holiday weekends sell out first.
Checked 18 October 2026.
Tickets, prices and practical details
| Item | Price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Entry | Free | Some programs paid (festival listing) |
| Haenam kim (laver) sale | — | Sold at half price by the Haenam fisheries cooperative during the festival |
- Booking
- No ticket was needed to enter in 2025, and this year there are no VIP seats: seating is open to everyone. Whether any 2026 workshops take advance bookings has not been published; the festival website is haenamminam.com and the inquiry line is 061-530-5158.
- English on site
- No English-language programs, signage or interpretation are documented; stage shows and workshops are run in Korean.
- Crowds
- Busy: about 243,000 visitors over three days in 2025 (about 165,000 in 2022), and the 2025 first day was reported as crowded.
- Best time to go
- Arrive late morning to eat at the food halls before lunchtime queues, and stay into the evening if you can: the opening day, Friday 30 October, has the Minam Trot show in the evening and Saturday 31 October the romantic concert (in 2025 the park also had lit chrysanthemum and lighting zones after dark).
- What to bring
- A warm layer for the evening in the mountain park, comfortable shoes, an appetite, and a bag for kimchi, kim or produce you buy.
2026 program
- Fri 30 Oct (opening day)an opening event with a theme performance on the rice harvest, then in the evening the Minam Trot celebration show with Kim Yong-bin and Hong Ji-yoon (times not published)
- Sat 31 OctMinam romantic concert with Sungri and Jadoo (time not published)
- Haenam rice theme pavilionexhibition, hands-on activities, sales and an online broadcast
- Food hall and snack hall run by local businesses and township residents; large sales booths for Haenam farm and fisheries produce
- Haenam cabbage bibimbap event and a rice-cooking experience
Theme: Haenam rice. Haenam County's announcement (iNews24, 13 Oct 2026; also CNB News and The Leader) drops the opening ceremony, the township parade and VIP seating this year, so the parade listed in a 1 Sep 2026 Travie Magazine feature will not take place. Hours and prices were not in the announcement; the performers were named in a 21 Oct 2026 report (Asia News Agency). Selected as a 2026 Jeollanam-do representative festival for the fifth year running, in the 'promising' tier with ₩10 million in provincial support.
Editions
| Year | Dates | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Probably a Friday-to-Sunday weekend around the turn of October and November 2027, following 1–3 Nov 2024, 31 Oct–2 Nov 2025 and 30 Oct–1 Nov 2026; nothing announced as of 21 October 2026. | expected | The festival has been held in Duryunsan Provincial Park every year since 2019. |
| 2026 | 30 Oct – 1 Nov 2026 | confirmed | Duryunsan Provincial Park area, Samsan-myeon. No VIP seats this year: seating is open to everyone. |
| 2025 | 31 Oct – 2 Nov 2025 | ended | Lawn ground of Duryunsan Provincial Park, Samsan-myeon. |
| 2024 | 1–3 Nov 2024 | ended | Duryunsan Provincial Park area. |
| 2022 | 11–13 Nov 2022 | ended | Duryunsan Provincial Park area. |
| 2021 | 12–14 Nov 2021 | ended | Duryunsan Provincial Park area. |
| 2020 | 2–7 Nov 2020 | ended | Held across Haenam County, mostly online. |
Before or after the festival
Places you can fit in before or after the festival without missing the shuttle or the last train or bus back.
A 1.6 km cable car from the park's facilities area to an upper station just below Gogyebong peak (635 m), where an observation deck looks over the island-dotted southern sea, on clear days as far as Hallasan on Jeju; the ride takes about 8 minutes. It runs 09:00–18:00 from April to November, all week, but stops in strong wind, so go up in the morning or mid-afternoon between festival meals. Check the fare at the ticket office: online tickets must be bought a day ahead.
Getting there: Lower station in the park's facilities area before Daeheungsa (Daeheungsa-gil 88-45), on the festival road: on foot or a short taxi ride
A Buddhist mountain monastery at the head of the Duryunsan valley, said to date from the Baekje period, the headquarters of the monk army in the Imjin War, and one of the 'Sansa' mountain monasteries on UNESCO's World Heritage list since 2018. Entry is free, but general visitors may not enter after 19:00, so walk up in daylight, before the evening shows. Its Iljiam hermitage, home of the monk Choui and regarded as a cradle of Korean tea culture, is a further climb above.
Getting there: Up the same valley road on foot (Daeheungsa-gil 400; the festival is at no. 154); free
- Getting awayAfter
The park is about 20 minutes by local bus from Haenam Bus Terminal, and the last local bus back was not verified: check it when you arrive, or plan on a taxi. Direct buses to Seoul are few and may leave before the evening shows end; the later route is a bus to Gwangju U-Square and an express bus on to Seoul. Check both last departures at Haenam terminal before the evening.
Questions travelers ask
When is the Haenam Minam Festival 2026?
Friday 30 October to Sunday 1 November 2026 in Duryunsan Provincial Park, Samsan-myeon, as announced by Haenam County (reported 12–13 October 2026). Daily hours have not been published yet (2025: 10:00–21:00), so check haenamminam.com or call 061-530-5158 before travelling.
Is the Haenam Minam Festival free?
Entry was free in 2025, with some hands-on programs paid and food at the halls and stalls paid. Admission and prices for 2026 have not been published yet.
What food can I try?
Dishes built on Haenam produce: the county's '8 flavours' table, local restaurants at the Minam Food Hall, snacks, kim rice-cake soup, firewood-grilled rice cakes, kimchi from the 515 Kimchi Mixing, makgeolli cocktails and make-your-own kimbap (2025 program). With Haenam rice as the 2026 theme, this year adds a rice-cooking experience and a Haenam cabbage bibimbap event.
How do I get to the festival from Seoul?
Take a direct express bus from Seoul Central City Terminal to Haenam (about 4 h 26 m, ₩46,200 deluxe), then the Daeheungsa local bus (about 20 minutes, roughly every 30 minutes). Or take the KTX to Gwangju Songjeong (about 2 h) and a bus from Gwangju U-Square to Haenam (1 h 24 m–1 h 48 m).
What are the opening hours?
The 2026 hours have not been published. In 2025 the festival ran 10:00–21:00 and the opening ceremony started at 16:30 on the first day; in 2026 there is no opening ceremony, and the first day has a rice-themed performance followed by the Minam Trot show.
What is the last bus back to Seoul?
Check it at Haenam Bus Terminal before the festival day: bus times for the festival dates were not verified, and direct buses to Seoul Central City run only a few times a day, possibly before the evening programs end. Later in the evening, the usual route is a bus to Gwangju U-Square (1 h 24 m–1 h 48 m) and an express bus from there to Seoul.
Can I visit Daeheungsa Temple at the same time?
Yes. Daeheungsa, a mountain monastery on UNESCO's World Heritage list since 2018, is on the same road as the festival grounds. Entry is free, it is closed to general visitors after 19:00, and its car park is paid.
Sources and verification
Facts checked
29 October 2026, against the sources listed below.
This page is desk research from the sources below, not a firsthand report of the 2026 edition. Confidence in the current facts: medium.
- iNews24 2026-10-13 — 2026 해남미남축제, '의전 없는 군민 중심 축제'로 대변신news — Haenam County announcement: 2026 edition 30 Oct–1 Nov at Duryunsan Provincial Park, Samsan-myeon; theme Haenam rice (pavilion: exhibition, hands-on, sales, online broadcast); opening-day rice performance and Minam Trot show; evening romantic concert; food and snack halls; produce sales booths; cabbage bibimbap event; rice-cooking experience; no opening ceremony, township parade or VIP seats
- CNB News 2026-10-12 — "기념식도, 의전도 없다" 해남미남축제 군민 중심 축제로 운영news — Same Haenam County announcement as iNews24: the 2026 festival is run around residents, without an opening ceremony or VIP protocol
- Web Economy 2026-10-12 — "기념식도, 의전도 없다" 해남미남축제 군민 중심 축제로 운영news — Same Haenam County announcement as iNews24: the 2026 festival is run around residents, without an opening ceremony or VIP protocol
- The Leader 2026-10-13 — 2026 해남미남축제, 두륜산도립공원서 개최news — Same Haenam County announcement as iNews24: 2026 edition at Duryunsan Provincial Park
- Travie Magazine on Brunch — 올가을 해남 여행, 꼭 가봐야 할 5곳 (1 Sep 2026, production support from Haenam County)news — Published before the county announcement: 2026 edition 30 Oct–1 Nov at Duryunsan Provincial Park; its programme (parade, communal food performance, theme pavilion, nostalgic grill zone; produce from 14 towns and townships and the 'Haenam 8 flavours') was superseded by the county's October plan, which has no parade
- 여기유 festival listing — 해남미남(味南)축제 (appears to mirror KTO TourAPI data)other — 2025 dates 31 Oct (Fri)–2 Nov (Sun), hours 10:00–21:00, free with some paid programs, venue 도립공원 잔디구장, address 대흥사길 154, coordinates 34.4976/126.6168, phone 061-530-5158, homepage haenamminam.com, hosts 해남군/해남군축제추진위원회, 2025 program names
- Herald Economy 2026-01-21 — 해남미남축제, 전라남도 대표축제 5년 연속 선정news — 2026 Jeollanam-do representative festival for the 5th year running; 10 festivals chosen from 22 counties and cities; held at Duryunsan Provincial Park since 2019; 2025 theme kim; about 243,000 visitors in 2025
- Kukinews 2026-01-14 — 2026 전남 대표축제 선정news — Haenam Minam Festival among six 'promising' festivals, ₩10 million support each (best ₩50 million, excellent ₩30 million)
- G.Economy 2025-11-01 — 해남산 특산물 총출동! 입이 먼저 웃는 '미남잔치' 개막news — 2025 run 31 Oct–2 Nov at Duryunsan Provincial Park; parade of 14 towns and townships; 8 flavours proclamation; trot show line-up; 1 Nov concert (Standing Egg, Bioh); food, snack and kim halls; kimbap pop-up; 515 Kimchi Mixing with 250 participants; half-price kim sale; chrysanthemum and light zones
- Fanmaum community post (22 Oct 2025) — 2025 해남미남(味南)축제blog — 2025 opening ceremony Friday 31 October from 16:30 at the main venue, with the Minam Trot celebration show
- Metro Seoul 2024-10-30 — 해남군 김치 직거래 기사 (해남미남축제 예고)news — 2024 festival 1–3 Nov at Duryunsan Provincial Park; kimchi-mixing experience, kimchi sales, salted cabbage orders
- The Fact 2022-10-31 — 해남군, 제4회 해남 미남축제 일주일 연기, 오는 11월 11~13일 개최news — 4th edition planned from 4 Nov 2022, postponed one week to 11–13 Nov; national mourning period to 5 Nov; large celebration shows cancelled
- The Fact (Nov 2022) — 가을빛 물든 제4회 해남 미남축제에서 힐링하세요news — 15 varieties and about 85,000 chrysanthemum pieces, 9 m dinosaur and 11 m Ttangkkeut tower sculptures, LED lighting; Duryunsan foliage expected to peak around the second weekend of November
- The Fact (Nov 2022) — 제4회 해남 미남축제, 축제의 기준 만들었다…16만5000명 찾아 성황news — About 165,000 visitors in 2022, no safety accidents; 515 Kimchi Mixing, 2,022 portions of rice-cake soup, food and snack halls, hands-on programs
- Wikitree 2021-10-14 — 해남미남축제 11월 12~14일 두륜산 도립공원news — 3rd edition 12–14 Nov 2021, hybrid format, booked and vaccinated-only entry, theme, program list
- Lady Kyunghyang 2020-11-08 — 늦가을 축제가 '안방'을 찾아갑니다news — 2nd edition 2–7 Nov 2020 (six days), largely online; Minam Food Show streamed from a studio in Duryunsan Provincial Park on 6–7 Nov
- Haenam → Seoul Central City express bus timetable (third-party mirror of the MOLIT/data.go.kr national timetable feed, page last modified 2026-10-12)other — Haenam terminal routes and journey times: to Gwangju U-Square 26 a day, 1 h 24 m–1 h 48 m; direct buses to Dong Seoul (5 h 16 m) and Busan Seobu; Incheon Airport overnight bus (clock times not used: not valid for the festival dates)
- Haenam Bus Terminal express and intercity departures (third-party mirror of the MOLIT/data.go.kr national timetable feed, page last modified 2026-10-12)other — Haenam terminal routes and journey times: to Gwangju U-Square 26 a day, 1 h 24 m–1 h 48 m; direct buses to Dong Seoul (5 h 16 m) and Busan Seobu; Incheon Airport overnight bus (clock times not used: not valid for the festival dates)
- MTN 2026-09-22 — 해남서 인천공항까지 한 번에…심야 직행버스 개통news — Kumho Express Haenam–Incheon Airport route from 1 Oct 2026, one round trip a day: morning bus from the airport, overnight bus from Haenam (clock times not used: news report, not the operator's timetable)
- Gwangju U-Square → Seoul Central City express bus timetable (third-party mirror of the MOLIT/data.go.kr national timetable feed, page last modified 2026-10-07)other — Haenam terminal routes and journey times: to Gwangju U-Square 26 a day, 1 h 24 m–1 h 48 m; direct buses to Dong Seoul (5 h 16 m) and Busan Seobu; Incheon Airport overnight bus (clock times not used: not valid for the festival dates)
- Gwangju Songjeong → Yongsan train timetable, 16–19 Oct 2026 (third-party mirror of the MOLIT/data.go.kr national timetable feed, page last modified 2026-10-16)other — Haenam terminal routes and journey times: to Gwangju U-Square 26 a day, 1 h 24 m–1 h 48 m; direct buses to Dong Seoul (5 h 16 m) and Busan Seobu; Incheon Airport overnight bus (clock times not used: not valid for the festival dates)
- Hankyung: 9월 1일부터 서울~부산 KTX 5만4400원…운임 평균 10% 인하 (31 Aug 2026)news — KTX and SRT run as KTX from 1 Sep; former SRT trainsets renamed KTX-Sancheon; Seoul–Busan ₩59,800→₩54,400, Yongsan–Gwangju Songjeong ₩46,800→₩42,000; Suseo seats +30%; booking unified in Korail+
- Korail press release: 코레일-에스알 9월 1일 하나로…안전 최우선, 더 편리한 고속철도의 시작 (31 Aug 2026)official — Integration and integrated running from 1 Sep 2026; KTX and SRT merged into KTX; average KTX fare cut about 10%; Suseo-axis seats up about 30%; 5% mileage; Korail+ app (Korail Talk + SRT app) launched 3 Aug
- Korail — 열차운임/시간표 (official timetable and fare downloads)official — Index of current Korail timetables and fares: KTX timetables of 15 May 2026 and 1 Nov 2026; 'KTX 운임표(2026. 9. 1. 기준)' as the current KTX fare table
- Korean Temple Guide — Daeheungsa Temple (해남 대흥사)blog — Bus from Haenam Intercity Bus Terminal to Daeheungsa every 30 minutes from 06:50 to 19:40, about 20 minutes; approach from the Duryunsan Provincial Park entrance
- 여기유 listing — 해남 대흥사 (UNESCO World Heritage)other — Address 대흥사길 400; free entry; no general entry after 19:00; paid car park; UNESCO 'Sansa' listing 2018; Baekje-era founding legend, Imjin War monk-army headquarters, Choui and Iljiam tea culture
- MTN News (22 Sep 2026): 해남서 인천공항까지 한 번에…심야 직행버스 개통news — Kumho Express Haenam–Incheon Airport route from 1 Oct 2026, one round trip a day: morning bus from the airport, overnight bus from Haenam (clock times not used: news report, not the operator's timetable)
- KTO tourist data — 대흥사 (ktriptips mirror, contentId 126373)kto — Founded, by tradition, in the Baekje period; UNESCO World Heritage 2018 as part of 'Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea'; free entry; Daeheungsa-gil 400; homepage daeheungsa.co.kr (listing updated 2 Oct 2026)
- 여기유 listing — 두륜산케이블카 (appears to mirror KTO TourAPI data)other — 1.6 km line, about 8 minutes at 3.8 m/s; Daeheungsa-gil 88-45, Samsan-myeon; hours vary with the weather; homepage haenamcablecar.com
- WAUG — 전남 해남 두륜산 케이블카 왕복권 (ticket listing, valid to 31 Dec 2026)other — Hours April–November 09:00–18:00, December–March 09:00–17:00, open all year, may stop in strong wind; upper station at Gogyebong (635 m) with an observation deck over the southern islands, Jeju visible on clear days; online tickets must be bought at least a day ahead; phone 061-534-8992
- Sports Kyunghyang 2008-09-02 — 해남 두륜산, 한라산이 잡힐듯…절경 품은 땅끝 전망대news — Cable car 1.6 km, 8 minutes, to just below the Gogyebong summit; observation deck beside the summit with views to Hallasan; lower station in the facilities area before Daeheungsa
- Asia News Agency 2026-10-21 — 2026 해남미남축제 '해남의 맛과 멋, 미남이 돌아왔다'news — 30 Oct–1 Nov 2026, Duryunsan Provincial Park, Samsan-myeon; opening event on the first day with a theme performance on the rice harvest; 30 Oct evening Minam Trot show with Kim Yong-bin and Hong Ji-yoon; 31 Oct romantic concert with Sungri and Jadoo; no times, prices, shuttle or parking
What we could not confirm
- 2026 hours, daily programme and show times and any admission or hands-on program prices were not in Haenam County's announcement as reported on 12–13 Oct 2026 or in the 21 Oct 2026 report; the county's own press release and haenamminam.com were not opened.
- No festival shuttle or parking information was found for any edition.
- Seoul → Haenam departure times were not read (the reverse-direction page was not reachable); the 4 h 26 m journey and fares are from the Haenam → Seoul timetable on a third-party mirror of the national timetable feed.
- The Daeheungsa local bus frequency is from an undated temple guide; return times from the park and the taxi time and fare to Haenam terminal were not verified.
- 2019 and 2023 edition dates and the edition numbering for 2023–2026 were not verified (2020 was the 2nd, 2021 the 3rd, 2022 the 4th).
- Japanese and Chinese names not verified; no KTO contentId found (the festival is not in the site's TourAPI snapshot of 18 Oct 2026).
- A new KTX timetable starts on 1 Nov 2026, the festival's last day; Gwangju Songjeong train times were not verified for the festival dates.
- Last bus back on the festival date under the timetable in force that day (Haenam to Seoul Central City and Dong Seoul, Haenam to Gwangju U-Square and onward to Seoul), and the last Daeheungsa local bus back to Haenam terminal.
- Duryunsan Cable Car fare and last ride time were not found (hours from a ticket reseller listing, not the operator); the walking time from the festival lawn to the cable-car station and to Daeheungsa was not verified.
- Kumho Express Incheon Airport–Haenam departure times: only a news report (MTN, 22 Sep 2026) was found; confirm from Kumho Express's timetable for the festival dates before putting clock times back on the page.
Changes: 2026-10-18 — Added to the site: fact-first record (dates, hours, prices, getting there, sources). · 2026-10-18 — Added a photograph from the Korea Tourism Organization (Korea Tourism Content Lab), KOGL Type 1. · 2026-10-21 — 2026 dates confirmed: 30 October–1 November 2026 at Duryunsan Provincial Park, announced by Haenam County (iNews24, 13 Oct 2026). Theme Haenam rice; no opening ceremony, township parade or VIP seating, so the parade listed from a magazine feature was removed. 2026 hours and prices not yet published. · 2026-10-21 — Transport: removed the express- and intercity-bus clock times taken from a third-party timetable mirror, which could not be verified for the festival dates, and added advice to check last buses at Haenam terminal; the Incheon Airport bus times were confirmed against MTN News (22 Sep 2026). · 2026-10-27 — Nearby rewritten as 'Before or after the festival' (shuttle and last-train fit); transport: added how to leave the mountain park (local bus or taxi to Haenam terminal, last buses to Seoul or via Gwangju); Incheon Airport bus times kept from the 1 Oct 2026 route timetable (MTN News); prices: no change (2026 prices not yet published). · 2026-10-29 — Rechecked before the 2026 edition: 2026 performers added (Minam Trot show with Kim Yong-bin and Hong Ji-yoon on Friday 30 October; romantic concert with Sungri and Jadoo on Saturday 31 October); hours and prices still unpublished; removed the Incheon Airport bus clock times, which rested on a news report rather than Kumho Express's timetable.
