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Mt.Hallasan National Park, Jeju is one of the famous sightseeing attractions of Jeju. You would find the Mt.Hallasan National Park, Jeju standing tall in the middle of Jejudo Island. It is also known as Mt.Yeongjusan, which means a mountain, high enough to reach the galaxy.

Mt. Hallasan National Park in Jeju is widely recognized by the scholars for its research values. It came to be known as a National Park in 1970. The whole area with 368 smaller mountains surrounding the main peak of Mt. Hallasan is now a Nature preservation zone. This helps to protect the rare plants and animals that you can find inhabiting the peak. In every season, you would find a different and spectacular view in Hallasan, however the site is renowned for its beauty especially during spring when you can see the azaleas in full bloom.

The unique feature of Mt.Hallasan National Park, Jeju is its climatic variation. Here you would find warm climate and cold climate areas and thus a huge vertical ecosystem of plants. You would find 1,800 varieties of plants, 3,300 species of insects and 4000 varieties of animals in this National Park of Jeju.

To see all these species and to watch the beautiful surrounding, you have to take the well-developed climbing course. In this mountain, you would find a short climbing course. It is less than 10 kilometers in length; therefore it is possible to go to the top of the peak and then come down in one day. However, the weather conditions change quite often in the locality and it is quite windy on the top, therefore before climbing up the mountain, be prepared.

Since this famous mountain and national park is located in the southernmost part of Korea therefore you would find the summit of the mountain ringed with clouds. The peaks are covered with snow during winter and when the first rays of the sun falls on this snowy kingdom, the scenery is really breathtaking!

Another excellent sightseeing attraction of the Mt Hallasan National Park, Jeju is the lake crater. According to the folklores, some benevolent wizards lived on the mountains and used to come to Lake Crater for entertaining themselves by riding on white deer. That is why the lake came to be known as Baekrokdam or Hundred Deer Lake.

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