Our own trip, not sponsored. Daegeumgul booking rules and fares are from the official Daegeumgul website, the visit duration from Samcheok City's tourism site, the guesthouse rental fees from the notice we got when booking (August 2026), Galnam Port's address from Gangwon State tourism information, burger prices from the restaurant's notice (at our visit), and the locations of all five places from Naver Place, checked on October 6, 2026. The character illustrations are GPT-generated images.
Samcheok to Yangyang: A 3-Day East Coast Korea Itinerary — Daegeumgul Cave, a Galnam Port Guesthouse, Laguna Beach & Burger World (5 Families, 19 People, August 2026)
Our 3-day East Coast trip map 🗺
From Friday, August 28 to Sunday, August 30, 2026,
five families — 19 of us —
spent three days and two nights
on Korea’s east coast.
In front of the Daegeumgul marker stone, 10:53 am on day one
👪 5 families, 19 people
(9 adults · 10 elementary schoolers)
① Aug 28 morning: Daegeumgul Cave
② Aug 28–30: Galnam Port guesthouse
③ Aug 29: swimming at Galnam Port
④ Aug 30 afternoon: Laguna Beach
⑤ Aug 30 evening: Burger World
🏠 Base: Galnam Port, Samcheok
Our base was the ground floor of a guesthouse
at Galnam Port in Samcheok.
On the last day we drove north
along the east coast
and ended the day in Yangyang.
We’ve written up each stop separately,
so here we just sum up each post briefly
and link to it.
🚝 Aug 28 morning — Daegeumgul Cave, Samcheok
At 10:53 am,
our photos begin
in front of the Daegeumgul marker stone.
Tickets are booked in advance on the official website.
On the 1st of each month at 10:30 am,
the next month’s tickets open,
and individuals can book up to 10 people at a time.
Adults 12,000 won · children 6,000 won
(monorail included);
a visit takes 1 hour 40 minutes.
We have no photos from inside the cave,
so our Daegeumgul post is a record
of the marker stone, the forest path and an old house,
plus a summary of the official information.
Daegeumgul post →
Read it here
🏠 Aug 28–30 — Jinsol Minbak, Galnam Port
📍 Jinsol Minbak (guesthouse) — open in Naver Map
7:05 pm on day one — Galnam Port seen from the guesthouse terrace in the rain
We stayed at Jinsol Minbak (진솔민박),
a guesthouse facing Galnam Port —
the five families took over
the whole ground floor.
(5 rooms · living room · shared kitchen)
The forecast said rain all three days
(a 70–80% chance),
but it only rained on the first day.
Per the notice we got when booking,
snorkels, life jackets and flippers rented
for 5,000 won each, and a parasol for 10,000 won (per day).
Guesthouse post →
Read it here
🏖 Aug 29 — Swimming at Galnam Port
📍 Galnam Port — open in Naver Map
12:41 pm on day two — the beach at Galnam Port
Day two: into the water at Galnam Port!
Our photos from 12:38 to 12:41 pm
show tents and parasols,
and people in life jackets
riding tubes between the coastal rocks.
At 7:07 pm the kids
set up camping chairs at the water’s edge
and sat side by side, looking at the sea.
Galnam Port is at 99-20 Galnam-ri, Wondeok-eup,
and has parking.
(per Gangwon State tourism information)
That day’s story is in the guesthouse post, too.
🏄 Aug 30 afternoon — Laguna Beach, Yangyang
📍 Laguna Beach (Yangyang) — open in Naver Map
Sand sculptures at Laguna Beach — a mermaid, a sailing ship, a lion and a horse; a permanent display in front of Burger World's Laguna Beach branch
On the last day we drove north
along the east coast
to Laguna Beach in Hyeonbuk-myeon, Yangyang.
It’s a surfing beach,
but we didn’t surf;
that day was cloudy, and the waves were fairly big.
The life-size sand sculptures on the beach —
a mermaid, a sailing ship, a lion and a horse —
are a permanent display by Burger World’s Laguna Beach branch.
In the end the kids went back to plain sand,
lying in it and digging, over and over.
Laguna Beach post →
Read it here
🍔 Aug 30 evening — Burger World
📍 Burger World (Laguna Beach) — open in Naver Map
Two burgers on an orange tray — the US flag marks the New York Burger, the Korean flag the Yangyang Burger
After looking at the sand sculptures,
we had dinner at the restaurant
right in front of them.
One entire wall is open,
so from your seat you look straight out
at the sand sculptures and the sea.
The Yangyang Burger, 9,900 won, has onion chutney sauce;
the New York Burger, 10,900 won, has a double patty and cheese.
(per the restaurant’s notice)
Each burger comes with a little Korean or US flag stuck in it,
so you can tell them apart.
Burger World post →
Read it here
with booking Daegeumgul
Opens the 1st of each month, 10:30
Individuals: up to 10 per booking
🗺 Our three days at a glance
① Aug 28: Daegeumgul → check in at the Galnam Port guesthouse
rain on the first evening only
② Aug 29: swimming at Galnam Port
19 of us on the guesthouse’s whole ground floor
③ Aug 30: north along the east coast
Laguna Beach sand sculptures & Burger World in Yangyang
Our pre-trip schedule also listed
a makguksu (buckwheat noodle) lunch, Yonghwa Land (용화랜드)
and the Chogok Yonggul Chotdaebawi Trail (초곡 용굴촛대바위길),
but we have no record of actually going,
so they’re not on this map.
👍 Who this is for
✔ Anyone planning a 3-day trip
that combines Samcheok and Yangyang
✔ Anyone organizing a big group trip
with several families
✔ Anyone heading to the east coast
with kids for some beach time
Starting in Samcheok
and ending in Yangyang,
the route the 19 of us took
is kept in these four posts.
From our trip on August 28–30, 2026. Daegeumgul booking and fares are from the official Daegeumgul website, the visit duration from Samcheok City's tourism site, the guesthouse rental fees from the notice we got when booking (August 2026), Galnam Port's address from Gangwon State tourism information, burger prices from the restaurant's notice (at our visit), and the locations of all five places from Naver Place (checked 2026-10-06); all of this may change. The character illustrations are GPT-generated images.
Translated from our Korean post with AI assistance. Dates, times, prices and other numbers were checked against the Korean original and Naver Place on October 6, 2026. Original post (Korean)