Boryeong Mud Festival & Mud Square
보령머드축제·머드광장
Korea's flagship summer festival, launched in 1998, where visitors enjoy mud slides, mud wrestling, and mud baths at the Mud Square on Daecheon Beach.
The Boryeong Mud Festival makes use of the mineral-rich sea mud along the Boryeong coast. Each year, from mid to late July, it runs for about ten days at the Mud Square on Daecheon Beach, with mud pools, mud slides, a mud prison, body painting with colored mud, and nighttime concerts. Large numbers of foreign visitors take part, making it one of Korea's most popular international festivals. The experience zones require a ticket (about 10,000 to 20,000 won). Wear swimwear you don't mind getting dirty and store valuables safely. Outside festival season, you can visit the Boryeong Mud Experience Hall beside the square for a mud bath, sauna, and mud face mask, or buy mud-based cosmetics.
Opening hours
During festival periods approx. 9:00 am–6:00 pm; evening performances also held
Nearby sights
- Daecheon Beach
- Daecheon Port & Fish Market
- Sanghwawon Garden (Jukdo)
- Boryeong Undersea Tunnel
- Muchangpo Beach
- Wonsando Beach
- Chungcheong Suyeong Fortress & Ocheon Port
- Boryeong Coal Museum