Gwangmyeong Cave is where joys and tears of coal mining workers remained intact. It was the heart of the evolution of modern industries in Korea and also a historical site of the Japanese colonial period. It takes pride itself as being the only one cave found in the metropolitan cities.

After going through a complete transformation, the cave re-opened its door in 2011 as a living museum and a historical site. Cave Aqua World, the music and art hall, and golden waterfall, golden paths and golden palaces adds extra mysterious elements to its exisiting exotic atmosphere.

Telephone
+82-70-4277-8902

Closed
Seollal (Lunar New Year’s Day) & Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day) Holidays
* Make a phone-inquiry to check for availability as it is subject to changes depending on the situations.

Duration
Approx. 1 hr

Activity Information
- Mining experience: gold panning, mineral panning
- Wine sampling
- Hanging on a golden plague
* Separate fees applicable for all hands-on activities.

Operating Hours
Weekdays 09:00-18:00
August-September 09:00-21:00
※ Last admission is 1 hour before closing

Parking Facilities
Available

- Parking Lot 1 and 2 (Gwangmyeong Cave Entrance):
1,500 won (Small Vehicles) / 3,000 won (Medium Vehicles) / 4,000 won (Large Vehicles)
- Parking Lot 3 (Army Unit, Soha-dong):
600 won for first 30-min; additional 200 won for every 10-min exceeded

*Gwangmyeong Cave ticket holders are exempted from parking fees.

Admission Fees
[Gwangmyeong Cave (including Wine Cave)]
Adults 6,000 won / Group 5,000 won
Youths 3,500 won / Group 3,000 won
Children (ages 3~elementary school students) 2,000 won / Group 1,700 won

* Group: 20 or more people
* Free admission for infants (aged 3 & below) and seniors (ages 65 & over).
* Please be aware that those who are exempt from the general entrance fee are still required to pay the entrance fee for wine cave (Adults 1,000 won / Youths and Children 500 won)

Available Facilities
Elephant Tour Bus Aixia: 23-seaters Eco-Friendly Electronic Bus
Operating hours: 09:00~16:30
(runs every 30 min / 12 times a day / 12:00-13:00 no bus service)
* Operating Fee: Adults 2,000 won/ Teenagers & Children 1,000 won
* During winter season, or in the event of rain, there will be no bus service.


Korean Info. Service
[Guided tour by professional commentator]
Weekdays: tour runs every 30 min.
Weekends and public holdiays: every 10-20 mins


Reservation Info. for Natives
Group booking for minimum of 20 people
Reservation required 7 days in advance. (Group booking is not available on Mondays, weekends and public holidays)
* Special requests such as sign or foreign languages including English, Japanese and Chinese should be made known when making reservation.