About Surak Falls (surak pokpo [수락폭포])
Surak Falls (Surak Pokpo [수락폭포]) was a 15m waterfall easily accessible by a short walk near Jirisan National Park.
According to a sign here, this waterfall is said to have therapeutic properties that can help with ailments like neuralgia, muscle pain, postpartum pain, etc.
Heck, it also said that if a woman with an “ugly child” performs a certain ritual, she’ll get another kid (though I suspect something got lost in translation there).
In 2013, this place got some press as some kind of study commissioned by the Jeollanam-do Province proclaimed the Surak Waterfall as a place of healing due to its higher concentrations of negative ions.
From what we could tell, this place is best enjoyed as a spot to cool off from the Summer heat as we noticed quite a bit of access points letting you get into the stream and even up to the waterfall itself.
During our visit, Surak Falls had a somewhat light flow, but I’d imagine as the monsoon season kicks in later in the Summer, the stream will be revitalized and conducive to cooling off again.
According to my GPS logs, the walk from the small village at the start to the base of the falls is about 200m in each direction.
The only catch was that there was one slippery ramp on this path so you definitely have to watch your step.
It was also possible to get to the other side of the stream, where there were picnic spots as well as an alternate lookout.
Overall, our visit only took around 35 minutes (most of it was spent taking photos), which indicates just how accessible this falls was.
Moreover, we didn’t have to pay for our visit (i.e. apparently it’s free), but we did notice that there was a paid parking lot if the parallel parking spots at the village were all taken up (adding a couple of minutes walk to get there).
Finally, I should also mention that there seemed to be other trails that kept climbing, and I’d imagine they go deeper into the mountains of Jirisan National Park, but we didn’t pursue them so I can’t say more.
Authorities
Surak Falls resides just west of Jirisan National Park by the town of Gurye in the Jeollanam-do Province, South Korea. That said, it’s actually geographically closer to the city of Namwon in the Jeollabuk-do Province. It may be administered by the local authorities of Gurye. For information or inquiries about the area as well as current conditions, I didn’t find an official government website, but you can try visiting this website for leads.
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