VISIT JEJU

At Guldong Port in Hado-ri, Gujwa-eup, Jeju-si, there is a small island floating in the middle of the ocean about 50m away. 

Its name is Tokkiseom Island (“Tokki” means a rabbit in Korean) because it looks like a rabbit when flowers of Poison Bulbs cover the entire island in the summer. Before it was named Tokkiseom Island, it was called “Nandeulyeo”, meaning “a small island outside.” Its size is about 3,174㎡ and it is made of white sand beaches and basalt hills that are about 10m high. When the tide is low, you can walk to the island, and when the tide is high, the sandy plain and the hills are separated from each other, and the island itself is also separated from the inland. 

This island is the one and only habitat in Korea of Poison Bulb. Poison Bulb isevergreen perennial herb that belongs in the family Amaryllidaceae and it can grow up to 60cm - 70cm. Its leaves dry during the winter but new leaves sprout in the spring. 

Starting from mid-July, its snow white flowers bloom, and by September the beautiful white flowers of Poison Bulb decorate the entire island. The scent of the flowers is also very attractive. According to a theory, it is said that the seeds of Poison Bulbs flew across the waves from southern Africa and anchored here in Tokkiseom Island. The Poison Bulb of Tokkiseom Island is designated and protected as a Natural Monument 19.