Yesan Stork Park

Yesan Stork Park was created by Yesan County to restore in the wild the oriental stork, a resident natural monument that had disappeared due to damage to its natural habitat. Opened in June 2015, the park features the Stork Culture Center, an open field, an ecological wetland, breeding enclosures, a tree house, a stork feeding experience area, a stork observation deck, and a phytoncide forest. Stork Village, where the park is located, is the only place in Korea where visitors can observe in real time storks roaming the rice paddies and breeding and caring for their chicks. Since Yesan County released 8 storks raised at the park into the wild in September 2015 — the first such release in the country — it has returned storks to nature every year to help them settle safely in the wild.

At Yesan Stork Park, visitors can observe storks up close, and because no toxic pesticides are used at all for the storks, which can only live in clean areas, they can experience wetlands and forests as they are in nature. It is a leading biodiversity conservation area in Korea where about 20 species of natural monuments and endangered animals live, including storks, otters, eagle-owls, gold-spotted pond frogs, and Korean bitterlings; fireflies can also be seen depending on the season. Ecological programs such as the rice-field creature experience, where visitors enter the wetland and encounter creatures living in the paddies, are ideal for ecological education for students. In addition, Baegwolsan Mountain, with two reservoirs, is nearby, and the trail leading to the Stork Park–Baegwolsan walking path (about 1~2 hours) offers superb scenery created by the mountain and reservoirs.

Details

Admission fee

Free

Restroom

Yes