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Cheongpung Resort 'Benikea Hotel Cheongpung Lake 베키니아호텔

Benikea Hotel Cheongpung Lake is more well-known as Cheongpung Resort, which is a hotel brand of Korea Toursim Organisation, but it was remodelled and changed to Benikea Hotel Cheongpung Lake. If you search for resort or hotel in Jecheon, the first hotel that pops up is this Cheongpung Resort because there are not many resorts nor hotels in Jecheon. I didn't have much choice, plus the reviews were not so bad so I decided to stay there.

Benikea Hotel Cheongpung Resort is around Cheongpung Lake, 30 minutes away from Jecheon downtown, and the one that's right by the lake is Benikea Hotel Cheongpung Lake and the one on the hill across the street is Benikea Hotel Cheongpung Hill. You could choose between the one by the lake (Cheongpung Lake) and the one on the hill (Cheongpung Hill) when you make a reservation. Cheongpung Lake was recently remodelled and it was a great view so I chose here.

So right next to this big Cheongpung Lake, there's only one hotel with no extra facilities but inside the resort, there was a coffee shop, convenience store and proper restaurant.

I was worried since it was an old resort but the interior was neat and amazing.

There are two types of room, Ondol-type and Bed-type, and Bed-type has one queen-size bed and one single-size bed which would be good for 3-4 members of family with a kid.

As it was recently remodelled, the inside was elegant and clean unlike its outside. It has two beds, chairs and a table in the middle in a quite big room.

One bottle of water in the fridge was free. In this hot weather, one bottle wasn't enough. Given that it takes two people to book a room normally, it would be fair if they gave us one more, don't you think?

Amenities included shampoo, rinse, body soap, body cream, comb, toothpaste, toothbrushes and cotton swabs, so no need to bring anything else.

All the rooms in Benikea Hotel Cheongpung Lake are facing the lake as you could assume from the hotel name.

We decided to stay here far away from the downtown JUST BECAUSE the view of the lake, so when I looked at the lake on the balcony, I got this view.

I searched for some restaurants for dinner and found a good restaurant called Lakepia with the view of lake but they didn't have customers past 9 so we couldn't. But the beer house on the first floor was open until late selling chickens so we brought beer and chicken in the hotel room and enjoyed it while watching TV.

After a comfortable night, we took a look around the resort in the morning, and then I realized it was quite bigger than I noticed the other night, probably because it was dark.

In front of the resort, there's an outdoor restaurant for barbecue at night and a red mailbox sending letters for free. A lot of people wrote postcards and letters. I don't know if they provide international postal services as well.

And there are stairs to the lake, which is a good trail for a walk. That one right there is Cheongpung Land with a bungee jumping, ejection seat, cable coaster and big swing, so if you're looking for thrilling experience you should definitely go there.

In Jecheon, there are special resorts only for members, pensions or tourist hotels, but the only regular resort is Benikea Hotel Cheongpung Lake so we didn't have much choice but to stay here. However, we could have a nice rest at a resonable price. Plus, it has a great view over Cheongpung Lake, so even if we had other options I would've stayed at least once.

Address : 33, Gyo-ri, Cheongpung-myeon, Jecheon-si, Chungcheongbuk-do (충청북도 제천시 청풍면 교리 33)
Telephone : 043-640-7000

Let's take a look around Cheongpungho(Chungjuho) on a Motor Boat! Jecheon Water Sports 제천수상레저

The leisure activities are quite booming in Jecheon especially around Cheongpungho(Chungjuho). You could easily try diverse activities starting from bunjee jumping to cable coaster, cruise ship, motor boat, banana boat and peanut boat, monorails and so on. But I had obligation to take photos, I chose to ride on motor boat that I didn't have to be soaked in water so I was ready to take a look around the lake. Shall we?

Beautiful road, isn't it? A cherry blossom festival is held in Jecheon in spring, and as I mentioned, the cherry trees were planted along the lake. The trees were old with big branches so you can't see the sky on the road. Even if they don't have leaves yet, you'll be WOW once you get on the road.

In order to take motor boat, you'll have to go to the Jecheon water sports base camp in the middle of the lake. If it rains too much, water fills up high so it got closer but the water is low so we're going to have to get inside a little.

At the dock, there's a motor boat to take us to the base camp. If there's no one waiting for you, you could just call this number and they'll get you soon.

I saw some people waiting for motor boat. Shall we go to base camp altogether?

I'll get on the yellow boat! “Hey! Stop taking pictures and get on!!" Okay, okay.

This even makes me excited and how fun would it be to get on the real motor boat?

In a second, we arrived at the base camp. Here, I was given instructions, wore safety equipments and got ready to have fun.

Those who would ride the motor boat should wear life jacket for safety.

For other water sports, you're going to have to rent a wakeboard or water-skis but renting fees are all included in the fees so you don't have to pay extra bills.

Banana boat…I would love to ride you but I have to take pictures this time, so I promise I'll take you next time until I get tired of you. Wait for me!

I could see an enormous boat with scary displacement. I saw A, B, C courses for motor boat so if I paid for C, the most expensive one, course, would I get to ride on that one?

+ Water ski, wakeboard : 1 time 25,000 won (2 times of instruction + practice for beginners: 60,000 won

+ Peanut boat, viper, banana boat : 20,000 won per 1 person

+ Water motorcycle : 50,000 won for 10 mins (2 people)

+ Motor boat : A course - 50,000 won (10 mins), B course - 70,000 won (15 mins), C course - 100,000 won (20 mins)

(For motorboats, 5 people max. are allowed at a price indicated above.)

I've never tried fast motor boat so I was very excited. How fun it would be?

Blue boat that I'll ride on! It looks small but it could easily have five people on it.

So let's go~

As soon as it starts to run, the driver turns its head left and right and the girls started to scream. Whenever the boat turns to the left and right our bodies were about to pop out of the boat still the boat didn't roll over and ran smooth, which was fun. It was thrilling.

I could hear them screaming from the boat over there.

Do you remember Sugyeong Fountain in Cheongpung Jecheon Cultural Property Complex that I introduced? This is where the fountain is from. It looks like a base camp for oils in the ocean. So this shoots 165m high fountain, amazing.

The representative of Jecheon Water Sports drove our boat by himself and he looks like an expert. I think I lost my heartbeat a few times, mind-blowing experience.

When I went back to the base camp with the people who were on the boat with me, I noticed we all looked like zombies.

That boat is full of zombies as well. They must've be out of their mind but still have strength to scream.

So if you are in Jecheon, you basically have to pass by Cheongpungho(Chungjuho) at least once anywhere you go. There are places to stay at a reasonable price around the lake or where you could enjoy with your lover/family so stop by and enjoy water sports. If you are ready, why don't you try bunjee jumping?

Address : 169-6, Seongnae-ri, Geumseong-myeon, Jecheon-si, Chungcheongbuk-do (충청북도 제천시 금성면 성내리 169-6)
Telephone : 043-642-5020