Upo Eco Village Youth Hostel in Changnyeong

 If you are coming to Changnyeong to take a photo of the beautiful Upo Wetland, there is a affordable place to spend the night with a good value. It is newly built with just over 5 month. By car it is about 20 mins to get to front entrance of the Upo Wetland Ecology Center and only 15 mins walk to the northern end of Upo.  

This is the front entrance of Upo Youth Hostel.

 
As you can see, the housing are surrounded by nature. There is a pond as well that looks similar to the Upo Wetland habitat.

 
This is the office where you can check in and check out. You will be receiving a key to your room here.

 
There are three types of housing of different size accommodating for single travelers to family travelers.

Each housing is given a number and a name of the species that live in Upo habitat. 

 The single room sized housings have three rooms in each building.

 The rooms are small but has everything you need. There is mini fridge, television, and air-conditioner.

 The beds are prepared inside each room. There is no western beds available, but there is a thick mattress provided.

A small kitchen is there to prepare simple foods.

 Bathrooms are very clean and tidy. 

Here you can enjoy seating on the bench of the pavilion and can have a outside BBQ looking over the landscape of the village.

 Just 50m, there is a Upo Wetland situated at the northern end from the entrance of Ecology Center.

On the way to Upo Wetland, an marvelous park was located behind the hostel.

                       

There are no stores or restaurants available around the hostel so the convenience store inside the hostel will be only place to buy water or food. 

 
Here is the laundry room.

 As you can see there are bigger housing that are available accommodating 10~12 people. The price range is 50,000~150,000 won. The single rooms are 50,000 won, middle room 100,000 won and big rooms 150,000 won. For its price it is definitely a place to recommend for a place to stay.