Masian Mudflat Experience (2026): Your Family Guide to Incheon

We went early, timed with the tide, and the beach was full of clams!

Bringing plastic gloves and a bucket was a stroke of genius!

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📍 Masian Tidal Flat Experience Center (마시안 갯벌체험장)

📍 Address: 107-8 Masiran-ro, Yeongjong-gu, Incheon (인천 영종구)

⏰ Hours: Varies daily with the tide (on the day I visited, 08:00~13:30)

🚗 Parking: Parking Lot 1, 6 hours free

💰 Admission: Adults ₩10,000 (~$7) / Elementary Students ₩5,000 (~$4) / Pre-schoolers ₩3,000 (~$2)

We visited the Masian Tidal Flat Experience Center with the kids during the third week of October.

My second child had been wanting to try tidal flat exploring for weeks,

but we kept putting it off because the timing was tricky, haha.

Reviews about what to bring and wear were all over the place,

so I've put together a guide based on what we actually wore and brought.

Arrived at 9 AM, timed with the tide, and the parking lot was spacious.

The tide window that day was from 8 AM to 1:30 PM.

We arrived around 9 AM and there was plenty of parking.

If you set your navigation to 'Parking Lot 1', you can park right in front of the entrance.

Parking is free for 6 hours,

and you'll need the receipt you get when buying tickets, so be sure to keep it.

This is Parking Lot 1, right in front. There was plenty of space when we first arrived.

Masian Tidal Flat Experience Costs

- Admission: Adults (middle school age and up) ₩10,000 (~$7) / Elementary Students ₩5,000 (~$4) / Pre-schoolers ₩3,000 (~$2)

- Rake Rental ₩1,000 (~$1), Boots Rental ₩2,000 (~$1), Waders Rental ₩0 (~$0)

- Tidal Flat Cart: ₩2,000 (~$1) for entry, ₩1,000 (~$1) for exit

When you pay the admission fee, you receive a vest and a clam net that can hold up to 2kg per person.

Waders are rented at the snack bar.

Waders cost ₩5,000 (~$4).

It's great that they have adult sizes too.

If you ask at the snack bar, they'll bring you a pair if your size is available,

and you write down the quantity, number, and your name on a small piece of paper.

However, rentals are only possible if they have your size in stock, so it's best to go before it gets crowded.

When you return them later, you just cross out your name.

There's a separate mat zone – Tents Prohibited

The mat zone is located inside the building that houses the snack bar, showers, and changing rooms.

It looks like this when you go inside.

Tents are prohibited, but I did see about two tents pitched on the beach.

(Even though it was clearly written 'Tents Prohibited'...)

First, set up your tent and claim your spot.

We dropped off our bags, put on our waders and vests,

and had a quick breakfast.

After our mudflat experience, we enjoyed some seafood ramyeon here and relaxed.

This is what the mudflat digging area looks like.

The mudflat cart had just departed, so we decided to walk down slowly.

Essentials for the Masian (마시안) mudflat experience: make sure to pack plastic gloves, airtight containers, and a smartphone waterproof case!

Gloves, hat

Plastic gloves

Airtight container (for bringing back the clams later)

Smartphone waterproof case

Plastic bag (for items like muddy gloves)

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Mat, table, wet wipes

These were truly my top priority items to pack – and I'm so glad I did!

Gloves from home: I thought coated ones would be good, so I brought what I had. For the hat, I grabbed the one I usually wear to a water park.

It was great not having to rent gloves.

Plastic gloves: I packed these separately, and wearing them *under* my regular gloves kept my hands from getting wet, which is perfect for catching clams!

(Based on a past experience where my hands got really cold)

Airtight container: Inside the mudflats, you're only allowed to carry the provided net. But once you come out, you can transfer your catches into your container to take home.

Thanks to the smartphone waterproof case, I was able to take plenty of great photos!

(The first time I went, I really just showed up without anything...)

- Other things I packed: I brought salt (sea salt), but I couldn't catch a single razor clam! Maybe it's because my husband wasn't with me...

What to Wear for Masian Mudflat Experience, based on the third week of October

My kids wore a short-sleeved shirt + long-sleeved shirt + light fleece hoodie, and regular athletic long pants.

I dressed exactly the same.

In the morning, the sea breeze was cool, which was perfect.

But as the sun got higher, it got quite warm during the day.

Eventually, the kids were just in their short-sleeved shirts, and I was in my long-sleeved shirt.

Layering, with clothes that are easy to take off and put on, was definitely the way to go in October.

Time to ride the mudflat cart!

I saw some people walking too.

Mudflat Cart: Paid - Is it worth it?

The mudflat cart costs money. It's ₩2,000 (~$1) to go in and ₩1,000 (~$1) to come out.

When going in, the cart took us deep inside pretty quickly.

On the way out, it was around 12:30 PM, and the cart stop was far, so we just walked back.

Still, I felt it was definitely worth taking it for the ride in, as it helped us get deeper into the mudflats easily.

If you're with kids, your energy will drain quickly, and it'll be tough without it!

(Adults get tired too!)

They have a card reader, so you can pay with a card. I paid with Samsung Pay.

I thought we'd be standing, but everyone was seated.

Riding something like this is always fun, right?

The mudflats are vast!

We found a spot anywhere and started digging a few times.

When I went clamming at Ponae Tidal Flat Experience (포내갯벌체험), I could only dig up a few clams,

but here, you just remove one layer of the mudflats and clams appear!

How many clams did we catch?

Each person was given a small onion net,

and we filled them all up completely, even emptying our salt containers to fill those too!

My older daughter was great at digging up big clams, whether they were Dongjuk (동죽) or Manila clams (백합) – something big anyway!

My younger daughter kept digging clams, exclaiming that they just kept coming out as we were leaving,

so eventually, we just had to leave some behind.

I thought we'd only be there for about two hours at most,

but we ended up digging for almost three hours!

At a spot where we could easily rinse the chest waders,

we washed them off and returned what needed returning.

We brought our clam bucket, rinsed the clams a few times in seawater,

then put them in the bucket. We scooped up some seawater too.

They told us to leave the lid open for a while and close it only when we were about to leave.

After the Experience: Sea Ramen!

After almost three hours of hard work,

we were starving, of course! ;;;;

I was hoping for some knife-cut noodles (kalguksu) nearby, but the kids had already set their minds on ramen...

So, we had ramen at Bada Ramyeon (바다라면) for ₩3,500 (~$3).

They even said it was cheaper than the skating rink, haha!

They also sell cup noodles and snacks, though there isn't a huge variety.

There's a ramen vending machine, so we paid and ate there.

You can also pay at the counter where we rented the chest waders earlier.

After eating ramen, having some fruit, and resting a bit, we headed home.

They announced that the mat zone (돗자리존) would gradually be tidied up after the tide passed,

and since they said they were closing around 3 PM, we left too.

A Few Things to Keep in Mind

You can only rent chest waders if they have your size available, so it's a good idea to go early.

Here, you have to desand the clams yourself, and wash them yourself too.

You also need to distinguish and remove any dead clams.

On the official website for Masian Beach Tidal Flat Experience (마시안해변 갯벌체험장),

you'll find the tide schedule.

It seems they close in early November as it gets colder.

Nevertheless, we had another wonderful trip this year!

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