Yokjido Island, Tongyeong, South Korea

Yokjido is an attractive island off the south coast of South Korea near Tongyeong, covered in the green forest and surrounded by some stunning, rugged coastline

Yokjido Island: Yokjido, Tongyeong, South Korea

I took a taxi to Tongyeong Port Ferry Terminal to take a boat to Yokjido Island departs at 11:00 AM.

It costs about $10 each way to the island and takes about 1 hour 30 minutes.

Inside the boat.

Sailed away

After sailing for one hour, the boat stops at Yeonhwado island on the way to Yokjido island.  It is a small island.

Many fish farm can be seen in Tongyeong area.

The ship left Yeonhwado island but soon arrived at Udo island in about 5 minutes.

Leaving Udo island, arriving in Yokjido island in about another 25 minutes.

It is a big island with a population of about 2000.

I made a reservation with a tour operator that takes tourists and shows the island for about $10.  But I did not have time to see the whole tour, so the driver took me to two locations.  One location was a popular hike trail, and the other was the monorail station that takes people to the top of the island.  The island does not have a taxi service.  It has a bus, but the time and locations it goes did not match with my plan.

The hiking

The views from near the bridge.

Walkting to the another bridge.

The second bridge.  The hiking trail stops here.

The view from the bridge area.

The driver picked me up from the second bridge and took me to the monorail station.

The monorail cost is about $7 and takes about 25 minutes with a very slow-moving tiny car.  I much prefer this compared with hiking.

From the top monorail station

On the top monorail station is an observation deck.

A panoramic view from the observation deck left to right.

The same panoramic view from the observation deck left to right, looking at the Yokjido island closely.

Riding back down to the bottom.

The driver took me from the station to the Ferry terminal.  I took the last boat to Tongyeong, which was a 4:30 PM boat.  I had no time left after the two things I did in the island.

The view of the Tongyeong from the boat.