Yokjido Island, Tongyeong, South Korea

Sep 5, 2021 | Nature Scene, Neighborhood, South Korea - South

u003cpu003eYokjido is an attractive island off the southern coast of South Korea, near Tongyeong, covered in lush green forest and surrounded by some stunning, rugged coastline. 258u003c/pu003e

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u003cpu003eI took a taxi to u003cspan class=u0022color_g txt_elocationu0022u003eTongyeong Port Ferry Terminal to take a boat to Yokjido Island departs at 11:00 AM.u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eIt costs about $10 each way to the island and takes about 1 hour 30 minutes.u003cspan class=u0022color_g txt_elocationu0022u003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eInside the boat.u003cspan class=u0022color_g txt_elocationu0022u003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eSailed awayu003cspan class=u0022color_g txt_elocationu0022u003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eAfter sailing for one hour, the boat stops at Yeonhwado island on the way to Yokjido island.  It is a small island.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eMany fish farm can be seen in Tongyeong area.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe ship left Yeonhwado island but soon arrived at Udo island in about 5 minutes.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eLeaving Udo island, arriving in Yokjido island in about another 25 minutes.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eIt is a big island with a population of about 2000.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eI 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.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe hikingu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe views from near the bridge.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eWalkting to the another bridge.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe second bridge.  The hiking trail stops here.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe view from the bridge area.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe driver picked me up from the second bridge and took me to the monorail station.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe monorail cost is about $7 and takes about 25 minutes with a very slow-moving tiny car.  I much prefer this compared with hiking.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eFrom the top monorail stationu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eOn the top monorail station is an observation deck.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eA panoramic view from the observation deck left to right.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe same panoramic view from the observation deck left to right, looking at the Yokjido island closely.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eRiding back down to the bottom.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe 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.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe view of the Tongyeong from the boat.u003c/pu003e