5 Day Trip To Jeju Island

Jeju is the largest island of South Korea , which is created by volcanic eruptions. Jeju is very famous among Koreans and Japanese tourists because of its mild oceanic climate year round . Its one stop destination for many activities like hiking , enjoying beach, horse riding, diving etc.

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Its said that no tour to Korea is complete without visiting Jeju do.


This year during the chuseok(Korean thanks giving ) we decided to visit Jeju do .



There are two ways to reach Jeju, one by air, Jeju International Airport has several flights daily via Korean Air and Asiana to Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Jinju, Kunsan, Gwangju, Mokp'o, P'ohang, Ulsan, Yecheon, and Yeosu.


The other option is by ferry. The ferry terminals at Busan, Yeosu, Mokp'o, Wando, Noktong, and Incheon on the mainland has daily boats to Jeju city ferry terminals.


We decided to go by ferry from Mokpo terminal. The main reason behind this is to take the car with us so that we can travel around Jeju for next five days without much problems.




We along with Jagadeesh and Deepa started our journey on 21st September. Mokpo was around 4 hours drive from Suwon . Luckily because of less traffic we reached our destination much earlier.





The ship which took us to Jeju island from Mokpo.


Our ferry was at 8:30 am on 22nd of September. It took around four hours to reach Jeju .

The car parking area inside the ship.

The cafeteria inside the ship.



At the deck.

On the way we saw a lot of jelly fishes from the ship deck .

we had booked the ilsung jeju condo for next five days. The view of sea from our room was so refreshing that we forgot our tiredness. Now Jeju is all ours for next five days.
Only a week back a strong typhoon had hit Jeju and caused lots of damage . We could see the damage done but all the attractions were open to welcome the tourists.

Our Ilsung condo as seen from the beach.

The famous tangerines of Jeju.

The Seongsan sunrise peak at Jeju.

We travelled 80 km from our condo to sunrise peak to see the breath taking sunrise . It was really an wonderful experience.

The sun is up but our baby still sleeping.


The horse riding farms are very popular in Jeju. One can take the dress shoes for rent at the shop inside the farm.

The horses are well trained and the trainers walked along with us. It was thrilling to be on a horse's back and move around .
The horses we rode . Horse riding at Jeju.

The maze at Jeju which amazed us.

At the teddy bear museum.

In front of the Jeju convention hall,.

The temple at Jeju.

The beautiful temple.

Sangumburi crater is over 2km in circumference., and has been designated as a Natural Monument. It is located on the southeast side of Jeju, If you look at the crater from above up, it looks like a man-made circular stadium. There are many varieties of vegetation's found here.

The way to the crater is lined with volcanic rocks.

The crater.

The crater is full of different kinds of vegetation's.

The Cheonjeyon falls.

The beach near our condo.

Jeju is famous for its crystal clear blue water beaches .

At Halim park

The Jeju hallabong monument.

Archery practice at Halim park.

The tropical trees and vegetation's at Halim park.

Giant cactuses.

Inside the cave.

The entry of a cave.

The famous Lotte hotel at Jeju.

Inside the Lotte hotel.

The miniature park where we visited all the seven wonders of the world.

The chocolate museum was lots of fun for us We saw the procedure of making chocolates and there were many different types of tempting chocolates on display.

The chocolate castle.

The jeongbang falls, which fall directly to the sea.

The beautiful fall at Donnaeko resort.

The walk inside the resort was very refreshing

We took a underwater trip by submarine too. The submarine was far from the shore. A boat took us there. The weather was wild that day and we experienced the tremendous wind and high waves inside the boat. But the submarine ride was cool and comfortable. We could see the underwater life till 40 mts under water.

Getting into the submarine through a small hole.

Waiting to go under the water.

The corals under the sea.

The fishes as seen from the submarine.

Buying jeju souveniers ,the cactus fruit choclate and the orange choclates.

On 26th of september we started around 6 am morning from our condo after five long days of tour and fun.

Good byee Jeju.

Our journey from Jeju to Mokpo was not very smooth initially because of high tides. Inside the ship we decided to sleep . I could feel the high tides but within two hours the sea was calm and it was pleasent.