Photo: Marcella Astrid / CC BY-SA 3.0- Best for
- Wet weather at the northern terminal — underground and under roofs
- Room to spare
- Fits a 6.5-hour stop with nothing to add (off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, back at the gangway an hour before all-aboard). A longer call gives you the extra time; on this one, do not add a stop.
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
Numbers follow the route below. Pins are the places themselves; walking lines are not drawn because the best way between two stops can change with the tram, the tide or the weather.
Open in Google Maps, in 5 parts
- 1Your ship → Manjanggul lava tubeby taxiGoogle Maps gives no walking or driving directions in Korea: Kakao Map · Naver Map app
- 2Manjanggul lava tube → Toward Black Pork Streetby taxiKakao Map · Naver Map app
- 3Toward Black Pork Street → Dongmun Marketon footKakao Map · Naver Map app
- 4Dongmun Market → Back to Jeju Portby taxiKakao Map · Naver Map app
- 5Back to Jeju Port → Back to the shiptrain or busKakao Map · Naver Map app
Google Maps on a phone takes three stops between start and end, and none on a train or bus route, so the day opens in parts. Each step below also has its own directions.
How the day runs
Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.
- +0:00Taxi to Manjanggul (~40 min)
Underground and dry; closed the first Wednesday
What you will see hereDirections from the ship (by taxi)Kakao Map · Naver Map app - +0:45The lava tube

Photo: Marcella Astrid / CC BY-SA 3.0 - +1:50Taxi back toward the city (~40 min)Directions from the previous stop (by taxi)Kakao Map · Naver Map app
- +2:35
- +3:35Dongmun Market, under its roofWhat you will see hereDirections from the previous stop (on foot)Kakao Map · Naver Map app

Photo: Grapesurgeon / CC BY-SA 4.0 - +4:15Taxi back to the terminal
~10 min
Directions from the previous stop (by taxi)Kakao Map · Naver Map app - +4:30Back at the gangway
Jeju, along this route
Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.






The other routes in Jeju
Jeju City, close in (Jeju Port)Needs a 4.5-hour call · ~2.5hShort calls at the northern terminal
The south coast (Gangjeong)Needs a 7-hour call · ~5hThe southern terminal — cliffs, falls and the market
East Jeju: the crater and the lava tube (Jeju Port)Needs an 8-hour call · ~6hLong calls at the northern terminal