Maritime cable car over the bay
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Korea’s first cable car over the sea, opened in 2014: 1.5 km between Jasan Park on the mainland and Dolsan Park on the island. The ride is 13 minutes each way, passing beside the Turtle Ship Bridge. ₩17,000 return, ₩24,000 in a glass-floor cabin; 09:30–21:30 daily, cards taken. It does not go to Odongdo.
- Our number 1 for Yeosu, out of ten. It is the first thing we would spend the hours on.
- Short enough to be certain of: 1 hr 30 min door to door, so even a tender day works.
- On a 4–6h ashore call our verdict is "Yes" — return ride from jasan park, then walk 22 minutes down to odongdo and back to the ship on foot or by taxi.
- It is not only a photo stop: eight million visitors, two cement silos and the reason your ship docks where it does.
- 09:30–21:30, last ticket 21:00 — every day; no closed day listed. stops in strong wind; the threshold is not published.
Why Maritime cable car over the bay is famous
Eight million visitors, two cement silos and the reason your ship docks where it does
The Yeosu Maritime Cable Car opened in 2014 as the first cable car in Korea to cross the sea. It runs 1.5 km between Jasan Park on the mainland and Dolsan Park on Dolsan island, passing beside the Geobukseon, or Turtle Ship, Bridge. The crystal cabins have glass floors. Each crossing takes about 13 minutes, and the cars run from 09:30 to 21:30 every day. It does not go to Odongdo, whatever some cruise sites say: that is a separate 1.7 km walk from the Jasan station.
For three months in 2012 a fishing port at the end of a railway line hosted a World Expo. The crowds left, the pavilions came down, and the quay built for the show is now where cruise ships tie up.
This was Korea's first cable car across the sea, opened in 2014. It runs 1.5 km between Jasan Park on the mainland hill and Dolsan Park on Dolsan island. It passes beside the Geobukseon Bridge with the old-town harbour below. The crystal cabins have a glass floor.
For a cruise day it is the one sight that fits every call. The Jasan Park station is a half-hour walk or a seven-minute taxi from the berth, and the whole outing takes about ninety minutes. Note what it is not: it does not go to Odongdo. The camellia island is a separate 1.7 km walk downhill from the Jasan station.
Awarded by the BIE on 26 November 2007
138.4 decibels at Urspringen, Germany, on 21 October
Jeolla line upgrade completed on 5 October; Seoul in about 3 h 30 min
12 May to 12 August; 8,203,956 visitors; 103 countries
The Sky Tower is three minutes from the arrival hall and the Big-O ring is a fourteen-minute walk along the water. Both fit a call of any length. The aquarium next door is the rain plan.
Things worth knowing
- Buy a one-way ticket if you are coming from Hyangiram. The Dolsan Park end is on the road back, and the Jasan end is nearer the ship.
- The queue is not published. The Islands Expo of 5 September to 4 November 2026 uses Dolsan as its corridor. The 14 and 29 October 2026 calls should expect waits.
- It runs in rain. It stops in strong wind, and the cut-off speed is not published, so have an old-town plan if the forecast is bad.
- The ticket office takes cards and both stations have a cafe and a convenience store. Parking is free for the first hour, then ₩200 per 10 minutes, if you have hired a car.
- Big-O빅오 — The steel ring in the water, the Expo's symbol; its night show uses 345 water nozzles as a screen.
- Sky Tower스카이타워 — Two cement silos turned into a 67-metre observation tower; reopened 25 March 2025.
Maritime cable car over the bay and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Where the 1 hr 30 min goes
Counted from the moment you step off the gangway. The hour before all-aboard is not in this bar; it is already set aside.
7 minutes each way is the measured figure for taxi ~7 min to the jasan park station, about ₩4,700; or 30 min on foot, not the optimistic one. If your ship is late, cut the 1 hr 16 min in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.
Questions people send us
How do I get to the cable car from the cruise ship?
The Jasan Park station is 2.3 km from the terminal, about 31 minutes on foot with a climb at the end. A taxi takes about seven minutes at about ₩4,700 (our estimate). The Dolsan Park station is 4.8 km away over the Dolsan Bridge, about ten minutes by taxi.
Does the cable car go to Odongdo?
No. It links Jasan Park and Dolsan Park. Some cruise websites say otherwise and are wrong. Odongdo is a 1.7 km walk, about 22 minutes, downhill from the Jasan station.
Is there a senior discount?
None is published. The adult fares are ₩17,000 return in a standard cabin and ₩24,000 in a crystal cabin with a glass floor. The ticket office takes cards.
Routes that already include it
Each one is a finished day we have walked and timed, with this stop in it. Read the route rather than assembling it yourself.
What to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
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