Other must-see places on Ulleungdo and an incredible trip to Dokdo!
I will share the same plan, you have already seen in Part 1 and Part 2 (click on the links). It will help you to understand easier which places I am talking about in this Part.
Plan:
- Transportation
- Accommodation
- ์ ๋ํญ๊ณผ ์ด๋๋ฐ์ (Jeodong Port and Chotdaebawi Rock)
- ๋ด๋ํญํฌ (
- ๊ฑฐ๋ถ๋ฐ์ (Geobukbawi Rock)
- ํํํด์์ฐ์ฑ ๋ก (Taeha Coastal Walk)
- ๋ ๋ (Dokdo Island)
- Trip Advices
8. ์ผ์ ์ (Samseonam Rocks)
Samseonam Rocks are considered as one of the most beautiful scenic views of Ulleungdo. It is a rocky island with three steep cliffs that rise vertically from the sea to the sky. There is a beautiful legend about this rock. It says that three angels, amazed by the clear water and superb surroundings, lost their time to climb up to the sky and turned into rocks because of the anger of the Jade Emperor.
It is also possible to climb this rock, but only with permission from the ์ธ๋ฆ์ฐ์
ํ (Association of Ulleungdo Mountains).
Location: ๊ฒฝ์๋ถ๋ ์ธ๋ฆ๊ตฐ ๋ถ๋ฉด ์ฒ๋ถ๋ฆฌ
Gwaneum Island is a small Island, which is the closest island to Ulleungdo. Moreover, It has been said that primarily Gwaneumdo was a part of Ulleungdo, but during long time rocks have been separating from Ulleungdo due to erosion. And now Gwaneumdo is an independent island, which is connected with Ulleungdo by a recently built bridge. Some years ago there has been no road connected to the land and it could have only been reached by ship. However, today we can see a modern gorgeous blue bridge, which itself looks like a state of the art! It is called Yeondo Bridge.
I can only imagine what a fascinating view of the sea is seen from this bridge.
Because unfortunately, I could not visit Gwaneum Island myself. The weather was unlucky. But if you ever visit Ulleungdo, I recommend you to go there. It is a top tourist attraction!
Although I have not been on Gwaneumdo, I can share with you a story about it.
One trader took a boat to Gwaneumdo, because he wanted to find meat there. But due to the strong wind and waves, he could not return back and had to spend some time on the island. And at that time he fed on a bird similar to a seagull and called Kkaksae (๊น์). So now Gwaneum Island is also called Kkaksae Island because of the large number of these birds there.
I hope that this story was interesting and that you will be able to visit Gwaneumdo yourself. While I show you some pictures of it (I saw this island from a distance, it is not so far from Samseonam Rocks).
Location: ๊ฒฝ์๋ถ๋ ์ธ๋ฆ๊ตฐ ๋ถ๋ฉด ์ฒ๋ถ๋ฆฌ
Location: ๊ฒฝ์๋ถ๋ ์ธ๋ฆ๊ตฐ ์ธ๋ฆ์ ์ฝ์ํฐ๊ธธ 90-17 ๋ ๋๋ฐ๋ฌผ๊ด
11. ๋ ๋ (Dokdo Island)
And last but not least is Dokdo Island! It is obvious that if you go to Ulleungdo, you definitely visit Dokdo too! It is the main purpose of travelling so far! To see the Island people are disputing about!
We travelled to Dokdo on another ship and it took around 2 hours to get there.

However, because Dokdo is a military zone, ordinary tourists cannot get down on the land. The only way you can see the island is looking at it in a distance, on a ship deck. We took a 30 minutes trip around the island and returned back to Ulleungdo. It was not something that I have been expecting, but the scenery was really beautiful and breathtaking.
To conclude, I would like to say that during this coronavirus quarantine time, it was so good to get out and go somewhere far. Ulleungdo and Dokdoโs nature is unique and indescribable.ย
12. Trip Advices:
- This trip was sponsored by an organization called The Korean National Council for Conservation of Nature (KNCCN). They have a special program of travelling to Ulleungdo/Dokdo and it is only for foreign students. The application period is every summer, you can check announcements on their website. Do not miss such a great opportunity! I had a wonderful time on Ulleungdo thanks to them.
- Weather!!!! I went to Ulleungdo in the period of rains in Korea. And because of bad weather, some of the plans did not work out. Unfortunately, the program I presented to you above is organized only in this period. But if you are going on your own, then be sure that the weather is good.
- Transportation around the island. It can be a problem because all the attractions are far from each other and public transport is not developed. In my case, I did not care about it as long as our organization rent a bus.
Thank you for your attention! Have a nice time.
Check the links on the first two parts of the post below: