Driving around in Jeju Island - Day 1

During our stay in Korea, we also had the chance to Jeju Island one of Korea most popular vacation spot for both Koreans and foreigners. It also known as the "Island of the Gods" and remains one of the top honeymoon destinations for Korean newlyweds.

Sorry for the blur picture but however this is the full map of Jeju Island

There are 3 airlines that fly into Jeju from Seoul mainly Eastar Jet, Jeju Air and Air Busan. While for me we manage to get Air Busan as we wanted to fly in on a certain timing. We flew in at 7.00 am as due to our tight schedules we would not want to waste so much time just for traveling. Flight to Jeju Island will depart from Gimpo Airport so please make the correct arrange with your taxi driver or your hotel arrangement as you don't want to miss your flight.

Even before we depart for Korea, we already made all the arrange for our rental car. Please read my post on our car rental experience during our stay in Jeju. First in our itinerary is Manjanggul Lava Tube. 

Manjanggul Lava Tube

Gimnyeong (also spelt as Kimnyeong) Maze Park
Next is the nearby Gimnyeong (also spelt as Kimnyeong) Maze Park. This is the smaller maze park in Jeju as compared to the one filmed by running man - Maze Park. There are a couple more other maze in Jeju but we think this is sufficient as we just want to have a feel of how maze looks like.

 Getting ready to enter the maze.

 An overview of how the maze would look like. The brushes are of course taller than you.

Our main aim of the whole maze. To "ring" that bell.

Sangumburi Crater A big crater created 12,000 years ago. You can see beatiful scenery around.  During fall, you can also see magnicficent silver grasses all over this place.   A very unique designed bench of the name of the place Sungsan Sunrise Peak The day is getting colder and colder as night is approaching. Next, we went to Sungsan Sunrise Peak. A peak formed by volcanic eruption 100,000 years ago. One of the 7 wonders of nature. One of the best attractions in Jejudo. I am sure you all have some how saw the volcano picture, it was even on the advertisement for World Cup Japan & Korea. I think most of us saw before this picture right? Although this is a sunrise peak. But you can never miss a beautiful sunset.

Jeju Nanta
You will never want to miss this show in Korea. There are a few it showing around Korea, both in Seoul and Jeju Island. Because we find that we have more time in Jeju, therefore we decided to watch it in Jeju instead.Please always pre book your tickets through their official website Nanta Jeju and do check out if there are any promotions that are ongoing. I bought my tickets with a 10% discount due to early bird.

A word of advice, please do sit at the center side as you might have a chance to be called up stage and join in the performance. =)

And let the show begin

Black Pork Street
Jeju Island is famous of it's black pork. There is a street of it together with many many shops selling black pork BBQ. I not sure of which restaurant is the best because they all seems alike to me. At last we chose the shop with the most award and media interview.

 The street title. *translate as black pork street*

 The sizzling sound of black pork 

This ends our first day in Jeju. Stay tune for the next post on the second day together with other tips about traveling in Jeju Island.

~ciao~

Manjanggul Lava Tube - 2,000 won per entry
Gimnyeong (also spelt as Kimnyeong) Maze Park - 3,300 won per entry
Sangumburi Crater - 6,000 won per entry
Sungsan Sunrise Peak - 2,000 won per entry
Jeju Nanta - 60,000 won (VIP seats) & 50,000 (regular seats)