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Yokji-do Hiking Trail: Tongyeong's Coastal Cliff Loop

Why Yokji-do Stopped Me in My Tracks 🚐 Want to walk this trail with a private driver? Off Map Korea drives small groups (2-6) to Korea's hidden paths. From ₩280,000/day · See packages → I've dropped clients at a lot of South Sea ferry terminals over the years — Wando, Nokdong, Samcheonpo — and most of the time the conversation on the drive down is about what to expect. The first time I drove a pair of Irish walkers to Tongyeong for Yokji-do, I honestly undersold it. I told them it was 'a quiet island with decent ridge views.' They came back to the car that evening shaking their heads. 'That cliff path,' one of them said, 'is the best thing we've done in Korea.' I've since taken many more groups there, and the reaction is almost always the same. Yokji-do (욕지도) is not famous on the international hiking circuit. That's exactly why it belongs on this blog. Getting to Yokji-do: The Tongyeong Ferry Yokji-do sits roughly 32 kilometres so...