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Hongdo (홍도, 紅島) is a small (6.5 km2) island 115 km off the coast in South Jeolla Province, South Korea.
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Although the national park is off limits, you may walk around on carefully designated paths.
A boat trip that takes180 minutes to get around the 21km of coastline and countless interesting rock formations (assuming you like that sort of thing)
Hongdo town does in fact boast its own beach
홍도관광모텔
Boats leave from Mokpo harbor to Hongdo Harbor, with a return ticket costing ₩75,000 and taking 180 minutes.
Read in the guideBecause of restrictions walking through the national park, access to the second village (somewhat disappointingly just called Hongdo 2-gil) on the island must be by boat.
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