Ridding the monorail from POW camp up to the top of the mountain “Gyerong-san”, worth the ride!
This monorail (거제 모노레일) opened in 2018, it’s a pretty new tourist attraction in Geoje Island. The monorail takes you to the top of one of the famous mountains in Geoje “Gyerong-san”, this mountain is a very steep, about 560-meter mountain slope!
You can do both the POW (거제도 포로수용소유적공원) and monorail on the same day but we weren’t able to book a ticket on our first visit because the monorail tickets sold out.
*At this point, we are at a monorail station on the top of Gyeongran Mountain.
We tried to walk-in for a monorail ticket one more time, and it was sold out again!
So I guess, during the summertime in Geoje -it’s hard to get the monorail ticket for the sunset ride, book online ahead of your visit!
Luckily, we have a Korean friend “BC” who bought the monorail ticket online for us, this way we can select the date and time for the ride! Ticket online is available at http://www.pow.or.kr/_main/main.html
*The online ticket is available to purchase with a local credit card only, and the website is only in the Korean language (the year 2020)
<—Left: POW Camp Right: Monorail —>
We had to stop to get the real tickets at the ticket office before ridding monorail. I would recommend you to come a little early before your riding time.
Walk to the monorail station and hand your ticket at the monorail station attendant, then wait for your turn to ride.
The monorail cab holds 5-6 people per ride, I took a drink with me – no problem! But pets are not allowed!
Once you get inside the monorail, buckle up!
It’s a very-very slow ride up, it’s less than 2 km but it took more than 25 mins to ride to the peak!
I had just a little motion sickness…but I was fine once I got out!
Up to the top of the Gyerong-san mountain, it’s a very nice view – we picked the good day in August!
It’s a nice walk to the viewpoint where we can see the whole island or port view!
Some people would buy only a one-way ticket for a monorail ride, then they hike up or down instead of riding.
Riding down the monorail is much more fun (for us), it’s faster and a little thrilling 🙂
The round trip ride is about 3.6km, and our tickets are about $10 (12,000won) per person for a round trip ride (Aug 2020).
My friend told me that the last monorail to ride back down is about 9 pm, but it depends on the weather as well.
Don’t forget to read–> Prisoner Of War (POW)
Read more for our trip in Geoje: https://www.somethingjam.com/south-korea/geoje-island-south-korea
