Ttangkkeut Monorail, Monorail in Songji-myeon, Haenam County, South Korea
The Ttangkkeut Monorail is a short single-rail ride located at the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula, in the rural area of Songji-myeon, Haenam County. It carries visitors from a lower station up to the Sajabong summit area, where the Ttangkkeut Observatory stands above the sea.
The monorail opened in December 2005, making it one of the few of its kind built in a rural Korean setting. Before it existed, reaching the Sajabong summit required climbing stairs or walking a trail from the parking area.
The name Ttangkkeut means 'end of the land' in Korean, and the site sits at the very southern tip of the Korean mainland. Visitors often come here with the feeling of reaching a boundary, a place where the land simply stops and the sea begins.
The monorail runs every day throughout the year, and parking is available close to the lower station. Because there is only one car with limited capacity, wait times between rides can reach around 15 minutes, so it helps to plan a short buffer into your visit.
On clear days, it is possible to see Hallasan, the main peak of Jeju Island, from the Sajabong summit that the monorail leads to. The ride itself takes only about six minutes, making the contrast between the short journey and the long view quite striking.
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