A beautiful island that so many people have fallen in love with. Nami Island is a 460,000 square meter island in the middle of the Han River. Beautiful gardens scattered everywhere and with so much to do, it really is the perfect place to spend the day resting and relaxing.
It was amazing to finally be able to see this place in person. Click the link below to read more about what I got up to here and what traditional Korean food I ate.
How to get there?
via TRAIN
Seoul Station to Yongsan – KRW 1,350 (10 mins)
Yongsan to Gapyeong – KRW 4,800 (1 hr)
From Gapyeong Station you can get on a Hop-on Hop-off (HOHO) bus that can take to straight to the Gapyeong Wharf – I’ll write a separate post about the tour bus. It was KRW 6,000 per person, valid for one day.
Rates
Regular – KRW 10,000
Discount – KRW 8,000
Special – KRW 4,000
* includes entrance fee and two-way ferry ride
Ferry schedule:
7:30 am to 9 am – every 30 minutes after first ferry
9 am to 6 pm – every 10 to 20 minutes
6 pm to 9:40 pm – every 30 minutes until last ferry at 9:40 pm
For the adventurous types you can also opt to take the zip-wire to the island instead of the ferry. Details are below:
Operating Hours: 9 am to 7 pm (Apr to Oct) | 9 am to 6 pm (Nov to Mar)
Rates: KRW 38,000 (entrance included)
Made it to Nami Island! 
Zip wire 
Nami Island Ferry 
Information Center
Where to eat?
There are so many restaurants on Nami Island with a wide variety of food as well. But we really wanted to try some legit Korean food so we chose to eat at Nammoon.
The food was served 15 to 20 minutes after we ordered and it was amazing! Tasted so good! It was also nice to be eating outside in the sun – loved the ambiance of the place.
Haemul Pajeon (Korean Seafood pancake) – KRW 16,000
Nammoon Table d’hôte (good for 4 to 5 persons) – KRW 34,000
TOTAL: KWR 50,000 (roughly Php 2,400)
Redbean steamed buns – KRW 1,000 each 
Some other restaurants on Nami Island
- Dongmoon (Asian)
- Seomhyanggi (Spicy grilled chicken)
- Gomok
- Di Matteo (Italian)
- Yeonga (Lunch Box)
- Nami Island Bookcafe
- Swing Cafe
- Snow Cafe
- Sonata Cafe (specialty: hotteok)
- May Cafe / Artshop Snowman
- Coffee Shop Islana
What to do?
Aside from renting a bike, you can also to the following: *rates below are all in KRW
ELECTRIC TRI-WAY
Single: 12,000 (30 mins) / 24,000 (1 hr) / 6,000 (overtime charge per 15 mins)
Baby: 18,000 (30 mins) / 36,000 (1 hr) / 9,000 (overtime charge per 15 mins)
SKY-BIKE – 3,000
UNICEF CHARITY TRAIN – 3,000
STORY TOUR BUS – 7,000
FOREST ADVENTURE TREEGO (20,000) all-inclusive
Forest Zip-line – 10,000 | Forest Trampoline – 10,000
MOTORBOAT – 40,000 ( 5 persons)
BABY STROLLER – 3,000 |WHEELCHAIR: FREE
Spot your country! Hehe. 
Map of Nami Island. Hugeeeee place!
This pot was really heavy!!! 
Some other places to see:
- Eco Farm Yeonryeonji Pond
- Baekpungmilwon Maple Garden
- Dodamsambong Garden
- Metasequoia Lane
- Water Garden Swimming Pool
- Iseul Recycling Garden
- Ginkgo Tree Lane
- Jeonggwan Baekryeonji Pond
- Bungalow Row Riverside Path
- Yuyeongji Pond
- Lover’s Wood
- Changgyeongwon Garden
Have you been to Nami Island before? How was your experience? Let me know in the comments section below ♥
If you have read more previous Seoul blogs check them out below:
- Petra, One of the Seven Wonders of the World
- Mount Nebo
- The Baptismal Site of Jesus Christ
- The Archaeological Site of Jerash
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I’ve never heard of Nami Island before but it looks like it would be a nice place to go if you wanted to get out of the city for a day. The food you tried there looks so yummy. It looks like the best time to visit would be spring with all the gardens and cherry blossoms!
Yessss, definitely Spring (in my opinion) hehe.
Nicely written guide for Nami Island. I’ve been to Korea two times but I never went there but I’ve always wanted to. I will suggest a trip there once my friend based in Italy who is a Koreanovela addict comes home to Pinas 😛
Hehe. I’m sure your friend would love it!
Interesting read and what a lovely place! The food looks great there, I would totally want to try it all!!
Thank you, Zoe!
I know so little about Seoul, I had no idea there were things like this to do there! I would be most excited about trying real Korean food. Those red bean steam buns look delicious 🙂
They were! Thank you, Sav 🙂
Hm… my friend is considering Seoul for December (specifically to experience winter). I might pass this on to her. Is Nami Island good for winter visits too?
Yes! Some of my friends have gone during winter 🙂
I’ve never heard of this place but it looks like a lot of fun!! I’d totally zip line to the island, that sounds awesome!
I was so tempted! Haha!
Visiting Nami Island looks like a fantastic adventure–culinary and otherwise! Thanks for providing so much information about things to do on Nami Island and places to eat–I look forward to visiting!
Thanks Lori!
Your trip looks beautiful but omg the food looks increeedddible!
It was so good!
Wow! Looks so pristine and green from the hustle and bustle of Seoul! Never got time to visit this place, would definitely like to!
You should go back and visit! Hehe.
Whenever I hear about places that I’ve never heard of in countries I’d love to visit, such as Nami Island, it always makes me a little anxious when I think about the future planning phase. Always so many more places to discover.
I agree!