Lava Tubes

On the next day we visited Manjangul and Kimnyeong-gul Lava Tube, which is one of the largest lava tunnels in the world. This was originally one cave but parts of the tunnel collapsed at one point, forming two separate caves. While only 1 kilometer of the lava tube is open to the public, it still takes about 40 minutes to reach the endpoint when walking continuously. Bats can be seen lurking in this cave on a occasion. I was hoping to see one, but I had no luck. At around the midway point there is a rock that sort of looks like a turtle. The endpoint has a lava pillar, which is supposed to be rare feature in a lava tube.

 This picture give a good idea of the massive tunnel created by lava flow.

 The turtle shaped rock

The lava pillar accompanied by changing lights.

Since it was difficult to get decent pictures here, I figured a video would give everyone a better view of the lava tube.

The color of the lighting changes much more rapidly for the lava pillar at the end.

Seongeup Folk Village

This is one of the two traditional villages left in Jeju. It is designated as one of the historic locations in Korea.

Seongsan Ilchubong

Along the northeastern part of Jeju Island, we can hike up this volcanic crater. It only takes about 1/2 hour to 45 minutes to get to the top. At the peak I took some amazing pictures and video of Jeju City. There is a great view of the crater at the top, but a picture doesn't really do justice on showing this natural wonder.