Type "Nami Island" into a map app and the pin lands in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, across the river from where your visit actually starts. The island belongs to Chuncheon, but every trip begins at a ticket window on the Gapyeong (가평) bank in Gyeonggi Province. So route yourself to the wharf, budget ₩19,000 per adult, and plan the day backward from the ferry clock and your ride home.
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Route to the wharf, not the island
The address to save is 1024 Bukhangangbyeon-ro, Gapyeong-eup. Search apps for Nami Island Ticket Office or Nami Island Wharf (남이섬 선착장, Namiseom seonchakjang). From that dock the boat across takes about five minutes.
By rail, two services stop at Gapyeong Station. The Gyeongchun Line takes about 50 minutes from Sangbong, and the ITX-Cheongchun takes about 60 minutes from Yongsan or 42 minutes from Cheongnyangni. The island's access page puts the station 1.5 km from the wharf: about 20 minutes on foot, or 5 minutes by taxi or city bus 10-4.
Bus 10-4 is where plans wobble. The timetable the island posts runs one way only, from Gapyeong Terminal to Gapyeong Station to Nami Island. It leaves the station at 7:45, 8:45 and 9:45, then every 30 to 60 minutes until the last bus at 19:45, which reaches the wharf at 19:50. The same sheet warns that weekend and holiday traffic can delay it. For the trip back, count on the 20-minute walk or a taxi, and you won't be standing at a stop guessing.
If you'd rather skip trains, the direct shuttle run by Ktourstory leaves Hongik University Station Exit 4 at 9:00, Namsan Yejang Bus Transfer Parking Lot near Myeongdong Station at 9:40, and Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station Exit 9 at 9:50, arriving at 11:30. The return leaves the island at 16:30 and reaches Hongdae at 18:50. That fixes your visit at five hours. It's an easy choice for a first walk, but if you want to linger into the evening, take the train.
At the 출입국관리사무소 window
Nami Island runs a long-standing theme as the Naminara Republic (나미나라공화국), so the ticket office is labeled an immigration office, 출입국관리사무소 (churipgukgwalli samuso), and the ticket is called a visa. Ignore the theater; it's simply where you pay. The general rate is ₩19,000, and it already includes the round-trip ferry, so there's no second fare at the dock.
If a guide quotes ₩16,000 as the adult price, it's out of date. On the current fee table that's the discount rate, for middle and high school students and visitors aged 70 and up. Children from 36 months through elementary school pay ₩13,000. Bring the higher number into your budget and you won't get surprised.
Two extras sit on the same fee table. A motorboat in and regular ferry out costs ₩29,000 for adults; motorboats run 09:00 to 18:00, leave once two people board, and carry five at most. The table also lists separate early and late ticket categories: tickets bought before 8:00 for a boat before 8:00, and tickets bought after 18:31 from April to November (after 18:01 from December to March). If you show up near those cutoffs, ask at the window which rate applies to you.
The ferry clock through November 22
On the regular schedule, boats to the island run 08:00 to 21:00 and boats back run 08:05 to 21:05. They leave every 30 minutes between 8 and 9 a.m., every 10 to 20 minutes between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., and every 30 minutes after 6 p.m. Midday the wait is short. After dark, a boat you just missed costs you half an hour.
For autumn 2026 the island added boats from September 18 through November 22. The first boat moves up to 07:30 every day, and on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays the last boat runs at 21:30. No public holidays fall in what's left of that window, so the late boat runs on nine dates: November 6, 7 and 8; 13, 14 and 15; and 20, 21 and 22. From November 23 the normal 08:00 and 21:00 limits return. The Korean ferry page is where any change shows up first.
For color, the island's FAQ puts peak foliage roughly from mid-October to early December, with the ginkgo trees at their best from late October to around mid-November. Around mid-November, ginkgo leaves brought in each year from Seoul's Songpa District are spread along Songpa Ginkgo Road (송파은행나무길, Songpa eunhaengnamu-gil), so that path stays yellow even as the trees drop their leaves. If you can only pick one weekend, November 13 to 15 lines up the ginkgo window, the leaf-covered road and the 21:30 boat.
The last boat isn't your real deadline, though. Your train is. Before you board the return ferry, open Korail Talk or your map app and check tonight's last Gyeongchun Line or ITX-Cheongchun departure from Gapyeong Station. Then add 25 minutes: five for the crossing and twenty for the walk. On a late-boat weekend, treat 21:30 as the backup, not the plan.
Before you leave Seoul, save the wharf address and screenshot the last train from Gapyeong for your date.
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