Dennis Swain what's the procedure to get there ?! I mean regarding the documentation ? Which country's VISA do I need ? any help would be greatly appreciated
I live in nyc now.but i am from St Helena island ,i worked in the Falkland Islands for a year and lived on Ascension Island for 6 yrs. I enjoyed your vid .Thank you.
Wow, thank you for sharing! You gave details that other short, RU-vid docs did not share! I’ll never get there, so I really appreciate what you’ve done here!!!
Thank you so much for this great video! Last year I visited Pitcairn and now Tristan Da da Cunha is on my list. Your video made me really want to go now!
+Ann Zitaruk Unfortunately, given COVID, you won't be going any time soon. Currently, visitors to Tristan are currently restricted to returning Tristanians and expatriates on contract to the Government of Tristan da Cunha. Tristan da Cunha has banned all visits by cruise liners and yachts.
What a great cruise! Another fine video of a very remote Island rarely visited. Great commentary, very informative. In 1988 I spent three years driving my 1969 VW campervan from the top of Alaska to the bottom of South America. Back then I tried to get to Antarctica but was unsuccessful. Your cruise Cape to Cape was truly enlightening. I also enjoyed your canoe trip on the Nahanni River. I saw those Northern lights. One of the most spectacular highlights of my life. Are you thinking of learning to use a drone in your next series of travels. It would add wonderful additional footage.
+Train Lord It must have been a fascinating trip in your 1969 VW Camper Van. I wanted to make that trip when I was younger so I'm envious. In 1988, getting to Antarctica would have been a challenge. Today, Ushuaia is awash with ships heading to Antarctica. Yes I've thought of using a drone but it would be a space issue. On a trip to the North Pole on a Russian nuclear icebreaker, a passenger with a drone was not allowed to fly it when the ship was moving. So this really cut down on the amount of time when he could fly it.
This new tiny portable (perfect for travellers) DJI Mavic Pro with 4K camera seems the way to go. I am extremely tempted to invest in one asap. Then learning how to use it, to capture beautiful natural landscape footage etc. By the way, have a look at Batanes Islands in the north of the Philippines. A good next time recommendation for a future adventure.
I built most of them as a teenager. Classic passenger ships of the past. Please take a look at my HO scale train layout. I actually had a model of the N&W 611 delivered to my doorstep this morning.
Happy to watch your video, I been there but were only 1 mile distance this Island from our drifting cargo ship while were waited the advice for our next voyage either Brazil or Argentina, luckily we all tried to fishing and we catched some big squids.
***** As mentioned in this video, the island's education system stops at the secondary level. Hence anyone wanting to pursue their education would have to go abroad. You might visit TristanDaCunha.org as a starting pointing if you wish to investigate further about this remotest of inhabited islands.
hi . i live in south africa . and have such a good feeling to see that we have some participation in this community with regards to the import and exporting of such essential goods. and to my surprise, is that a south african vehicle i see . 👍
im interested to know more of your journey in this island. i can't get over actually. i wanted to live there so much everynight in my dream.ur the luckiest oh my God.
+Dhaval Ninawe I don't know about St. Helena, as I visited Tristan da Cunha. That said, if you Google "internet connectivity at St. Helena", you'll find an answer to your question.
Hi. I am very interested in Tristan da Cunha so thank you for the video. I checked out your channel and saw your trip to Iceland! I'm from Iceland. This is a rather unusual way to go to Tristan. What were you doing in South Georgia? I saw the big glaciers just like the ones in Vatnajökull. Dos people live there?
Raudavatn We were visiting South Georgia as we crossed at South Atlantic Ocean from cape to cape. There is no native population on South Georgia. However, there are both year-round and seasonal inhabitants. The year-round inhabitants are the British Government representatives, and scientists and support staff from the British Antarctic Survey who maintain scientific bases at Bird Island and at King Edward Point, the capital of the capital of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI). Seasonal inhabitants include the museum staff at Grytviken.
These islands look like amazing, lovely and fascinating places - to VISIT! I wonder why there is a prohibition placed on so called 'outsiders' from settling on Tristan or participating in collective land ownership though. It would seem that the broadening of the rather 'shallow' genetic pool and expanding experience base of the existing population would be viewed as positive developments.
+JockBaloney "Tristan da Cunha is a small island with just one village and limited resources. Immigration is necessarily tightly controlled, and there are few expatriate job opportunities. Immigration to Tristan is not possible unless you already have a family connection with the island. Even then, there are certain restrictions on residency. It is not possible to buy real estate or property on the islands." (see www.tristandc.com/government/work.php)
Hello Tletter, what a great video description of the island. You're definitely one of few lucky people around the world that are able to visit that island. Do you mind if I ask you around how much money did you spend while visiting the Island, also to and from the island. I leave in Los Angeles, CA and I am wondering what would I have to do to go there and how much money I would need. Thank you!
+jevd86 We went on a cruise from Ushuaia to Cape Town. There are several ships that make this trip at the end of the Antarctic cruise season. As well there is a ship that goes to the island several times a year. The easiest way to check these possibilities out is via a travel agent.
If you have a medical emergency there that requires specialized care, you're screwed. How do they handle that? Is it common for people to die there from medical problems that would be routinely and easily treated in a big city hospital?
+Melissa0774 There is a small medical facility on the island called the Camogli Healthcare Centre that is manned by expatriate doctors and local nurses, with regular visits by dentists and opticians. That said, the medical care situation on Tristan da Cunha is not unique as there are many remote settlements in the world that you'd have a problem if you have a medical emergency requiring immediate specialized care and evacuation is not possible.
@Melissa0774 I completely agree with you. Everyone (me as the 1st) who would like to move to TdC for living there for ever should ask him/herself if health conditions are almost outstanding or better give up, to deal with a serious medical emergency will make you curse the day you decided to move there. Sorry for my bad english
I briefly entertained the idea of applying for a migrant 2 year contracted job there in 2009 when I returned home from Iraq, but sadly their were none available at the time and my mother would have killed me.
great video. thanks for sharing. how did you manage the trip? was is a personal one or managed through some travel company? what is the fresh water source in tristan?
+muzikmaestro13 >what is the fresh water source in tristan? Edinburgh of the Seven Seas was established where there was access to an abundant stream, the Big Watron, flowing down from a spring at the base of the nearby cliffs....................>how did you manage the trip? On the small expedition cruise ship that is shown throughout the video.
