The tiny island of St Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean – where Napoleon was exiled by the British – is marking the end of an era, with a new airport set to see the end of a unique freighter cruise experience. Currently the RMS St Helena, which carries the...
The tiny island of St Helena
in the South Atlantic Ocean –
where Napoleon was exiled by
the British – is marking the end
of an era, with a new airport
set to see the end of a unique
freighter cruise experience.
Currently the RMS St Helena,
which carries the mail to the
British enclave, is the only way
to get to the tiny 16km x 8km
dot in the ocean which has a
population of just over 4,000.
Fares are still available for the
ship’s final season of voyages,
with departures every month
until the last cruise in Jun 2016,
travelling from Cape Town to St
Helena and Ascension Island.
There are just 14 cabins
onboard the working cargo ship
– but it all comes to an end next
year when the new St Helena
airport opens, with BA’s South
African regional offshoot Comair
to operate once weekly flights
from Johannesburg.
