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Residents of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, one of the British Overseas Territories on the island of Tristan da Cunha, call their home “the world’s most isolated settlement.”
Tristan da Cunha is an active volcanic island in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean. The last time it erupted was in 1961, which forced islanders to evacuate to England, according to the website of the Tristan da Cunha Government and the Tristan da Cunha Association.
Now fewer than 250 islanders and visitors live there, but the remoteness grants the lucky few plenty of tranquility and safety.
The economy relies on the export of crawfish, known as Tristan rock lobster, but tourism also makes up a small part. However, there are no hotels on the island, so the government has created a homestay program for visitors for £65 a night, or around $83 a night, according to the island’s website. But first, you have to get there.
The island is only accessible by boat — many of which depart from the nearest city of Cape Town, South Africa — and the journey to Tristan da Cunha takes nearly one week to complete.
Here is what life is like in the most remote settlement in the world.
