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St Helena

Getting There & Around

here is currently one weekly flight to St Helena’s airport from Johannesburg every Saturday, with a brief stop for refuelling at Windhoek in Namibia. There are additional, seasonal, flights on Tuesdays. Flight-time to the island is around six hours, but the airport’s), including an overnight stop in Johannesburg and an onward connection to St Helena with Air Link (). To explore the island it’s best to get a rental car – book well in advance through St Helena Tourism (from £45 per day; ).

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