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What To Do in St Helena

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What To Do in St Helena

This trip to the St. Helena took place from 15 - 18 February 2020, before the major current travel restrictions. I do not encourage anyone to travel now. #StayHome. Here's a video with my thoughts on the current situation:


St. Helena may just be one of my favorite places I’ve ever visited. The Saints are some of the kindest people I’ve ever come across in my travels. Because I had such a great time, I thought I’d try something different for this video about St. Helena.

I normally make videos here on YouTube about airlines, but perhaps the most amazing part of aviation are the places it can take. Places like St Helena. So, in this video about St Helena, I’m trying a little experiment: Let’s check out some things on the ground in St Helena! We’ll explore some of the highlights of St. Helena and some of what I enjoyed while I was here. Let me know what you think about this experiment by leaving comments. I always appreciate feedback! And next week, I’ll post a more typical video about my return to the mainland.

St. Helena is home to epic history, out-of-this-world scenery, and incredible opportunities for intreprid travelers.

We’ll explore the infamous Jacobs Ladder, Napoleon’s two residences on St. Helena, some of the hiking available on the island, as well as some of the most amazing vistas.

This is my first attempt at a video about something unrelated to aviation, so I’d appreciate your feedback. I think it’s probably fair to say I need to expand my coverage of things like accomodations and food if I continue with this. Also, maybe I’ll do this on a separate channel. Anyway, let me know what you think of this first attempt. And, also, let me know if you’re heading to St. Helena once we can all travel again!

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Seasons of Change – Gavin Luke
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Top 10 Things to do on St Helena Island

My Top Ten Things To Do on St Helena Island

During my seven months on St Helena I have had the opportunity to explore this wonderful remote island in the South Atlantic. Only 4500 people and 1000s of miles from Brazil or Angola/Namibia. It is truly remote. The Saint people are some of the most warm and welcoming people I have ever had the pleasure or living and working with.
This is my top ten things to o on St Helena Island when you are here.
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The City of Jamestown St Helena - to Live, Work & Explore

Jamestown is the capital of St Helena Island, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean.

The island is tiny and very remote, it’s most notable claim to fame is that French Emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled here in 1815, where he died 6 years later.
Until recently St Helena was only accessible by ship, however, St Helena Airport began scheduled flights in 2017 and now weekly flights to Johannesburg, South Africa, keep the island connected with the outside world.

For anyone considering living or taking up a job opportunity on St Helena, this short film gives some insight to what you can expect to find in the island's capital, Jamestown.
Sampling the prestigious St Helena coffee, night swimming at the Jamestown pool, noisy street parades to celebrate the national day and spotting the colourful fish in the Castle Gardens fountain, are some of the activities to experience.
This video about Jamestown also includes shopping for groceries along Main Street, catching a taxi, climbing Jacob's Ladder and target shooting at the Jamestown Rifle Club, plus lots more!
We also include an overview of Jamestown’s history and how it came to be a city.
Filmed & produced in early 2023

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ST HELENA ISLAND | Secret of the Atlantic Ocean | Tour | Things To Do

With its uniquely rich diversity of heritage-based attractions, both built and natural, St Helena offers many things to see and lots to do — from visiting the Georgian town to the rugged coastline, from the rolling hills to the stark yet striking geology at Sandy Bay. That’s the thing about this destination there’s so much more to the island than you may think.

One of the most remote, inhabited islands in the world

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Flying to St Helena Airport

This trip to the St. Helena Airport took place on 15 February 2020, before the major current travel restrictions. Here's a video with my thoughts on that situation:


This video is about flying to the St. Helena Airport. St. Helena Airport is one of the most challenging airports in the world. Less than ten commercial airline pilots are certified to land here!

At either end of the runway are massive cliffs, which create challenging wind conditions.

I’ve wanted to visit St. Helena for a long time. When the St. Helena Airport received its first commercial flight in 2017, the trip became far more viable for me. Before St. Helena Airport opened, a trip there required a five day boat trip just to get there.

St. Helena’s role in the Age of Exploration cannot be understated. The Portuguese used St. Helena as a secret base for restocking their ships (they left a heard of goats and planted citrus trees. It then became a key possession of the British East India Company before it was suddenly converted into a prison for the world’s most feared man – Napoleon. He died there, too. Today, it’s a fascinating British Overseas Territory accessed thanks to the St. Helena Airport.

In this video, we’ll explore the flight’s route, the passenger experience, and even peak behind the scenes at the St. Helena Airport to understand how it all works.

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Feels Right – Cody Francis
She Folded a Paper Plane – Franz Gordon
Big World for a Minnow – Trevor Kowalski
Starting Again – Cody Francis
Lion’s Drift – Trevor Kowalski
Fair Fight – Martin Klem
Come Find Me – Out Linear
Alien Comedienne – Radio Night

????????ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW About travelling to ST HELENA

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St Helena is Rich in history, Beautiful in nature and truly Unique, famous for Napoleons exile.
Located 1950km from Africa and 2900km from South America in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean it is one of the most isolated island in the world.

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02:42 Flight
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St Helena Island, a world within a world apart

St Helena Island: A history treasure trove. Walk in the footsteps of Napoleon, the Duke of Wellington, Edmund Halley, Charles Darwin and even Captain James Cook. Discover the secrets of a world within a world apart.

St Helena Island December 2022

Now with one flight a week from Johannesburg, South Africa, St Helena island is now accessible year round to visit an historic and beautiful island. With 21 postbox walks, a unique landscape and steeped in history, this island which sits almost slap bang in the middle of the south Atlantic, is well worth visiting. #sthelena #visitsthelena #sthelenaisland

Jamestown, St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean | Part 1

St. Helena Island is one of the most remote islands located in the South Atlantic Ocean. This is my first time to travel to this part of the world and I was very excited to visit and experience what is like living in a remote island.

My Favourite Place on St Helena

Get a glimpse of some of the unspoilt areas of the island by going on an adventure with a resident who shares her favourite place.
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St Helena Island - Ep. 24

The last home of Napolean and the current home of Jonathan the oldest living thing on earth! This special place isn't easy to get to, but it is worth it!!! My sources for this video are our amazing tour guide and sainthelenaisland.info. Sorry for the blank spot after the bank. I have a good photo of their currency, but something went wrong after I added the photos and uploaded the video.

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Flying from St Helena to Cape Town

This trip to the St. Helena Airport took place 15 February 2020, before the major current travel restrictions. This is not a time to travel, but instead...please Stay Home! Stick around to the end of the video for some of my thoughts about the state of travel today.

In this video, I'll share a bit from behind the scenes at the St. Helena airport as well as some scenes from the flight back to Cape Town with Airlink. But the real star of the show on the flight from St Helena to Cape Town was the approach at sunset past Table Mountain. It was truly jaw-dropping.

Watching this approach into Cape Town from St. Helena – undoubtedly the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen from the air – was an opportunity to pause and reflect.

I have always taken great comfort – even assigned some of my own identity to the fact that, thanks to commercial aviation, I can get anywhere, anytime, in unbelievable comfort. Producing these videos about St. Helena has been a cathartic process for me. A reminder of what was possible not too long ago.

Of course, travel like this is not possible now. We’re each doing our part, staying home, washing our hands, maintaining social distance. These things are hard, we all know that. We miss being in the sky. We miss what aviation provides – that’s connection. And, stunning views like this. Views, I’m sorry to say, I didn’t fully appreciate before this crisis occurred.

Aviation brings the world together. A place like St. Helena – previously weeks away – becomes only a matter of hours from anywhere else on the planet. But, now we’re more apart than we’ve ever been.

We’re separated from our family, our friends, and the rest of the world. I hope we use this time to celebrate the small moments and to feel gratitude for what we can enjoy.

I feel for everyone who works in travel or people who travel for work. Your world has been rocked. These are strange times. But we know this: We know travel will return. Yes! It will be different, but it will return. Will travel be what it once was? Will the glamor be gone? I don’t know.

But I am sure of this: It will come back. Humans are explorers. We yearn to see the world, to seek new experiences, to make strangers our friends, to see new places. Commercial aviation will make this possible again.

I look forward to getting back in the air, to connecting with the world, as soon as it’s possible to do so. In the meantime, I’ll continue posting on this channel with the goal of bringing a little joy to you, along with a reminder of what was, and maybe a prediction or two about what will be.

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Developing the only luxury hotel on St Helena Island - The Mantis Hotel Development Division

Developing hotels in remote locations has its own set of challenges, however not for Mantis with developing a Luxury Hotel on St Helena Island. Interior Designer for Mantis, Maurette also tells about the logistics of working remote.

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Are there hotels focused on conservation? Yes there are! With Mantis you can have your next vacation at a luxury hotel, eco lodge, or waterway that is passionate about conservation and serving local communities.


BRUCE MCNICOL, Development Direct, Mantis:
This brings us to St Helena, probably Mantis’ most challenging project to date and one of the development flagship projects. Being remotely situated 2000 nautical miles from Cape Town had its own challenges. Again drawing from the expertise of our team. We had to put in highly experienced project manager from Mantis, Graham Vass. We had a really good construction company that we had sourced from Cape Town. With a professional team pretty much being situated and located in South Africa. We didn't have much hours on the site except for the team. And a lot of that work was done by correspondence, emails, Zoom calls, which had its own challenges. However, no matter what Mantis had to continue with the project. And there was quite a lot to it. We had to develop all thirty rooms fitted out. We had to ship all components from South Africa, from Cape Town. Maurette obviously involved in the interiors, we had Sascon involved in the IT. We had to ship out kitchens, all the utensils. There was quite a lot to that project, shipping, the logistics. You know, that has its set of challenges with the Royal Mail ship RMS St Helena. Maurette, we discussed that it was quite a challenge from that point of view.

MAURETTE VAN EYSSEN, Head of Interior Design, Mantis & MI Designs
2016 was probably one of the most fascinating years because apart from the challenges, it was also the excitement. And in the back of my mind, I knew that I'd be able to see the island eventually once the stuff arrives there. So, most of the manufacturing was done in Port Elizabeth, locally. Everything was packed, crated and shipped from South Africa. We first had to get it to Cape Town, which meant that we had to track it from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town. Once we got to Cape Town, obviously the containers got loaded and I think I had a total of eleven containers, plus a very small installation team consisting of myself, my husband and two assistants. And that was when the fun and the journey started when the ship sailed out of Cape Town.


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Like a Saint, St. Helena

Sip, savor and explore St. Helena. Discover Napa Valley's history and uncover stories shared amongst the world's greatest wine and cuisine. Stroll Napa Valley's Main Street where luxury meets iconic architecture and endless amounts of fine art. Bookmark St. Helena as your next travel destination.

Visit St Helena Island

The island is possible to visit only by plane from Johannesburg. There is one flight, once a week, from one city. J o h a n n e s b u r g!
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Exploring Downtown Saint Helena, California USA Walking Tour #sainthelena #sthelena #california

Exploration To Go takes you on a morning walking tour through Downtown Main Street of Saint Helena, California USA in stunning 4K UHD at 60 fps with relaxing jazz / modern / easy listening / instrumental music in the background for listening pleasure. St. Helena is a city in Napa County, in California's Wine Country, part of the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 5,814 at the 2010 census.

The city is the center of the eponymous American Viticultural Area which includes 416 vineyards encompassing 6,800 acres of vineyards. St. Helena is the location of The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone and a campus of Napa Valley College.

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00:00 - Intro to Saint Helena, CA United States
04:06 - Walking through Saint Helena Plaza
05:36 - Walking west side of Main Street
11:30 - Walking east side of Main Street

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????????St Helena Island - Tour around Jamestown, Clifford Arboretum and High Peak

Our Second video of our MINI-SERIES at St Helena
Discover Jamestown, Jacobs ladder with us, drive along the green lush parts to the Cliffords Arboretum and finish with the great views from High Peak
St Helena is Rich in history, Beautiful in nature and truly Unique, famous for Napoleons exile.
Located 1950km from Africa and 2900km from South America in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean it is one of the most isolated island in the world.

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Top Three Sites on St Helena Island, South Carolina

In this segment, the WrightSights explore the Top Three Sites on the beautiful island of St. Helana, South Carolina! If you like this video, check out Top Three Things to do Outside of Charleston.

We re-visit St. Helena Island due to public demand...wow! its gonna be epic this festive season

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St. Helena island, part of the British Overseas Territory also encompassing Ascension and Tristan da Cunha islands, is a remote volcanic outpost in the South Atlantic Ocean. It's famous as the place of Napoleon Bonaparte's exile and death, as commemorated by a nowempty tomb. Climbing destinations include the 699 steps of Jacob's Ladder and Diana's Peak, sheltering endemic plant and animal life.
St Helena is the United Kingdom's second-oldest overseas territory after Bermuda. Saint Helena is known for being the site of Napoleon's second exile, following his final defeat in 1815.
Helena: Why You Should Visit One Of the World's Most Remote Islands. Where Napoleon was exiled, this remote subtropical British Overseas Territory boasts lush landscapes, epic diving, and dark history.
St. Helena is part of the British overseas territory of St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; Ascension Island is approximately 700 miles (1,100 km) to the northwest, and the island group of Tristan da Cunha is some 1,300 miles (2,100 km) to the south.
The average price of a 7-day trip to St Helena is $2,597 for a solo traveler, $4,664 for a couple, and $8,744 for a family of 4. St Helena hotels range from $139 to $600 per night with an average of $284, while most vacation rentals will cost $200 to $1000 per night for the entire home.
Beaches are in short supply on St Helena; mostly the land meets the sea in a vertical cliff. Jamestown has an area known as The Seaside, but there is no sand, only rocks, and most of the area is taken up by The Wharf.
It is a subtropical paradise where the mountainous terrain and micro-climates create an astounding diversity of landscapes all within a few minutes drive. It is an off-the-beaten-track, bucket-list destination that your friends will envy. On St Helena, there is so much to explore.
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