![]() ![]() You can see everything on Ascension in 4 nights (equating to five full days) and there is no need to stay longer unless visiting friends or wishing to engage in extensive walking – see my ‘Letterbox Walks’ review. I spent two nights on St Helena and four nights on Ascension. You have a little bit more flexibility re time on Ascension given that flights out – your only option unless you limit your trip to less than a day – leaving on same voyage -or want to stay more than a month awaiting the ships return – are twice weekly. You need to study the ships timetable carefully as routings and time in port do vary from trip to trip. While I used my time to the maximum there and saw most things a couple of extra days would have been great. My one and only negative comment on it was that unless we wanted to spend a month or so on St Helena we were limited to 2 nights there which equated to only 2.5 days sightseeing time. It was, in itself a major part of our trip and not a means of merely getting to Ascension Island or St Helena. That said, I absolutely loved the trip aboard the RMS St Helena and simply cannot recommend it highly enough for anyone. The very thought of going on a cruise did not appeal to me and it would certainly not be my first choice of holiday. On arrival in Jamestown we had to (of course we wanted to!) go ashore for 2 nights before returning to the ship for the remaining 2 nights trip to Georgetown, Ascension Island. Suffice to say at this point the passage from Cape Town to Jamestown, St Helena took 6 days (5 nights). ![]() I go into more details of the leg from Cape Town to St Helena in a St Helena entry which is very similar to this one – identical in the main. The ship is the RMS St Helena (picture one, taken at St Helena) and you catch it in St Helena which by definition, because you can only get to St Helena by the RMS St Helena from Cape Town, means you must board in Cape Town. There is only one option in terms for arrival by ship and in terms of where you must catch that ship if you wish to get to Ascension Island by sea. See my separate review, Getting to Ascension Island by Air for further details on air travel - now, in effect how it used to work! Effective April 2017 it is no longer possible for civilians to fly into or out of Ascension Island. What makes life easy (if not cheap!) is that there is only one option for each – different and interesting though they are. Excluding being a passenger on a cruise ship (see separate review – Arriving on a Cruise Liner) or yacht there are two ways of getting to or from Ascension Island – air or by sea. ![]()
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