Takes more than 5 days to visit

WHS that take more than 5 days for a return trip, starting from an international airport.

Connected Sites

Site Rationale Link
Aldabra Atoll Only accessible by ship, cruises take 2 to 3 weeks but also often include one or two other WHS such as Vallee de Mai and Zanzibar
Bikini Atoll visitable by private yachts, or you could join a shipwreck diving tour - nearest international airport is at Majuro
Cocos Island Dive trips take 10 days from/to Puntarenas
French Austral Lands and Seas Starting from Reunion, it takes 28 days round-trip
Gough and Inaccessible Islands 22 days cruise
Heard and McDonald Islands 25 day cruise, if it ever runs
Henderson Island The shortest cruise calling on this Island takes 25 days; it fortunately also stops at Easter Island (a 2nd WHS within 25 days)
Macquarie Island Combined cruise with New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands, 14 days
Malpelo 8 days return by dive boat
Ogasawara Islands Ferry from Tokyo takes (at least) 25 hours, return ferry starts 3 days later, so just over 5 days round trip
Phoenix Islands By private or chartered yachts only. Cruises may be scheduled in the future stopping at Kanton.
Sub-Antarctic Islands Combined cruise with Macquarie Island, 14 days
Wrangel Island Cruises take about 14 days for a roundtrip

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