Auckland Island Transportation

At Auckland Island, there are no roads, no vehicles and no airports. Your transport to get there is your ship: when you arrive, zodiacs are the usual choice of transport. There is no regular transport service to this or the other subantarctic islands, so to visit you will need to be part of a tour, usually from New Zealand or Australia to the Antarctic.

You should particularly note that the usual weather in this part of the world may be kindly described as "foul". There are frequent strong winds, fog and rain, accompanied by rough seas - and that all often happens simultaneously! So there always is the prospect that, although you may arrive with your ship, weather conditions may preclude the use of zodiacs.

As the photo shows, we were lucky!