The RMS St Helena is unique.

She is the only ocean-going vessel in the world still to carry the venerable title of Royal Mail Ship, held in the past by so many famous British passenger liners, the Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary amongst them.

In addition to carrying passengers in well-fed comfort, she is almost the sole source of supply of all goods for her island namesake. From wind turbines to automotive parts; sheep, goats, and Christmas turkeys to furniture, food and paint, everything has to be carried by ship to the island. This is part of the fascination. RMS ST Helena is not just a passenger vessel; it’s a working ship, plying the Atlantic Ocean, carrying goods and people nearly halfway around the world. When you sail on the RMS, you are following in the wake of the generations of travellers and explorers who crossed the world’s oceans in the leisured days before air travel. A voyage on the RMS is an unforgettable experience: a blue water voyage on a working ship to lonely and remote tropical islands.

There is plenty of opportunity to experience the various protected wildlife parks and nature reserves in South Africa.  Why not take a trip to the beautiful wine regions of the Western Cape or visit echo-friendly Table Mountain or simply sit on the dock edge and watch the always amusing seals basking in the sunshine.  If you’re lucky enough, you may even get see a ‘Wandering Albatross’ off Cape Point.  The quality of wildlife here is on a scale that is almost unimaginable!  

The Voyager also tours Namibia, amazingly resilient desert creatures roam in one of the most fragile but unforgiving landscapes in the world, St. Helena,  tiny Tropical Island of St. Helena is the historian and nature enthusiasts’ answer to paradise.  The seas surrounding the island where Napoleon Bonaparte spent the final six years of his life in exile are teeming with fascinating marine life.  Weird and wonderful creatures can be seen here. And then theres Ascension Island, This has got to be one of the weirdest landscapes you’ll ever see in your lifetime.  The moon-like landscape is home to hundreds of thousands of ‘Wide-awake Turns’ and other interesting bird species (RSPB Protected) and has to be the avid bird watchers paradise.  Even at the top of lush ‘Green Mountain’ you’ll be fascinated to find the ‘Land Crab’.

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