Tristan Shipping Schedules and Fares

Epic Journey

A journey to Tristan da Cunha is always by ship. The 2810 km or 1750 mile journey from Cape Town harbour will take six days (Edinburgh or Baltic Trader) or five days by SA Agulhas or RMS St Helena.

A landing after the passage depends on the weather, although the Agulhas normally flies passengers ashore immediately except in severe weather conditions. All dates are provisional.

Cape Town - Tristan da Cunha Shipping Schedule There are normally 10 scheduled ships (unusually there were only 9 return trips in 2010) from Cape Town to Tristan da Cunha and return. 9 of these are on vessels provided by the fishing company Ovenstones which each carry only 12 passengers. Presently these vessels are the fishing vessel MV Edinburgh, (which carries out extended fishing trips to the outer islands of Inaccessible, Nightingale and Gough in the fishing season) and the cargo ship MV Blatic Trader.. The 10th trip is the annual Gough Island relief voyage which calls at tristan da Cunha on its outward and return voyage and carries over 30 passengers. Ships are booked many months in advance. Check carefully the visits section to plan your Tristan da Cunha voyage with care! Find out more about the ships on our separate Ships Page.
Latest Shipping Schedule for 2010: Updated 26th June 2010 Schedules will be updated as soon as information is received : all dates are provisional and are often changed at short notice, especially return journeys which are subject to last-minute changes due to sea conditions.
TBC =to be confirmed		MV Edinburgh	MV Edinburgh	MV Edinburgh	MV Edinburgh	MV Edinburgh	SA Agulhas	MV Baltic Trader	MV Edinburgh	MV Baltic Trader
ETD Cape Town	2	Feb	April	17 June	14 July	21 Aug	2 Sept	22 Sept	13 Nov	23 Nov
ETA Tristan	0	March	April	23 June	20 July	27 Aug	9 Sept	28 Sept	19 Nov	29 Dec
Activity						Fishing	Gough Relief		Fishing
ETD Tristan	1	March	April	27 June	26 July	29 Oct	2 Oct	7 Oct	28 Jan 2011	8 Dec
ETA Cape Town	0	March	May	3 July	1 Aug	3 Nov	8 Oct	13 Oct	3 Feb 2011	14 Dec
Notes : All ships carry mail, cargo and passengers.

Latest Shipping Schedule for 2011: Updated 26th June 2010 Schedules will be updated as soon as information is received : all dates are provisional and are often changed at short notice, especially return journeys which are subject to last-minute changes due to sea conditions.
TBC =to be confirmed		MV Baltic Trader	MV Edinburgh	MV Edinburgh	MV Edinburgh	MV Edinburgh	MV Edinburgh	SA Agulhas	MV Baltic Trader	MV Edinburgh	MV Baltic Trader
ETD Cape Town	2	19 Jan	17 Feb	21 Apr	26 May	30 June	Aug TBC	Sept TBC	Sept TBC	Nov TBC	Nov TBC
ETA Tristan	0	25 Jan	23 Feb	27 Apr	1 June	5 July	Aug TBC	Sept TBC	Sept TBC	Nov TBC	Dec TBC
Activity			Fishing				Fishing	Gough Relief		Fishing
ETD Tristan	1	4 Feb	17 March	2 May	7 June	12 July	Nov TBC	Oct TBC	Oct TBC	Feb TBC	Dec TBC
ETA Cape Town	1	10 Feb	23 March	9 May	13 June	18 July	Nov TBC	Oct TBC	Oct TBC	Feb TBC	Dec TBC

Cape Town - Tristan da Cunha Passenger Fares (Subject to confirmation)
SA Agulhas	Single	Return
a. Concession Rate : available to passengers with close family or official links
Adult :	Rand 1100	Rand 2200
Child (6 - 15 years) Children under 6 free	Rand 550	Rand 1100
b. Ordinary Rate
Adult	Rand 4475	Rand 8950
Child (6 - 15 years) Children under 6 free	Rand 2250	Rand 4500
MFV Edinburgh or MV Baltic Trader	Single	Return
a. Concession Rate : available to passengers with close family or official links
Adult : Medevac	US$ 40	US$ 80
Child : Medevac (2 - 15 years) Children under 2 free	US$20	US$40
Adult : Other	US$ 50	US $ 100
Child (2 - 15 years) Children under 2 free	US$ 25	US $ 50
b. Official Rate : Expatriate temporary residents, and any non-resident with close family or official links
Adult	US $ 200	US $ 400
Child (2 - 15 years) Children under 2 free	US $ 100	US $ 200
c. Tourist Rate : Passengers with no family or official links with Tristan da Cunha : * Note lower prices than in 2005 *
Adult	US $ 400	US $ 800
Child (2 - 15 years) Children under 2 free	US $200	US $400
Notes
1. All applications to visit Tristan da Cunha should be submitted to the Administrator's Office, and require the prior approval of the Island Council. Subsequent Travel Bookings and requests for concessionary fare rates must also be made via the Administrator's Office. See Arranging a Visit Page
2. Passenger tickets for SA Agulhas will be issued by Table Bay Marine, Cape Town
3. Passenger tickets for Edinburgh / Baltic Trader will be issued by Ovenstones, Cape Town or the Factory, Tristan da Cunha
4. Close family links are understood to refer to a passenger plus spouse and dependants who have parents, grandparents, children, sisters, brothers, aunts or uncles resident on Tristan.
5. For further information on the ships themselves check out the Scheduled Ships Page

	Epic Journey A journey to Tristan da Cunha is always by ship. The 2810 km or 1750 mile journey from Cape Town harbour will take six days (Edinburgh or Baltic Trader) or five days by SA Agulhas or RMS St Helena. A landing after the passage depends on the weather, although the Agulhas normally flies passengers ashore immediately except in severe weather conditions. All dates are provisional.
The Fair Cape : Tristan journeys start and end in the beautiful Table Bay Harbour Cape Town, South Africa.					Long awaited : The world's most isolated community regards the arrival of every ship as a special occasion.

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