![]() ![]() There is no public transport (including taxis) on Ascension. RMS ship Sain Helena also stops in Ascension island. Contact Ascension Island Travel Agency, Tel: +247 6500, Fax: +247 6827 Group and students discounts are available. Individual return tickets cost around £969 standard (June, 2012), booked at least 28 days in advance. Previously, it was possible to purchase a seat on the military charter flight from RAF Brize Norton close to Oxford in the United Kingdom. It has not been possible since April 2017 to reach Ascension Island by plane due to poor runway conditions at RAF Ascension, except for the Airlink flight and emergency medical evacuations, as well as essential personnel/supplies.Airlink fly from Johannesburg and Saint Helena monthly, flying out on a Saturday, returning on Sunday.Passports must be valid for a minimum period of 6 months from the date of entry into Ascension, and visitors must also have full medical insurance which will cover the expense of medical evacuation, if needed. An Entry Visa issued by the Administrator's office allows a stay of up to 3 months. The tourist information office is in the Obsidian Hotel (see Sleep).Īll visitors must apply for an Entry Visa in advance (minimum 14 days before travel). It is arid and lacking in vegetation until the elevation increases where lush forest and fertile soil exists. The climate on Ascension Island is subtropical. In 1982, Ascension was an essential staging area for British forces during the Falklands War, and it remains a critical refuelling point in the air-bridge from the UK to the South Atlantic. ![]() In the 1960s the island became an important space tracking station for the US. During World War II, the UK permitted the US to construct Wideawake airfield on Ascension in support of trans-Atlantic flights to Africa and anti-submarine operations in the South Atlantic. The island remained under Admiralty control until 1922, when it became a dependency of Saint Helena. The British garrisoned the island in 1815 to prevent a rescue of Napoleon from Saint Helena and it served as a provisioning station for the Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron on anti-slavery patrol. This barren and uninhabited island was discovered and named by the Portuguese in 1501. The main settlement and "capital" is Georgetown where the tourist information office is in the Obsidian Hotel (see "Sleep" section). Ascension Island is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, just south of the equator, 700 miles northwest of Saint Helena, the United Kingdom territory by which it is administered. ![]()
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