Here’s another post featuring a place where anyone can go, but it will take some effort. Still, in the case of the Port Couvreux islands, you will likely be the only one of your friends with this extreme location. We’re willing to bet that this is news for you. Bragging rights.
Known as the Kerguelen Islands (in French commonly Îles Kerguelen) but officially Archipel Kerguelen,pronounced [kɛʁɡelɛn]), also known as the Desolation Islands (Îles de la Désolation in French), are a group of islands in the sub-Antarctic constituting one of the two exposed parts of the Kerguelen Plateau, a large igneous province mostly submerged in the southern Indian Ocean. They are among the most isolated places on Earth, located more than 3,300 kilometres (1,800 nautical miles) from Madagascar. The islands, along with Adélie Land, the Crozet Islands, Amsterdam and Saint Paul islands, and France’s Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean, are part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands and are administered as a separate district.
Late in the 19th century, two French brothers, Henry and René-Émile Bossière attempted to make the place a home, but it proved to be unfeasible.
In all fairness, this adventure will likely prove unfeasible for you, too (your best starting points are probably Capetown, India or Perth.) However, there are four trips open to tourists per year: see here. The trip leaves from Réunion and takes about 28 days, half of them at sea and half on land. It covers 9,000 km in the Indian Ocean, visiting three or four islands in this order: Crozet, Kerguelen, and Amsterdam before returning to Réunion.But, who are we to discourage anyone when it comes to dreams? And, if nothing else, you’ve learned something new. Some content courtesy of Wikipedia.org