Saint Helena Island Jamestown, St Helena UK
United Kingdom

26 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

Azamara Club Cruises (9 Cruises)

Holland America Line (2 Cruises)

Seabourn Cruise Line (10 Cruises)

Silversea Cruises (5 Cruises)


Frequently Asked Questions

Nowhere: no berth on the island can take a cruise ship. Vessels anchor in James Bay off Jamestown and passengers come ashore by tender to the landing steps, sometimes using the hanging ropes for support. Landing depends entirely on the swell that day.
Yes, completely. Past the seafront arch, Jamestown fits into a single main street wedged between two rock walls: family shops, the post office, pubs and St James' Church, built in 1774 and reputed to be the oldest Anglican church in the Southern Hemisphere. No transport is needed within town.
Combine Jamestown on foot with a vehicle trip into the highlands. Allow an hour for the main street and the church, a stop at the foot of Jacob's Ladder, then Longwood House and Napoleon's tomb. Book transport ahead: vehicles are few on the island.
A straight flight of 699 steps climbing the cliff face right above town, the remains of an old inclined plane once used to haul goods. The climb takes strong legs and a few pauses; from the top you see the roofs packed into their ravine and your ship sitting in the bay.
Yes. Longwood House, up in the trade-wind-swept highlands, keeps furniture, maps and mementoes of the emperor's last six years behind its green shutters. Nearby, in a pine-planted hollow, his original grave sits behind a plain railing with no name carved on it; he lay there until 1840.
On the lawn of Plantation House, the governor's residence. Jonathan arrived on the island in the nineteenth century and is considered the oldest known land animal. You watch him from the driveway, without approaching, as he chews his grass at his own pace.
The Saint Helena pound, at par with sterling, and English. Card payment is limited on the island, so carry cash for the shops, taxis and cafés of Jamestown.
Saint Helena coffee, grown in tiny quantities and counted among the rarest in the world, is sold in Jamestown shops. Territory stamps are the other souvenir visitors look for.
Partly. Jamestown is easy with children, but the tender transfer and the landing steps call for steady footing, and the island has no facilities designed for young visitors. Jacob's Ladder and the Napoleonic sites in the highlands suit walkers better.
The island's mild subtropical climate has no genuinely bad season. Calls depend mostly on South Atlantic itineraries, which cluster between the southern autumn and spring. Swell, however, can prevent landing at any time of year.