Tailor-made Saint Helena Tours 2026, 2027 & 2028

The approach to Saint Helena reveals imposing, barren volcanic cliffs that drop into deep oceanic trenches. Nestled tightly within a narrow ravine between these crags is the capital, Jamestown. The town preserves a dense grid of Georgian architecture anchored by The Castle (a fort constructed in 1659) and the imposing trajectory of Jacob’s Ladder, which cuts directly up the rock face to access the historic military installations on Ladder Hill.

On a high, wind-swept plateau lies Longwood House, the heavily altered villa where Napoleon lived out his final exile. Maintained as a historical museum by the French government, the estate preserves the exact layout, period furniture, and private gardens designed by the deposed Emperor to evade his guards. A short distance away is the silent, green clearing of the Valley of the Tomb, where he was buried until his remains were repatriated to Paris in 1840.