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Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha · Saint Helena
Short description of Jamestown
Jamestown is the capital of Saint Helena, a single street of Georgian houses squeezed into a steep valley that opens onto James Bay. Jacob's Ladder climbs the valley side in 699 steps to Ladder Hill Fort. The Castle, St James' Church, the oldest Anglican church south of the equator, and the island museum line the seafront. Boats leave the wharf to swim with whale sharks in the southern summer and to watch dolphins all year, and divers explore wrecks in the bay. Flights from Johannesburg land at the airport on the east of the island, usually once a week, so most visitors stay a week.
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Best time to visit: December – March
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- Jacob's Ladder, 699 steps up the valley side
- Swimming with whale sharks (December – April)
- Plantation House and Jonathan the giant tortoise(Day trip)
- Main Street and the Castle
- Museum of St Helena
- St James' Church
- Dolphin watching boat trips in James Bay
- The Briars Pavilion, Napoleon's first home on the island(Day trip)
- Diving the Papanui wreck in James Bay
- The Heart Shaped Waterfall walk
- Lemon Valley walk and swim(Day trip)
- Ladder Hill Fort
- High Knoll Fort(Day trip)
- Humpback whales offshore (June – December)
- Castle Gardens