If you’re a traveling enthusiast, you should always be ready for a new and exciting adventure. A crucial part of exploring and traveling involves visiting remote places and hidden gems besides the popular tourist spots (which are also worth a visit!). This article will highlight some amazing places with a low number of annual visitors but plenty of attractions to plan a trip to, which, in our opinion, only makes them more appealing. Discovering these hidden gems can be a unique and rewarding experience for travel enthusiasts. Without further a due, let’s start the list of top remote places to visit as your next vacation destination.
Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic Ocean
Tristan da Cunha is a volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean. This is a tiny island of around nine families and 270 people. You can reach the destination by taking one of the three ships leaving Cape Town every year. You should know that the island has no restaurants, hotels, or airports. However, the experience of visiting the remotest island is a thrilling adventure.
Easter Island, Chile
You might know Easter Island by another name as this remote location has so many alternative names. For instance, Te Pito te Henua or Rapa Nui. Huge stone statues, the enigmatic moai, are just a few of this island’s specialties. There are 600 amazing designed statues on this 163-square-km island. The people of Rapa Nui constructed these sculptures between 1250 and 1500 AD. If you want to experience the architectural skills of that time, you should visit this location.
Arctic Pole of Inaccessibility, Arctic Ocean
The pole of inaccessibility is one of the hardest remote locations you can visit. This is the center of the Arctic. If you choose the travel by foot, you will pass by the melting ice at many spots due to changing temperature. Amazingly the researchers discovered that the pole is the shift, and it has shifted 100 miles. The temperature is 58.2 degree-Celcius below zero. So do not forget to get additional clothes and accessories than the Arctic.
Longyearbyen, Norway, Norway
There are several reasons why Longyearbyen isn’t a popular travel destination. For one, it might be due to the polar bears roaming the area. There are also strange laws regarding burying bodies, due to the extremely cold temperatures of the place. However, if you’re looking for an adventure and you decide to pay a visit to Longyearbyen, Norway, you can enjoy cross-country skiing, biking, kayaking, and snowmobiling. If you want to visit Longyearbyen, keep in mind the bears, though, and consider whether or not you’re up for this kind of adventure.
Motuo, Tibet
To reach the holy place Motuo, you’ll need to trek for four days through several villages. Motuo means hidden lotus, and it has great importance in Buddhist scripture. More than 12,000 people were unable to connect with outside places because they did not have proper roads. However, you can visit this remote place as there are accessible roads today, but only a few tourists know about them.
Oymyakon, Russia
This remote location in Russia is one of the coldest locations in the world. The average temperature of this location is -58 degree-Celcius. The residents survive the location by drinking a special Russian “Russki chai,” which keeps them warm. Well, Russki chai is just a Russian name for Vodka. The weather is so cold that they had to keep the cars running 24/7. You can visit this remote location in Russia with only 500 residents to find their survival skills and tolerance to such low temperatures