![]() It is governed as part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, of which the main island, Saint Helena, is around 1,300 kilometres (800 mi) to the southeast, and the territory also includes the "remotest populated archipelago" on earth, the sparsely populated Tristan da Cunha archipelago some thirty degrees farther south–about half the way to the Antarctic Circle. The island is 100% safe and you don't find any tropical diseases!!Īscension Island is an isolated volcanic island in the equatorial waters of the South Atlantic Ocean, around 1,600 kilometres (1,000 mi) from the coast of Africa and 2,250 kilometres (1,400 mi) from the coast of South America, which is roughly midway between the horn of South America and Africa. The Hotel Obsidian is able to provide car hire if you dont fancy the walking and the easiest way to see the sea birds is to hire a boat to take you around. The average size of Blue Marlin is very high, 7 Granders have been already weighed on the island and plenty more been released and lost. ![]() ![]() The large boat manoeuvres nimbly alongside a concrete quay in 2-3m swell. No commercial fishing makes this place so unique and beside Blue Marlin you can catch huge numbers of tuna, wahoo, mahis and jacks. Ascension has a reputation for difficult shore access and we are about to find out if it is true. We are fishing with our 36 Rampage HARMATTAN on Ascension since 2002. The main settlement and 'capital' is Georgetown where the tourist information office is in the Obsidian Hotel (see 'Sleep' section). We are happy to offer the only Game Fishing Boat on this remote little island in middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Ascension Island is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, just south of the equator, 700 miles northwest of Saint Helena, the United Kingdom territory by which it is administered.
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