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French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands · Antarctic

French Southern and Antarctic Lands are a group of islands of the Indian Ocean, about equidistant between Africa, Antarctica, and mainland Australia along with a narrow strip of Antarctica, known as Adélie Land.

Guide content adapted from the Wikivoyage article "French Southern and Antarctic Lands". Source · CC BY-SA 4.0

CapitalPort-aux-Français
CurrencyEUREuro
LanguagesFrench
Dial code+262
Time zoneIndian/Kerguelen

Weather

Live

-3°C

Clear sky · feels like -7°C

  • 86%
  • 5 km/h
  • AQI 21
  • SunModerate rain-5° / 5°
  • MonHeavy snow0° / 6°
  • TueHeavy snow-4° / -1°
  • WedHeavy snow showers-3° / 0°

Measured at the country centroid, not a specific city.

Money

Live

Euro (EUR)

$1 USD
0.867
€1 EUR
1.000

Reference rates for 2026-08-07. Indicative — not the rate a bureau will give you.

Trip cost

What a trip to French Southern and Antarctic Lands costs

Visas, flights, beds, food and everything in between, priced for your party and your dates. Every line shows its own arithmetic, so you can disagree with the parts you know better than we do.

Your trip

8 days on the ground

Hotel category
Flight class

Estimated cost

$3,346

$1,673 per person · $209 per person per day

  • Visa & entry

    $50 × 2 — typical tourist visa or eVisa fee

    $100
  • Flights

    $904 return × 2 · 13,263 km

    $1,809
  • Accommodation

    $65/night × 7 nights × 1 room · Standard

    $454
  • Food & drink

    $20/person/day × 8 days × 2

    $320
  • Local transport

    $8/person/day × 8 days × 2

    $128
  • SIM & internet

    $10 per person, once × 2

    $20
  • Attractions

    $14/person/day × 8 days × 2

    $224
  • Travel insurance

    $3/person/day × 8 days × 2

    $43
Subtotal
$3,098
Miscellaneous (8%)
$248
Total
$3,346

Budget at a glance

Per day

$418

Per person

$1,673

Family of 4

$6,691

7 days

$3,346

14 days

$4,511

30 days

$7,176

The 7, 14 and 30-day figures re-price the whole trip at that length — flights and visas do not repeat, so a month is far from four times a week.

A planning estimate, not a quote — ground costs are modelled from a cost tier for French Southern and Antarctic Lands, not scraped from live inventory. Your settings are saved to this device.

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