Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Antarctic
Heard Island and McDonald Islands are uninhabited, barren, Subantarctic islands in the Southern Ocean, far due south of India and roughly 400 km southeast of Kerguelen of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. The islands are administered by Australia and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Although they are run by Australia, the islands are approximately 4,000 km southwest from Perth.
Guide content adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Heard Island and McDonald Islands". Source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Weather
Live2°C
Partly cloudy · feels like -7°C
- 72%
- 41 km/h
- AQI 25
- SunDense drizzle2° / 4°
- MonDense drizzle2° / 4°
- TueSlight snow showers0° / 1°
- WedSlight snow showers0° / 2°
Measured at the country centroid, not a specific city.
Money
No exchange rate published for this currency.
What a trip to Heard Island and McDonald Islands 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
Estimated cost
$3,397
$1,699 per person · $212 per person per day
- $100
Visa & entry
$50 × 2 — typical tourist visa or eVisa fee
- $1,857
Flights
$928 return × 2 · 13,739 km
- $454
Accommodation
$65/night × 7 nights × 1 room · Standard
- $320
Food & drink
$20/person/day × 8 days × 2
- $128
Local transport
$8/person/day × 8 days × 2
- $20
SIM & internet
$10 per person, once × 2
- $224
Attractions
$14/person/day × 8 days × 2
- $43
Travel insurance
$3/person/day × 8 days × 2
- Subtotal
- $3,146
- Miscellaneous (8%)
- $252
- Total
- $3,397
Budget at a glance
Per day
$425
Per person
$1,699
Family of 4
$6,794
7 days
$3,397
14 days
$4,563
30 days
$7,228
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 Heard Island and McDonald Islands, not scraped from live inventory. Your settings are saved to this device.