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
Live1°C
Moderate snow · feels like -9°C
- 79%
- 54 km/h
- AQI 43
- WedSlight snow2° / 2°
- ThuSlight snow showers-1° / 3°
- FriSlight snow showers0° / 2°
- SatSlight snow showers-1° / 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
$3,536
$1,768 per person · $221 per person per day
- $100
Visa & entry
$50 × 2 — typical tourist visa or eVisa fee
- $1,960
Flights
$980 return × 2 · 13,739 km
- $479
Accommodation
$68/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
- $3,274
- Miscellaneous (8%)
- $262
- Total
- $3,536
Budget at a glance
Per day
$442
Per person
$1,768
Family of 4
$7,072
7 days
$3,536
14 days
$4,729
30 days
$7,456
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.