If you really want to get away from it all, Tristan da Cunha is the place to go. It is officially the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world. Located in the South Atlantic, it is approximately 1,500 miles (2,400 km) from the nearest landmass (South Africa) and about 2,100 miles from South America. The main island is home to a small community of about 250 people, all of whom live in the settlement of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas. There is no airport on the island; the only way to reach it is by a six-day boat journey from Cape Town, South Africa, which only happens about nine times a year. The residents are entirely self-sufficient, mainly farming and fishing for crayfish.