Most travellers go after the energy of busy markets, crowded landmarks, and humming city streets. But there exists another kind of journey, one that leads far away from human noise and deep into the planet’s quietest corners. These are places where the nearest town may be hundreds of kilometres away, where horizons run uninterrupted, and where sometimes the silence is deafening. In places like frozen deserts, far-flung islands, and wind-beaten cliffs, time seems to slow down, and nature asserts its dominance in everything, and every way possible. For those who yearn to disconnect, to breathe in unspoiled wilderness, and to feel what it’s like to stand alone at the edge of the world, these lonely places become unforgettable.
Here are some of the loneliest places on Earth that you can actually visit.