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Description: The Largest City that you can't get to by car! The most Isolated town on the planet! And a desert town oasis twenty meters below sea level! Let's get straight into it! Iquitos, Peru. Iquitos is the fifth-largest Peruvian city and the largest city in the world that cannot be reached by car. In Iquitos, you can travel by boats, bus, motorbike, or motocarrillo to visit monkey island or the museum of historic boats, the Belen Farmers Market, or go on a canopy walkway on rope bridges through the trees at a height of up to 100ft above the forest floor, there are plenty of adventurous things to do once you get to Iquitos but just getting to Iquitos is an adventure all of its own. First, you'll need to catch a plane to Lima airport, from here you have two choices, you can simply commute to Iquitos, by taking a 2-hour domestic flight directly there, or you can travel there. In Lima, you'll catch a bus to Pucallpa, over 450miles (725km) on winding roads through the Amazons until, over 17 hours later, the road abruptly ends and you have reached Pucallpa, from here you'll take a cargo boat down the Amazon River to Iquitos, depending on a cargo boat, this will take you anything from 4 to 7 days. Bear in mind it's a cargo boat, not a cruise ship, the WC will be a toilet/shower combination, you'll be cramped, you'll be hot and probably, you'll be smelly, you'll have to buy your own hammock, mosquito net, and provisions, some things you'll definitely need are rope, to hang your hammock, a pocket knife, mosquito spray, flip-flops, toilet paper, at least 10 liters of mineral water, a thin, quick-drying towel, cutlery, a book or some kind of entertainment, Canned food, fruit and veg, and hand disinfectant. Another thing to be aware of is that there will probably be opportunistic thieves or pickpockets onboard so keep your valuables close. Siwa Oasis, Egypt Another remote place that is hard to get to is the Siwa Oasis in Egypt. You'll start by catching a flight to Cairo, from here you have various options, you can catch a bus, one leaves every evening but you'll need to book in advance, the journey covers 460 miles (740km) over, often bumpy roads, with regular military checkpoints, so have your passport to hand, tickets cost around $5 (4 euros) and the journey lasts around 11 hours. You can also get there by taxi or you could hire a car if you feel comfortable driving in Egypt, If you are going to get a taxi, bear in mind that the journey is about 9 and a half hours long so you'll have to stop for food, and you will be picking up the cheque, the estimated cost of a taxi to Siwa Oasis is around $80-$100 (70-90 euros). 3. Pitcairn Island But perhaps the most difficult place to visit is Pitcairn Island. First, you'll have to fly to Tahiti's Faa'a International Airport, then you'll have to wait for the 4-hour-long, once-a-week flight to the Gambier Islands, if it's actually running. Once you arrive in the Gambier Islands you then have to catch a ferry to Mangareva, from here there is a weekly ship to Pitcairn Island which is set to coincide with the weekly plane flight from Tahiti, although the boat's departure is dependant on how rough the sea is at the time. The supply ship to Pitcairn Island holds only 12 passengers in 6 cabins and the journey to Pitcairn takes approximately 32 hours, however, once you arrive at Pitcairn Island you won't be able to simply dock and get off because Pitcairn has no safe harbor so the only way onto the Island is to board a 13-meter longboat sent out from the island to collect passengers and cargo, once on the Island you'll fill out customs forms and then have to walk up "The Hill of Great Difficulty" to the treasurer's office to pay the $100 personal visa fee. The people of Pitcairn are very friendly, you can explore the island on foot or on an ATV, it is full of hidden caverns and jungle trails giving you the odd feeling that you're searching for buried treasure. Would you dare to go to one of these places? Comment below! and if you enjoyed the video, please give us a like and subscribe for more, it's just a click and it really helps! Get more Tips here! destinationtips.com