The sole landing point on Pitcairn Island.Things to do on Pitcairn. Photo / Supplied
Looking for the most unusual place to spend your next holiday? How about four days on infamous Pitcairn Island?
The island has been best known in recent years for a sex-abuse scandal, but four-day tours are now being offered by a university-owned travel company specialising in trips for the over-50s.
Pitcairn is inhabited by descendants of the Bounty mutineers and the Tahitians who went with them. Fewer than 70 people from four main families live on the island, which is just 3.6km from east to west.
In 2004 a sex-abuse trial created international headlines. Six men, including the mayor, were convicted of sexual attacks on children.
Odyssey Travel has launched education-based tours due to start in August. The Pitcairn stop is part of a longer Polynesian programme, and is the first time a tour operator has included the island on its schedule.
