No road access

Connected Sites: 22

Definition
WHS where the core zone cannot be reached by road (either paved or unpaved). Excluding island-only sites.

Map

Connected Sites

  • Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.66
    149
    9
    On foot - however if you look at page 7 of the nomination dossier, you'll see that the park border has a tip where it crosses a road. It's unsure whether one can enter the park from there.
    See whc.unesco.org
  • Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.14
    7
    4
    Only access by boat or plane
  • Inscribed: 1987
    2.53
    1
    0
    "La Réserve du Dja ne connaît pas de routes carrossables. L’accès se fait à pied, avec pas mal d’obstacles comme des traversées de points d’eau."
    See www.editions2015.com
  • Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.21
    74
    18
    Boat only
  • Salonga National Park
    Congo (Democratic Republic)
    Inscribed: 1984
    0
    0
    "the park is very isolated and accessible only by water"
    See whc.unesco.org
  • Pantanal
    Pantanal
    Brazil
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.72
    41
    2
    Core zone only by boat
  • Shirakami-Sanchi
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.06
    34
    10
    "As the site has no road or trail access and thus few visitors..." (AB ev)
  • Sagarmatha National Park
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.78
    49
    3
    On foot
  • Rwenzori Mountains
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.22
    30
    3
    On foot
  • Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco
    Inscribed: 1993
    2.72
    22
    4
    On foot or on horseback: "This trip is best suited for people who are active and in good physical shape. The hiking is on rough, uneven trails and the temperatures are often very warm. There is the option of riding horses instead of hiking as well."
  • Inscribed: 1990
    3.00
    6
    2
    Best by boat (or hike)
    See www.lonelyplanet.com
  • Putorana Plateau
    Inscribed: 2010
    3.46
    4
    2
    By helicopter. AB ev: “The nominated property is only readily accessible by helicopter from an airport near to Norilsk, located about 200 km north-west from its western border, or by boat along the lakes, but navigation on the only water course (Norilka River) leading to the Lama Lake is difficult.”
  • Inscribed: 1978
    3.76
    7
    4
    By float plane or canoe/kayak (although hiking is also possible)
  • Mount Athos
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.50
    79
    8
    "Mount Athos is not connected to the main power grid, for reasons directly relating to its spiritual character, the same reason that decided the Holy Community not to connect the peninsula by road with the mainland." (IUCN outlook 2020)
  • Los Katios National Park
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.21
    4
    2
    Only by boat via the Atrato river.
  • Inscribed: 2012
    3.56
    9
    3
    Only by boat
  • Great Himalayan National Park
    Inscribed: 2014
    3.40
    15
    1
    Only on foot
  • Darien National Park
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.28
    10
    2
    On foot
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Inscribed: 2018
    2.53
    2
    1
    Walk in only (there were illegal airstrips on some tepuis during the heydays of the illegal drugs production though).
  • Central Amazon Conservation Complex
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.35
    33
    5
    3 hours in a boat are necessary to reach the park entrance of Jau. The 2nd location, Anavilhanas, is closer but also boat only.
  • Blue and John Crow Mountains
    Inscribed: 2015
    2.59
    41
    3
    The closest access is walking about 1km from the Moore Town roadhead to Nanny Falls. Plus there is a tiny road that extends just south of Bowden Penn, which is technically part of the core zone.
  • Los Alerces National Park
    Inscribed: 2017
    3.68
    23
    4
    IUCN concluded that “the entire legally declared National Park is uninhabited and roadless” - Essentially you need to cross the ‘Pasarela’ on foot to enter the core zone