You can be whisked off to uninhabited island off Chile by private jet and be paid £3,000 a month to live among seals and exotic birds
WANNABE castaways could be paid £3,000 a month to live on an uninhabited island off Chile in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Six lucky conservation students will be whisked by private jet to Isla Drummond-Hay, where they'll spend six months in the company of seals and exotic birds.
The island, around 1,100 miles south of the capital Santiago, is owned by the family of Lady Kristyna Drummond-Hay.
It was bought by her great-uncle Maurice - a botanist known for his extensive plant collections.
Temperatures in the Santiago area range from and average of 7.5C in the winter months of June and July and 19.5C in January and February.
Those chosen to spend time on the island will also be taught by a well-known conservationist and doctor, said Lady Drummond-Hay.
OPPORTUNITY
Speaking from the island the 37-year-old said: "My family and I pride ourselves on our philanthropic work.
"The island has solely been for conservation purposes with seal colonies and many varieties of exotic birds nesting there.
"We have decided that this wonderful space and accommodation could be better utilised so we are 'opening our doors' and inviting students of conservation (or other environmental disciplines) to stay on the island for up to six months with all expenses including flights paid and be able to see the sights and sounds of Isla Drummond-Hay whilst being educated by a well-known conservationist and doctor."
The island has solely been for conservation purposes with seal colonies and many varieties of exotic birds nesting there
Lady Kristyna
Candidates must be over 18 before they can apply for this opportunity of a lifetime.
But those accepted will receive three meals a day plus a monthly salary of £3,000.
The opportunity comes after a family-of-four won a competition to live on a a remote island off the North coast of Wales - then left after just one day.
NO LOVE ISLAND
Farmer Ned Scharer 44, and his wife Sophie, 45, were due to spend three years on Bardsey Island managing the nature reserve, a farm and bird observatory with their two children.
They had beaten 50 other finalists to move to the island to work as wardens on a £16,500 salary.
But everything changed when their ten-year-old son Sam fell on rocks.
He fell shortly after stepping off the boat in May this year and had to be airlifted to hospital with a leg injury.
Ned was left to manage the island on his own and lasted a little over a month.
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But he quickly realised the task ahead was too much for him and returned to the family home in Llanrwst in in Conwy County, Wales.
Mrs Scharer said at the time: "It was such a shame but in the end, it made the decision to leave the island easier for us because we effectively had no choice.
"What happened was just one of those things. It could have happened anywhere."
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