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From a Berlin club night to going on safari, virtual tours offer a creative escape from lockdown boredom, finds Sarah Marshall

While planes are parked on runways and ships tethered indefinitely to docks, the only way to travel right now is from your living room. In the absence of any tourists, many attractions, safari lodges and tourist boards have created a selection of live streams, virtual tours and 360-degree images, allowing us to cross international borders and bypass passport control through the wonders of the world wide web.

Here are some of the best.

Live like a local in the Faroe Islands

A remote, windswept archipelago, where waterfalls tumble from velvety green cliffs, the Faroe Islands is Game of Thrones territory. Blurring the lines between fantasy and reality, the national tourist board has launched an ingenious virtual tour, where at-home travellers have the freedom to direct an islander in real time. Use the keyboard to make your human avatar turn, walk, run – and even jump – as they explore epic landscapes by foot, boat, helicopter and horseback. Guides will share information about the 18 islands and answer any questions.

How does it work: Hour-long tours take place weekly. Visit remotetourism.com for updates. Join a queue to control the guide or sit back and enjoy the tour.

Dance all night to Berlin’s best DJS

Refusing to press pause, the German city’s famous clubs are holding virtual parties, and everyone is on the guest list. The first live United We Stream DJ set from Watergate united 70,000 lone clubbers, all moving to the same beats.

How does it work: Visit en.unitedwestream.berlin for a list of upcoming events.

Take a sky safari above Namibia’s deserts

The epitome of wide, open space, Namibia provides welcome relief when the walls are caving in. It would take weeks to cross the country by road; from your armchair, it’s possible in less than an hour. Using interactive 360-degree images, rise above the mind-boggling 300-metre sand ridges in Sossusvlei and survey every Deadvlei, a salty clay pan filled with the brittle, blackened skeletons of acacia trees.

How does it work: Visit airpano.