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Essential Port Vila Experiences
Port Vila is the capital and largest city of Vanuatu. It is also the primary destination for most visitors of the country. First time visitors may find themselves at a loss (or overwhelmed) by the choices of things to do. So in order to help you out, the team here at Air Vanuatu have come up with a list of the five essential things...
Vanuatu’s Gaua Island
Gaua (previously called Santa Maria) Island is one of the Banks and Torres group in the northern part of the Vanuatu archipeligo. Gaua rises about 9,800 feet (3,000 m) from the sea floor. Steaming Hill Lake, a crescent-shaped crater lake, is just below Mt. Garat, a secondary cone and summit of the stratovolcano (a volcano made of...
Fête de la Musique
Date: June 21, 2013 Location: Port-Vila – Efate Island & Luganville – Espiritu Santo Information: www.alliancefr.vu It was American musician Joel Cohen who first conceptualised an all-night musical celebration to mark the summer solstice. This idea was then adapted by French Music...
Pentecost Island
Pentecost Island has become famous throughout the world for the land diving ritual (Nagol or N’gol) which occurs every Saturday between April and June. The ritual, which influenced the invention of bungee jumping by Kiwi AJ Hackett, sees local men and boys as young as seven jump from a 20 -30 metre high manmade tower with only a...
Banks & Torres Islands
Mota Lava and Ra Islands Distant from modern Vanuatu, Mota Lava and Ra islands are a pleasant island escape. These islands are relatively small and most attractions are easy to walk to: White sand beaches and coral reefs around west Mota Lava and Ra, Climb the massive rocks on Ra. The two boulder piles offer good views but the climb...
Malekula Island
Malekula is known as the island of custom. May visitors are also intrigued by its history of cannibalism. It is the second largest island and the most diverse, culturally and linguistically, with over thirty distinct languages spoken, and some of the best custom dances come from the island. The names given to the primary cultural...
Ambae Island
Ambae Island James Michener immortalised the island of Ambae in W.W.II when , from his post on Espiritu Santo, he watched it mysteriously disappear in the morning mist – the magical island of Bali Hai was born in his imagination. Bali Hai – Ambae…for a generation or more it has conjured visions of mystique, of a...
Video on Espiritu Santo
In this short video you will travel around the islands of Espiritu Santo by boat, visit the world famous Champagne Bay and several other outer islands. You will then appreciate why this part of Vanuatu is described as “pure paradise”, all in the Worlds happiest...
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