Top 10 Things to Do Port Olry
Sleepy Port Olry is blessed with stunning white sand beaches, picturesque offshore islands and an array of rustic bungalows and local restaurants framed by the most incredible azure waters you have ever seen! In fact, Sydney based travel photojournalist and TV...
Vanuatu Giant Turtles – A Real Life Jurassic Park?
When the first settlers arrived in Vanuatu over 3,000 years ago they were greeted with an amazing sight – thousands upon thousands of giant horned land turtles complete with armoured club-like tails lumbering around the islands like miniature battle tanks. Scientists...
Top 10 Resort Accommodation Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu – A Local’s Guide
Unlike Efate and Port Vila, there are no large scale, internationally owned resorts on Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu. Rather the resort accommodation on offer is mostly laid back and low key - boutique style bungalows, units and rooms usually owned or managed by ex-pats or...
Anyone for a Vanuatu Ice-Cream? Bet You Can’t Guess the Flavour….
Give up? Well, technically it's chocolate fruit flavour. I know, I know, it looks like good old-fashion vanilla right? But you’d be wrong on two counts. Firstly, because it’s not an ice-cream at all but the fruit of a cocoa pod! And secondly because even though the...
The Vanuatu Iguana – Rare Native or Lizard Impostor?
So, you've just arrived in Efate or maybe Espiritu Santo - you're handed a stunning, emerald-green lizard to take a photo with. You're told it's a rare banded Vanuatu iguana, whose ancestors floated to the south Pacific islands on mats of debris hundreds of years ago...
Vanuatu’s Biggest Overwater Hammock?
Have you ever dreamed of chilling out in a giant overwater hammock in the tropics with your family and friends, shaded by the ancient branches of a massive tree and listening to the waves lap the shore? Well, Turtle Bay Beach House, a popular holiday house...
Giant Vanuatu Coconut Crabs – 10 Amazing Facts You Never Knew
Vanuatu coconut crabs are the largest and most powerful land crabs on the planet (only the Japanese spider crab is bigger - but it lives in the deep ocean!). Coconut crabs can grow up to an incredible 1m (3ft) long and weigh over 4kgs. Vanuatu is one of the last...
Top 10 Attractions and Activities Espiritu Santo
As the largest island in Vanuatu, Espiritu Santo is an outdoor adventure paradise - with world class diving, fishing, spearfishing, kayaking and trekking. Santo is also blessed with a wealth of traditional culture and amazing natural attractions like stunning blue...
Top 10 Vanuatu Festivals & Cultural Events
Vanuatu is one of the few places left on earth where you can still experience an ancient Pacific culture that is still very much alive today and practised by local Ni-Vanuatu in traditional villages on the outer islands (they call it living in "kastom"). Vanuatu...
Knowing What Fish To Eat In Vanuatu Can Be A Lifesaver
Did you know ciguatera fish poisoning is the most common seafood illness reported in travellers? Many people visiting Santo and Vanuatu for the first time are unaware that many reef fish in the area contain ciguatera, a nasty toxin produced by...