Vanuatu Holidays

Vanuatu is a "Y" shaped chain of 83 islands lying 2,500km northeast of Sydney Australia and 800km west of Nadi (Fiji). The main accommodation is located on the island of Efate, the two other popular island destinations are Tanna Island which is famous for its volcano and Espiritu Santo for its diving.

Vanuatu (Vanuatu means 'Land Eternal') islands range from towering volcanic cones to others covered in dense rainforest to others which are raised coral islands with wide beaches and deep natural harbours. The Ni-Vanuatu people are a peaceful, loving, gentle race, who enjoy life's simpler pleasures in a country of unique and diverse customs and culture.

There are a couple of Vanuatu holidays experiences not found anywhere else in the world like the Pentecost Land Dive (the first bungy jump) and the Toka Ceremony on the island of Tanna. Vanuatu also contains a one-of-a-kind holiday resort, Le Lagon Resort Vanuatu. Known the world over for its wonderful waterfront views.

The people of Vanuatu are predominantly Melanesian. The Ni Vanuatu have populated the islands for centuries and with more than 115 distinctly different cultures and languages still thriving, Vanuatu is recognised as one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. There are small communities of French, British, Australian, New Zealand, Vietnamese, Chinese and other Pacific Islands people living in harmony with the Ni Vanuatu.

Until 1980 Vanuatu, then known as the New Hebrides, was jointly administered by France and Great Britain as a 'Condominium'. There are many reminders of the days when a gendarme would patrol one side of the main street and a London 'Bobby' the other.