Vacations in Vanuatu
A holiday in the South Pacific Islands is something you'll treasure forever. There are hundreds of South Pacific islands, and thousands of South Pacific style accommodations you can select for your vacation in the South Pacific.
International visitors arrive in Port Vila on the island of Efate. Generally a holiday in Vanuatu starts with staying at one of the resorts and hotels in Port Vila or, if you wish an accommodation on Efate that is a little remote, you might select a resort out of the Port Vila central business district.
Holiday makers who wish to visit the fascinating outer islands of Vanuatu then fly to Santo in the north or Tanna in the south. Accommodations in Santo, Vanuatu range from village style bungalows to private island resorts on their own little island paradises. Santo is a very large island with lots happening, but many holiday in Santo to go diving in Santo Vanuatu, especially on the world's largest shipwreck, the SS President Coolidge.
All the Islands in the South Pacific have their own character, their own lifestyle, their special culture. The key is to match your own personal dreams and expectations of your vacation in the south pacific to a particular south Pacific island, and a particular south pacific accommodation.
Vanuatu is one of the 22 Pacific Island nations and has 22 different islands (not counting the very small islands) that you can fly to on Air Vanuatu, the country's interior airline. To find out which islands you might wish to visit and what each is like, you should visit www.rocket-guide-vanuatu.com where you can order a CD-ROM that has astonishing space and aerial photos of every single island in Vanuatu. The CD has 81 hotels and resorts and bungalows in Vanuatu, including hotels, resorts and island style bungalows.
Accommodation in Tanna, Vanuatu also includes village style bungalows and resorts with moderized island style bungalows. The main attraction in Tanna, Vanuatu is the famous Yasur volcano.
There are taxis, buses, and car rentals in Port Vila, and most of the larger islands. You will need to charter a boat, either a fishing boat or a yacht, to visit the smaller Vanuatu islands.
There are some excellent vanuatu restaurants, with the largest number of good restaurants in Port Vila.
There are lots of great activities in Vanuatu, but not all are readily available except in Port Vila, Efate, and Luganville, Santo, where tourism facilities are fairly well developed. If you want to Scuba dive in Vanuatu, you will either need to get a live aboard dive boat, or yacht charter, or dive Santo or dive Efate. Efate and Santo host annual sporting events such as the Tusker triathlon .
The Vanuatu currency is called the Vatu and there are three major banks in Vanuatu where travellers in Vanuatu can exchange money.
Whatever you need to know about vanuatu tourism, you will find it quickly in the Rocket Guide to Vanuatu. The guide is free to travel professionals and very inexpensive to the general public. The Rocket Guide to Vanuatu is the fastest, easiest, least expensive and most fun way to come up to speed on Vanuatu tourism.
If you are planning a trip to vanuatu, you will want to know what vanuatu weather is like. And you will need to know details on visas to vanuatu, and vanuatu customs.
The most exciting travel in Vanuatu is to go to the outer islands. This is adventure tourism in Vanuatu and you'll need to know some important things about adventure in vanuatu.
Follow these tips and you'll have a very nice time in Vanuatu - called Islands of Fire on the recent Survivor TV series that was filmed in Vanuatu. Great for Vanuatu family vacations, too, so bring the kids along. In fact, Vanuatu is the best country in the south pacific for families travelling with kids.
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