Country Info
- Port-Vila
- Capital
- Vatu (VUV)
- Currency
- 192,910
- Population
- VU
- Country Code
Port Vila Slideshow
Top Hotels in Port Vila
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Le Meridien Port Vila Resort
69 reviews -
The Melanesian Port Villa Port Vila
64 reviews -
Grand Hotel And Casino Port Vila
95 reviews -
Les Alizes Port Vila
1 review
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Nomads Moorings Hotel Port Vila
85 reviews
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Poppy's On The Lagoon (2 Bdrm) Port Vila
112 reviews
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Vanuatu Holiday Hotel Port Vila
5 reviews
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Chantillys On The Bay Port Vila
32 reviews
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Worawia Holiday Haven Port Vila
14 reviews
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Laguna Vista Port Vila
5 reviews
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Snorkeler's Cove at Irikiki Island Port Vila
3 reviews
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Talimoru Hotel Port Vila
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Fatumaru Lodge Port Vila
115 reviews
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Vila Chaumieres Port Vila
59 reviews
Port Vila
Travel Blogs from Port Vila, Vanuatu
VANUATU
This is a top pick! ... , with 2 education systems, 2 police forces and even 2 currencies operating side by side. As we walk around the capital, Port Vila, we see evidence of this shared colonial influence. The French seem to have dominated the culinary heritage, but the ...
Sailing north through tropical Vanuatu
This is a top pick! ... we are once again, another voyage and the ship is a busy place! We will be traveling north through the islands of Vanuatu from Port Vila to Santo. During our four-day layover in Port Vila before commencing this next trip, our port anchor was taken ...
Sailing Fiji to Vanautu by Tall Ship
This is a top pick! ... of the sea escaped leaving us all moaning, ?that was the biggest one yet, why?d you let ?em go?? August 6th, Port Vila, Vanuatu. After customs and immigration cleared us, Voyage crew headed ashore to evaluate what looks to be a busy port. The crew ...
Boy Meets Ground
This is a top pick! ... . So I escaped to Erakor Island for the day and lay on the beach in the rain. I hadn't seen any decent souvenirs in Vanuatu but decided a Bislama Bible would be a cool thing to take away. This is a book, representing a religion which has been thrust ...
Namba Wan Drink Blong Yumi
This is a top pick! ... you're better off. Otherwise, you could find yourself getting depressed or suicidal. Or worse still, getting in to another relationship. Vanuatu seemed an ideal place for me to spend the next couple of weeks. But my first couple of days were spent ...
Tall Ship exploration of South Pacific Vanuatu
This is a top pick! ... ship journal for the 10 day voyage through central Vanuatu, southbound from Santo through dark and tropical islands to the capital Port Vila: Thea and I headed to the markets on a 0600 hrs inflatable boat from Soren Larsen's anchorage to try and find ...
Sailing the South Seas
This is a top pick! ... then! So it's bye from me for now as I'll be on the high seas. The Tall Ship Soren Larsen moored in Port Vila Harbour, Vanuatu PS - anyone old enough to remember a TV series called the Onedin Line may find that this boat looks somehow familiar, ...
Birthday
This is a top pick! ... my 26th birthday - certainly very different from previous years. Oh, and I got pissed! Not so different! Day 210 - Port Vila - Vanuatu Back to the town that's feeling increasingly like home but slightly different from the norm has again been the ...
Goodnight Vila
This is a top pick! ... Stop Lodge, Santo Tam Tam Slit Drum, Vanuatu After taking a day off from diving I was back on a plane back to Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu and went to a place called Moso Island to stay at the Tranquility Island Resort - a very apt name as ...
Port Vila
This is a top pick! Day 208 - Port Vila Feeling slightly guilty about our lack of exploration of Efate's mainland we commandered a taxi for the day to see what was on offer. We soon managed to ascertain that prime plots of land were temptingly cheap but although the ...
Port Vila
This is a top pick! ... and I embarrassed ourselves with our efforts on a tennis court and we all managed a walk round Vanuatu's far from bustling capital, Port Vila. The market proved a source of interest as local unidentifiable agricultural produce shared the spotlight with ...
Port Vila (Diving)
This is a top pick! Day 206 - 207 - Port Vila Vanuatu's main attraction is its diving and given Kirsty and I's eagerness to cram in as much as possible before it gets too cold, the last two days have been organised around this new found hobby. Some of the other islands of ...
Survivor
This is a top pick! ... napkins hoping to fashion myself a makeshift parachute and attempt my own descent into Fiji but to no avail. We arrived in Vanuatu in Port Vila, the capital "city", and we ushered into the airport. Now originally we wanted to find a holiday in Vanuatu ...
The never ending journey
... schedule, for the time being. My flight leaving Honiara ended up leaving about 6 hours late which meant I would miss my connection in Port Vila. Again, not a huge deal, gave me a day in a city that I would have otherwise ignored. Here is a lovely view ...
Prettiest harbour in Oceania
... solution. After the worse meal since our travels began, at Le Rendez-Vous – stale, tasteless but expensive food – we retired to our little villa overlook the Vila harbor at Benjor Resort excited for the experiences that Vanuatu was to ...
Relaxing in Vila
A hectic day of Pétanque, relaxing and wondering around Port Vila. All very relaxing and almost encouraged by the Vila locals! ...
A little more info
... til I am back in the states. It's still cloudy here, so it looks like today will be spent strolling around town. Vanuatu is incredibly expensive. Katie works for the Peace Corp and she said that Vanuatu volunteers get paid more than any other peace ...
We found Nemo!
... here we are - Hideaway Island Island, Vanuatu (a small island, about 1/2 km sq in size, just a short trip outside the Capital, Port Vila. We are operating officially on Island time! Nothing can be done in a hurry here. For example, we have just this ...
Vanuatu!!!
... Internation Airport! But if everything works out alright and the plane does not crash on some lonely island ala' Cast Away, I ll be in Port Vila by 1400 and if i am lucky in Santo byt the evening. We'll see if there are any flights to santo available. ...
Vibrant Vanuatu
When we arrived in Port Vila airport we were immediately greeted by a local band belting out traditional music with big smiley faces, what a welcome! We were also greeted by a very hot and very steamy climate.... We were picked up at the airport by our ...
Port Vila, Efate
... date in Vanuatu because if the price and speed of the local internet connections. See here a quick review: The last week in Port VIla was probably the best so far. Sun, beach and great diving. Pictures will follow hopefully some underwater ones as well! ...
Cruise - Mystery Island Vanuatu
We only had a quick stop here. Lovely spot but Brodie was sick and the weather was bad... ...
Walking in the 'Bush'
... wife were preparing coconuts to take to the market. The bunches of 10 would earn him around 100Vt, only 10c per coconut. Like many Vanuatu people he was poor but had the ability to live off the produce from the forest. Henry showed us a barrel of mud ...
I made it to Vanuatu!!
... to Vanuatu. The time passed reasonably quickly and I was able to get a lot of reading done. So now I am here in Port Vila awaiting orders. Natalie (the person I will be working with from OceansWatch) will call tomorrow with their location and we will ...
Running electricity and reliable water
After the rural nature of Malekula, Port Vila seems very much like the big city that, in Vanuatu, it is. Picking up our rental car we head downtown for an immediate harbourside lunch, in air conditioned heaven! Returning to this now familiar capital we ...
History & Culture
... US Forces set up camp all over the islands. By the end of the war 500,000 servicemen had passed through Vanuatu. I also stumbled upon some very entertaining educational material about safe sex, AIDS and penicillin. It's fantastic that there ...
Passing time in Vila...
Hello- I am writing not really because I have an update, but because I can. Yesterday and today I have passed my time walking around Vila, which is an easy walk from where I am staying. In Vila I have the option to buy as many sarongs and duty free items ...
Fly Away
... some hermit crabs and a lot of coral (bring reef shoes with you). For diner we all strolled down to the resort restaurant. I'm looking forward to exploring Port Vila tomorrow but as usual travelling has worn me out so I am going to hit the hay. Night. ...
And I'm Off!
... , and then a ferry to Santo. But I don't think that will be necessary, they seem like really nice people, excited about experiencing Vanuatu. Just so that you won't worry I want you to know that they do have a satelite phone on board, just in case of ...