🇻🇺 Vanuatu
Volcanic, mellow and delightfully unpolished: an active volcano you can climb at dawn, villages where custom still rules, and resorts kept deliberately small. Roads are rough and nobody minds.
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🇻🇺 Vanuatu at a glance
Volcanic, mellow and delightfully unpolished: an active volcano you can climb at dawn, villages where custom still rules, and resorts kept deliberately small. Roads are rough and nobody minds.
Who it suits
Island hoppers and volcano chasers avoiding resort crowds.
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What the season feels like
April to November is drier and calmer; cyclone season runs December to March.
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What Vanuatu is known for
- Mount Yasur night eruption
- Santo's Blue Hole swim
- Port Vila market stalls
Destinations in Vanuatu
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