8 Island Highlights Tours in Vanuatu Worth the Long Flight

1.Full-Day Scenic Tour around the Island Tour from Port Vila

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 173 reviews · from $131Our pick

Spend about eight hours touring Efate from Port Vila with a local guide such as Moses, Baptiste, Justin, or Charlie. Visit a cultural village for dancing and fire walking, swim at the Blue Lagoon, stop at Top Rock, and eat a Melanesian buffet lunch. Hotel and cruise-port pickup are included.

“Yves and I absolutely loved our private tour around the whole island! Everyone on the ship whom booked via Royal Caribbean paid more and went in mini buses, we had our own vehicle driven by the absolutely awesome Moses and Julie who are each both amazing and showed as so many amazing sights!”

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2.Hideaway Island Escape, Blue Lagoon and Turtle Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 87 reviews · from $121

Spend about six hours exploring Port Vila by minibus, with a swim at Crystal Blue Lagoon, snorkeling at Hideaway Island, and a close look at turtles at AVI Bay. Guides such as Brendan, Sharon, Ray, and Henry are praised for local insight. Hotel pickup, transfers, and a beach BBQ are included, but bring reef shoes and allow for rough roads.

“This tour was under whelming and didn’t deliver what was advertised . No turtle experience was done and we were only told once on the tour- went to a waterfall instead. Blue Lagoon was over crowded due to a cruise ship being in and the lunch was ordinary. Hideway Island was OK.”

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3.83 Islands Distillery & Sightseeing of Port Vila with Yumi Tours

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 36 reviews · from $100Top rated

Spend 3 to 4 hours seeing Port Vila with a local guide such as Julian or Phillip, stopping at a coffee factory, two markets, an artisan chocolate maker, and 83 Islands Distillery. Tastings, entry fees, and pickup are included. Food, lunch, and alcoholic drinks are extra.

“Great time, started with coffee, went to markets, chocolate galore then distillery galore! Couldn’t fault one thing!”

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4.Port Vila Highlights Tour with Pick up included

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 17 reviews · from $35Best value

Start at 9:30 am with Vanuatu Ecotours and explore Port Vila by air-conditioned vehicle. Guide Alan leads a 2.5-hour introduction to local villages, British and French colonial rule, Parliament House, Erakor Landing, Independence Park, Central Market, and the Mahitahi Handicraft Market. You finish in town with food, shopping, and transport tips.

“The tour guide Alan was very knowledgeable and seemed quite passionate about sharing the history and culture of Vanuatu. This was a great introduction to Port Vila with some stops along the way that allowed for some really spectacular sight seeing”

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5.Port Vila Vanuatu Sightseeing Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 12 reviews · from $40

Get your bearings in Port Vila with a local guide, hotel pickup, and a drive past Parliament House, schools, the Cultural Centre, hospital, French and British jailhouses, and the market. Guides such as Paul and Joel have added useful detail and flexible stops. Allow roughly two to two and a half hours, despite the shorter duration sometimes shown.

“We were very happy we chose this tour on Viator. The tour guide was very friendly and the vehicle was very clean. It was a private tour just for the two of us around the city with stops for photos and detailed information about the city. It may bRead more”

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6.Efate Island Highlights

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 10 reviews · from $142

Travel around Efate with a licensed local guide and no more than 10 people. Swim at Eton Beach and Blue Lagoon, visit Rarru Cascades, enjoy a BBQ at Mele Bay, and walk through Mele Village. Ray may lead the day, sharing local culture and practical stories along the way.

“Blue lagoon was certainly the highlight, followed by the waterfall (unfortunately raining so take umbrellas (we left ours in van doh!) beautiful none the less. The ekom/Erin beach was beautiful too.”

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7.Efate Highlights: LocalVillage Walk, Coffee Tasting & Beach Chill

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · from $71

Start with guides such as Grace and Chris at Ekasup Village, where local customs and daily life take center stage. Then see coffee roasted and packed at Tanna Coffee Factory, taste the results, and finish by the sea at a beach bar. Pickup is available from your hotel, cruise ship, or the airport.

“Grace is an incredibly patient and knowledgeable guide who brings so much warmth and joy to the day. We had an amazing time and learned so much about local traditions and village life during the walk through the village. After that, wRead more”

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8.Chief Roi Mata Domain & Artok Island Tour of Vanuatu

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 5 reviews · from $175

You’ll travel from Port Vila across Lelepa and Artok, or Hat, Island to explore Chief Roi Mata’s UNESCO-listed domain, a sacred burial site, Fels Cave, and ancient rainforest. A local guide leads the 7-hour outing, with hotel or port pickup, lunch, entrance fees, and afternoon tea included.

“Thought we were going to see the Hat island. It was not part of the tour. Although the guides were very nice, the only good part of the tour was going into the cave. Not worth the money paid.”

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