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# Port Villa to Luganville? or reverse? Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Vanuatu
cj_burns_esq 07:09 UTC 01 Mar 2009 | G'day, we are headed to Vanuatu in a month or so and landing at Port Villa. Thinking of flying to Santo (Luganville) for a few dives and a look around and then boating it back to Port Villa. Any tips on local ferries, boats available to island hop back down and/or any idea how long a straight boat trip back might take? Thanks in advance. CJ and Angie |
eddyv 07:09 UTC 02 Mar 2009 | The boat trip from Luganville to Santo is about 24 hours. It's filthy, full of animals, people, cargo piled to the ceiling and there's NO place to sleep :) It's often delayed or canceled and costs about half the air fare. On the other hand it's a great way to meet locals. Your choice :) | 1
Laszlo 11:00 UTC 02 Mar 2009 | The boat I took took 3 days to get to Santo. To avoid unpleasant delays, it is probably better to take the flight back to Vila! | 2
cj_burns_esq 04:48 UTC 16 Apr 2009 | Thanks for the information. We decided after all the input we got to Fly direct to Santo, transfer to Villa and a Unity Flight to Tanna and back. Cheers, Cj adn Angie | 3