Permission to visit the outer islands en-route to Kiribati
(i.e after making final clearance from Funafuti)
Published 11 years ago, updated 5 years ago
We were initially told it was not possible.
However, favourable response from the head of Immigration indicated it may be possible if the head of Customs approved. We met with the head of Customs and on request wrote him a letter explaining our intentions – to visit Nukufetau and Nanumea for a few days en-route to Kiribati, and committing to keeping in email contact with Customs regarding our whereabouts.
Our request was granted. We were cleared & provided with a letter to show to the Police on both islands.
This prompted a number of other yachts in Funafuti to do the same, and each similarly had their request granted. There is a serious interest amongst the Tuvalu authorities in promoting tourism through responsible yachting, but this granting of permissions was initially greeted with some suspicion and only made after a few day’s consideration and based on our assurances of keeping in email contact and not abusing our privilege in visiting these islands.
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