 Vanuatu : General Info
UTC +11. Summer time UTC +12 end of September to end of March.
Vatu (Vt) of 100 centimes. Aus$ are widely accepted and credit card transactions are done in Aus$.
Budget Car and Truck Rental
(Next to Museum opposite Parliament House)
Tel:+678 23 170, Fax:+ 678 23 13
budget@vanuatu.com.vu
In Port Vila:
France: Kumul Highway. Tel. +678 22353.
New Zealand: Prouds Bldg, Kumul Highway. Tel. +678 22933.
United Kingdom: Visa service now closed. Contact British High Commission in Suva, Fiji.
Australian High Commission
KPMG House (P O Box 111), Port Vila , Vanuatu
Tel:678 22 777 (24 Hours), Fax:678 23 948
australia_vanuatu@dfat.gov.au
Opening Hours: 7:30am - 11:45am, 1:00pm - 4:00pm Monday to Friday
Consular Duty Officer (24 hour): +61 2 6261 3305. Immigration hours are from 8:30am to 11:30am
PNG Honary Consul
Eileen Nganga, Ohlen (village outside Port Vila)
Tel:+678 27903 / mob. 7746311
eileennganga@gmail.com
Opening Hours: 'normal hours'
April/May: Land Divers of Pentecost Island
July: Port Sandwich Arts and Cultural Festival
August: Nalawan Festival, Malekula. Contact Willie Isno(5366168) / Yegor Makhiboroda(5617845) for further information
End of August: Toka Dance, Tanna Island
September: Island Yam Festival, Vureas Bay, Vanua Lava Island, Vanuatu
September 20: Rah Island Canoe Race, yachties welcome. Vanua Lava Yam Festival
Port2Port Yacht Rally www.bcyc.net.au
This year's events in Vanuatu
http://www.vto.southpacifictourism.org/en/activities/calendar2007.html
Police Vila, Tel: 22222
Police Santo, Tel: 36222
Fire, Tel: 22333
Ambulance, Tel: 22100
Air/Sea Rescue, Tel: 22371
IMRAY AND ADLARD COLES PILOT BOOKS are available at a discounted price for Noonsite.com users via
World Cruising Club
NAUTICAL ROCKET GUIDE TO VANUATU
This interactive CD offers aerial photographic views, chart overlays, waypoints, and points of interest for all major anchorages. The cruising guide comes with a companion CD, the Rocket Guide to Vanuatu - a comprehensive tourism guide to Vanuatu with all the activities and points of interest of every Vanuatu island. The electronic cruising guide operates on any Windows system starting with Windows 98 right through to Vista. The two CDs cost $99 and can be ordered online from www.Cruising-Vanuatu.com.
South Pacific Anchorages
Warwick Clay
The Pacific Crossing Guide
Michael Pocock
Vanuatu and New Caledonia Travel Guide
By Jocelyn Harewood, Tione Chinula, and Vincent Talbot
www.lonelyplanet.com.
A general travel guide that includes some information specific to yachts.
Cruising Guide Vanuatu
Nautical Guide to the Vanuatu Islands and Anchorages
Vanuatu Visitors Bureau
South Pacific Tourism Council
Visual Film Clips of Vanuatu Islands
Shot by Noonsite regional editor Luc Callebaut who has spent 4 years cruising Vanuatu.
Vanuatu Travel Guide
The Rocket Guide to Vanuatu
Fast and to the point.
The Vanuatu Culture Centre Website
Offers information on interacting with local communities.
Project VEO
An international charitable organisation that aims to send school books and educational materials to the schools of Vanuatu with the help of visiting yachts.
Detailed Logs of Countries Little Visited
Jack van Ommen of SV "FLEETWOOD" has kept fairly detailed logs of countries visited since leaving the West Coast of the USA in 2005, including Vanuatu, Solomons, Papau New Guinea, Palau, Vietnam, Sulawesi, Seychelles and Madagascar.
Gryphon's Around the World in Eighty Megabytes
Details of Raine & Jeff Williams´ six year long circumnavigation with photographs, short movies and slideshows.
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