Olal/Nopul - Activities, Attractions & Shopping
Meals for yachts at the Yacht Club, guided visits, customs dances for groups of cruisers.
Very good woodcarvings, bamboo flutes and more local arts & crafts at good prices. Vanuatu Souvenir DVD’s with the Back to My Roots festival are available at Tourism Offices and the Post office in Port Vila.
The famous “Back to my Roots” Festival and “Rom” Dance in August consists of 3-days of tribal dance and traditional lore that is a “must-see” (voted one of the best festivals in Vanuatu).
Also the Magic Festival in July.
These events are mostly only seen by cruisers (30 yachts in 2008), but some tourists and TV crew also come from Port Vila for the occasions.
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Posted on behalf of Chris – August 28th 2014
Olal is actually a good anchorage in most conditions and has much better protection from the West than Nopul. (Nebul is more correctly pronounced/spelt Nopul or Nobul).
Unless you have a deep draft or many boats, it is no problem to anchor at Olal itself. The main problem was lack of a pilotage chart so we have produced one this year. The villagers are very friendly and have built a brand new yacht club and bar so we strongly recommend you to go visit, whether you go straight there or anchor at Nopul! Our pilotage chart and lots more info about Olal is available at http://www.yit.co.nz/blogs/ohana/2014/pilotage-chart-olal-ambrym-vanuatu
PS. I don’t think they had a working VHF any more but chief sekur has a phone now and the number is on our pilotage chart.