Swim with a Dugong - Budget Option
Swim with a Dugong, Epi Island - Budget Option
7 Days 6 Nights
We have created this exclusive Epi Island "Swim with a Dugong" safari package based on numerous visits to Epi Island and our client comments.
This package is ideal for families as well as couples on a romantic holiday. Expect great food, experiences, and lots of outdoor fun.
Your package includes the following:
- Swimming with the resident Dugong if he's in Lamen Bay, Epi Island
- 4WD Coastal Safari along deserted coral beaches and jungle
- See plantation ruins from past colonial days
- Boat ride to historical Lamen Island
- Return flights to Epi Island
- 4 nights at Kaiviti Motel
- 2 nights at Epi Paradise Sunset Bungalows
- All airport transfers
- Full day sail and snorkel of Efate's islands and coral coast
This Package Does Not Include:
- Domestic airport departure tax of 400 vatu per person, paid cash at the airport (ex Port Vila, Tanna, Santo. All other airports 250 vatu per person).
- Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner unless specified in the itinerary
- Other tours offered by the Motel undertaken by the traveller
- Expenses of a personal nature
- Travel Insurance. We strongly encourage all travellers to have travel insurance.
- Travel Guide or Escort*
*We do have professional travel guides which may be hired for the duration or part of the itinerary. Guide Fees are available on enquiry of service required.
Day 1
You are welcomed at Port Vila International Airport with chilled scented face towels and driven in a small and personal, air-conditioned bus to the Kaiviti Motel.
Today you are free to relax and find your bearings in the small friendly multicultural town of Port Vila dining under the stars in any of the waterside restaurants.
Day 2
Today, the Coongoola Cruise bus will pick you up from Kaiviti Motel at 8:00am to take you on a 35 minute drive past Mele Cascades and Klems Hill Lookout, terminating at the beautiful and serene Havannah Harbour to board the 74' sailing ketch.
Day 3
Our bus will pick you up from the Kaiviti Motel to drive you to the domestic airport for your 25 minute flight to Epi Island.
Following the Epi Island west coast, you will have great aerial views of Lamen Island and the coral shelf surrounding the bay.
Tip: sit on the right side of the plane flying to Epi Island.
You will be greeted at the airport by Tasso or his family; a 15 minute walk along the beach passing the village will bring you to Paradise Sunset Bungalows facing the ocean due west. The remaining daylight hours can be spent swimming with the dugong or discovering your tropical surrounds.
Day 4
After breakfast, you are invited to a 15 minute motor boat ride to neighbouring Lamen Island where you will discover the old civilisation of this proud people. There are no vehicles here, only stone hedged roads sheltered under large trees.
Return to Paradise Sunset Bungalows for Lunch and an afternoon of free leisure time.
Day 5
Today you will go on a delightful fun filled 4WD safari hugging the west coast of Epi Island. Stopping wherever you wish to take photos of the villages, children playing, markets, panoramic lookouts and beaches, terminating at Valesdir airport to catch your 12 noon plane to Port Vila.
On arrival in Port Vila, you will be met by our bus team to take you to the Kaiviti Village Motel. The afternoon is yours to shop or simply indulge by the pool.
Day 6
Today your bus will be waiting to take you on a comprehensive 2 1/2 hour tour of Port Vila highlights and its surroundings.
A great way to round off your week in Vanuatu. Dropping you off at the Kaiviti Village Motel for your last night in Port Vila.
Day 7
Today is your last day in Vanuatu, depending on your international flight departure time, you may have time to squeeze another of Port Vila's many tours, have a swim, sail or some last minute shopping.
We wish you Bon Voyage.
Other Disclosures
Disclaimer
Whilst all attempts are made by Vanuatu Hotels to ensure that bookings are communicated, well understood and confirmed with local bungalows and transport operators, we cannot always guarantee that there may not be on occasions, some disruptions to your plans.
This may be due to inclement weather, delayed flights, damage to infrastructure ie., phone lines down, bridges, roads flooded etc., communication misunderstandings between other party operators (e.g., transport hired by bungalow for airport pick ups), cultural or religious events (that local people place a high priority to).
These and other unknowns can affect the most carefully planned itineraries.
When travelling to the outer islands, we advise to always leave a little "loose time" and patience in your planning.
Melanesia does not place a high priority on time and meeting deadlines. So don't set yourself up to be stressed by expecting everything to run like a Swiss clock, things rarely do, when travelling in the South Pacific.
Book for more than 20 people, contact us directly
You will be met and greeted by staff and presented with lei and escorted to your coach where you will be given a refreshing chilled face cloth.
Important Notice: There are only two flights to Lamen Bay per week (Tuesday and Saturday) and two flights per week to the other airport Valesdir (Monday and Wednesday). In order to spend two nights in Lamen Bay, arrival in Lamen Bay must be on a Saturday and departure from Valesdir on the Monday.
All domestic flights: Check-in is 1 hour prior to departure.
Package priced per person
Infants:
Parents: We do not recommend traveling to Epi Island with infants under 24 months of age due to lack of medical emergency services.
This Package Does Not Include:
- Domestic airport departure tax of 200 vatu per person, paid cash at the airport (ex Port Vila, Tanna, Santo. All other airports 250 vatu per person).
- Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner unless specified in the itinerary
- Other tours offered by the Motel undertaken by the traveller
- Expenses of a personal nature
- Travel Insurance. We strongly encourage all travellers to have travel insurance.
- Travel Guide or Escort*
*We do have professional travel guides which may be hired for the duration or part of the itinerary. Guide Fees are available on enquiry of service required.
