Vanuatu Complete Guide 2026: Port Vila, Mt Yasur Volcano, SS Coolidge Wreck & Pentecost Land Diving
Browse more guides: Vanuatu travel | Oceania destinations Vanuatu Complete Guide 2026: Port Vila, Mt Yasur Volcano, SS Coolidge Wreck & Pentecost Land Diving TL;DR Vanuatu is the Pacific country I keep telling friends to put ahead of Fiji if they want raw volcanic drama, intact kastom culture and one of the most decorated wreck dives on the planet. On Tanna I walked to the rim of Mount Yasur, a 361m active cone that has been throwing lava bombs every 5 to 15 minutes for 800 plus years. On Espiritu Santo I dived the SS Coolidge, a 198m American troop liner that sank on 26 October 1942 and now sits between 20m and 72m in warm clear water. On Pentecost between April and June I watched Naghol land divers leap from 20 to 30m wooden towers with forest vines tied to their ankles, the 1,500-year-old ritual that inspired AJ Hackett's commercial bungy jump in 1986. Indian passport holders get 30 days visa free plus a free 30-day extension. Currency is the Vatu at roughly VUV 120 to ...