On the Land

Trekking

Visit the Vatthe and Loru Conservation areas for great walking and easy  trekking.  Orchids, butterflies, huge banyan trees and astonishing rainforest ecology. Vatthe has camping facilities and a fabulous black sand beach.

A memorial to Pedro Quirres, the first European to discover Vanuatu in 1606, is located on the beach near Vatthe Conservation area.

A new venture now has 3 to 5 night treks into the mountainous rainforest of the west coast. Stay in villages that few non-indigenous people have visited, live the simple, unsophisticated existence of the bush people. Check out Wrecks to Rainforest.

Custom Life

Espiritu Santo’s ni-Vanautu (of Vanuatu) tour operators can take you too many remote villages where life is still very fundamental.

See custom colourful dress, primitive lifestyle, abundant gardens.

Get caught up with the rhythm of the dancers and the sound of ancient drums beating.

Watch the ladies preparing, dying and weaving their incredible clothes, mats and baskets.

Join the men in the preparation and drinking our traditional drink – kava. Watch and listen as they recount their ancient folklore and draw their legends in the sand.

The Beachfront team can give you information and contacts for these remarkable adventures.

Caves

Visit the majestic Millennium Cave.

A medium to hard trek to the village then an incredible journey to the cave where the fun begins.

Bamboo ladders and walkways, dark caves, stunning stalactites and deep canyons make this a 'must do' for the adventuresome visitor to Espiritu Santo.  Finish the trek by floating down a river to a beautiful waterfall.

Blue Holes

Experience the spectacular image of crystal clear water that has percolated up from natural springs through layers of limestone giving it an amazing azure colour.

Horse Riding
 

Enjoy the spectacular scenery with Splash Extreme Horse Riding from pony rides to full day trekking; experience the peace and tranquility of the East Coast Santo seashore and rainforest.

WW2

James Michener wrote Tales of the South Pacific while stationed on Espiritu Santo and Pappy Boyington joined up with the Black Sheep Squadron operating from the island.

Bomber missions operated from one of the three bomber fields through much of the war but the major fronts moved north, away from Vanuatu and the focus switched to maintenance and repair as well as a base for strategic command.

Espiritu Santo was a supply base and this meant that there was always plenty of good food and warm beer. Bloody Mary was a real person and a hero of the enlisted men. She supplied local women and cheap booze for Yankee dollars. She was Tonkinese and lived in Luganville until the 1990's.

The importance of the base during the war can still be seen in the infrastructure that is left behind. Many buildings and facilities built during the war are still used today. The aircraft pictured were parked at Bomber 2 airfield, used today as Espiritu Santo's Pekoa international airport.

Beachfront Resort is built on the site of an old PBY (seaplane) base.
Local tour operators can show you the remains of bombers, old airfields, Million Dollar Point and many of the buildings used by the allied forces.

On the Water

Zego Excitement Boats come to Beachfront

The resort now has twin hull sports boats powered by 30 hp motors and suitable for 2 people.

We have a range of tours to explore isolated coral atolls or discover the pristine magic of a tropical river. These excursions are ideal because you have a guide to point out all the interesting features of the trip.

Or just take a boat out and have fun.

Scuba Diving

Renowned as the most accessible shipwreck in the world as a shore dive, the 200 metre long SS President Coolidge, Luganville has three scuba diving operators, Aquamarine, Allan Power Dive Tours and Santo Island Dive and Fish.  Talk to Dave Cross for very enthusiastic suggestions and advice on the fabulous diving.

There are many dives available on the wreck from easy beginner’s adventures to the very serious deep, penetration dives using both tri-mix and nitrox.

The waters surrounding our islands also have spectacular reef diving and more wrecks, the USS Tucker, an American destroyer, Million Dollar Point, location of American war surplus dumped into the ocean, MV Dedele plus many stunning coral reefs and exotic fish life.

Kayaking

Beachfront Resort has sit on kayaks for fun travel around the shores of Segond Channel and exploring our pristine rivers.  Life jackets are available, if required.

Snorkeling

Snorkel at Million Dollar Point where the Americans dumped massive amounts of war surplus in 1945.

Bulldozers, forklifts, shipwrecks – it has the lot including great corals and fish life.

Go snorkeling with the divers if you don’t scuba dive, if there’s room on the boats you’re always welcome to visit the pristine reefs.

We have some nice snorkeling near the ship wreck close to the resort – the visibility’s not always perfect but the water’s warm and shallow.

Fishing

Luganville has fantastic game and reef fishing available with fast and safe boats to get you to where the action is.  Check out Seascape Charters, Fiesta Charters  and Santo Island Dive & Fish in Luganville.