Adventure Magazine
Issue 230, February/March 2022
Issue 230, February/March 2022
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VANUATU'S OUTER<br />
ISLANDS Top tips...<br />
Vanuatu’s outer islands are rich in culture, landscape<br />
and adventure, but before you book your flights and<br />
hop over to this tropical paradise, it’s important to get<br />
some tips to help you understand the nuance of this<br />
family of islands. Here are eight things you need to<br />
know before booking your Vanuatu escape.<br />
Get used to island time: Make sure you don’t bring<br />
your traditional approach to time and tourism to<br />
Vanuatu. Sure, you may be told your charter flight<br />
will leave the outer island airport at 2pm, or that your<br />
driver will pick you up at 11am, but don’t be mad if<br />
nobody arrives on time. It’s not done out of spite, or<br />
laziness, there’s just no reason to rush. If you always<br />
keep a good book tucked away in your backpack,<br />
or a deck of cards, you’ll be just fine. Have a couple<br />
of buffer days at the end of your trip as well, just in<br />
case!<br />
Tell your friends and family you’ll be back soon,<br />
you’re going off-grid: It’s so easy to romanticise<br />
going off grid – lying back under coconut palms,<br />
floating in crystal clear waters. Being disconnected<br />
from the cyber world can be both anxiety inducing<br />
and incredible freeing. However, going ‘off-grid’ in the<br />
outer islands of Vanuatu<br />
means more than just no internet. It often means no<br />
electricity either.<br />
While the capital city of Port Vila and main tourism<br />
towns have power and modern amenities, this is not<br />
the case everywhere. Unplugging is part of the charm<br />
of the remote islands of Vanuatu, but it does mean<br />
you need to be prepared. Pack some spare batteries<br />
for your camera and let your friends and family know<br />
you may be out of contact for a few days. You can<br />
get a local sim card, but they don’t work everywhere.<br />
Understand that a lack of electricity will affect your<br />
ability to have a hot shower, run a fan in the heat of<br />
the day and flush a toilet. This is a great opportunity<br />
to let it all go, soak up the sun and the culture, and<br />
sink into Vanuatu life.<br />
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