_This unique Vanuatu tourist attraction is a harvest celebration by the locals on the Island of Pentecost where they celebrate the harvest of Yam and to bless the soil for better produce the following year. The ceremony is only performed by men and young boy's as an initiation process for them . It is now a very popular tourist attraction in Vanuatu capturing interest of tourist's around the world. Th ceremony is only performed during the month of April to May each year.
Vanuatu tourist Attraction "Underwater Post Office"
Courtesy pictures by Vanuatu Tourism Office Port Vila
Accessible to most snorkelers, this unique Vanuatu tourist attraction offers the waterproof postcards are actually posted in the underwater mailbox.
Situated at Hideaway Island the Underwater Post Office sponsored by Vanuatu Post is the only operational underwater post office and a Vanuatu tourist attraction in the world. Post Office provides a unique experience to all people to participate in posting of the special waterproof postcards, which are then delivered across the entire world. Post office staff were specially trained by Hideaway Island's dive instructors.
Vanuatu Tourist Attraction "The world's most accessible Volcano"
Photo courtesy of Vanuatu Tourism Office , Port Vila
Tanna is a unique Vanuatu tourist attraction with a combination of culture, adventure and mystery. Mt Yasur, one of the most accessible volcanoes in the world, is an exciting natural phenomenon and an outstanding fireworks display on a night visit. In the local native dialect, Yasur means 'Old Man'. This Vanuatu volcano is 361 meters above sea level. The crater itself is 300 meters wide and 100 meters deep. You can be driven to within 150 meters of the craters edge and even walk around the entire perimeter. Evening tours enable you to see the volcano during daylight and then the magnificent displays of molten magma in darkness.Visiting Mount Yasur is a 'once in a lifetime' experience. This is your opportunity to watch nature at work. Enjoy the magnificent fireworks display as you listen to the deep groans and roars coming from within. See and hear explosions of rock and ash thrown high into the sky and then thud back into the crater. Feel the earth tremble beneath your feet. This Vanuatu tourist attraction has attracted a lot of visitors around the world making it a popular attraction in Vanuatu.
Vanuatu Tourist Attraction "The largest accessible wreck dive"
Photo courtesy of Vanuatu Tourism Office, Port Vila
The largest accessible wreck dive in the world, the President Coolidge is one of the famous Vanuatu tourist attraction and has been open to scuba diving and underwater photographers for over 30 years and fully protected by the Laws of the Republic of Vanuatu and both it and the marine life of the surrounding seabed has been declared as a Marine Reserve. With a gross displacement of 21,936 tons the SS President Coolidge was the largest passenger ship to be constructed in America at the time, being 200m long and 25m wide. It was a luxury passenger liner it was converted to a troop ship. On the 6th of October 1942 it sailed out of San Francisco with 5342 men headed for New Caledonia and Espritu Santo in Vanuatu. Unfortunately this was to be its last voyage as the Captain was never informed of the mines laid in Santo Harbor to protect the large military base from attack from the sea. On the 26th October 1942 the ship ran into a friendly mine in the vicinity of the engine room. Soon after, a second mine exploded near the stern. The dive site makes it one of the most popular tourist attraction in the country.