South Pacific Specials
23 days Melanesian Explorer, from 3769.- euro only

The best of Melanesia put together for you. On this trip you visit Fiji, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands. The ideal combination of culture, beach holidays and adventure. The outer islands of these islandgroups are probably the most remote areas of this world. You find islanders living like hundred years ago, there is hardly any infrastructure and you feel like being from outer space. This is the South Pacific pure, for the adventurous at heart!

And there are unique sights to be discovered. Beautiful flowers, untouched beaches and lagunes. Active volcanoes, where you can see boiling lava within the crater. Locals performing there intresting and colourful traditions (dances, ceremonies and daily skills). But there are also plenty of relics from the 2nd World War, like planes and tanks lost in the jungle. For the seasoned divers there are wrecks and reefs as they have never seen before. 

Travelling these places needs carefull planning, flexibility of the Traveller and a not to tight budget and timeschedule. After heavy rains, roads can wash, electricity can fail and planes can get delayed. We have experience with these local circumstances and have planed this trip accordingly. Are you ready for it ?

 Included:
  • All the necessary flights to, within and from Vanuatu and the Solomons (by Air Vanuatu, Vanair, Solomon Airlines and Air Pacific)
  • 2 nights in Nadi (Fiji) incl. hotel & transfers
  • 3 nights in Efate (Vanuatu) incl. hotel & transfers and Circle Island tour
  • 2 nights on Tanna (Vanuatu) incl. hotel & transfers and two excursions
  • 2 nights on Malakula (Vanuatu) incl. hotel & transfers and two excursions
  • 2 nights on Guadalcanal (Honiara, Solomon Islands) incl. hotel & transfers
  • 2 nights on Munda (Solomon Islands) incl. hotel & transfers
  • 1 night on Gizo incl. hotel & transfers
  • 2 nights on Uepi incl. hotel & transfers
  • 3 nights at the Coral Coast (Fiji) incl. hotel & transfers and AVIS (ECMN, economy) rental car (incl. LDW, ill. mileage and tax)

Excluded:
  • Meals
  • Petrol & additional car insurances
  • Local excursions if not mentioned above
  • Airporttax
  • Personal expenses
Please note: your personal itinerary can vary from the example below as airlines tend to change their schedule frequently. The contents will remain the same.
Day 1&2. AMSTERDAM - NADI (Fiji). You fly from Amsterdam to Nadi via Los Angeles. You'll arrive there early in the morning on day three. 
Day 3. NADI. Early in the morning arrival in Nadi. Our agent will greet you at the airport and provide the transfer to your hotel. Your room will be available from around 14.00 hrs. If you want to check in to your room upon arrival, please let us know so we can book an additional night (extra cost).
Day 4. NADI. Day to relax and get adjusted to the pacific-time in your beach hotel about a half an hours ride outside Nadi. 
Day 5. NADI - EFATE (Vanuatu). Transfer to the airport and flight to Vanuatu. After arrival transfer to your hotel on Efate.
Day 6. EFATE. On today's Circle Island tour you'll get a first taste of exotic Vanuatu. 
Day 7&8. EFATE - TANNA. Flight to Tanna. This island hosts the most accessible volcano - Mt. Yasur which you will get to know on a tour. Another interesting feature is the Cargo Cult (or John Frum movement) which will be explained to you on the Yakel Village tour
Day 9. TANNA - MALAKULA. Flight to Malakula.
Day 10. MALAKULA. Get to know this fascinating island on the Small Nambas Tour and the Nature Walk. There is, besides an airport, almost no infrastructure on this island. A real South Pacific experience for the adventurer!
Day 11. MALAKULA - EFATE. Back to Efate for your last night in Vanuatu. 
Day 12. EFATE - GUADALCANAL (Solomon Islands). Flight to the main island of the Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, and transfer to your hotel in Honiara, where you'll stay the first and last night. 
Day 13&14. GUADALCANAL - MUNDA. Flight to Munda. A hike through the fantastic rainforest lets you discover the endemic species living there and divers can view WWII relics that lie underwater. (Excursions not included).
Day 15. MUNDA - GIZO. Flight to Gizo. Divers would want to get to know the underwater world - a fantastic paradise worth to be seen. (Diving not included).
Day 16&17. GIZO - UEPI. Flight to quiet Uepi Island, a lush and green paradise with plenty of watersport facilities (extra costs). Interesting boat transfer  through the lagoon from the airport to the hotel.  
Day 18. UEPI - GUADALCANAL. Flight back to Honiara, a quiet harbor town.
Day 19. GUALDALCANAL - CORAL COAST (Fiji). You'll be transferred back to the airport and take the flight to the Fiji Islands. After arrival in Nadi, pick up of your rental car at Avis. It's about a two hours drive to the Coral Coast where you'll spend the last days of your Melanesian experience.
Day 20&21. CORAL COAST. Time to relax in your Coral Coast beachfront resort. Explore Viti Levu, the main island of Fiji and enjoy the friendliness of the Fijians.
Day 22&23. CORAL COAST - NADI - AMSTERDAM. Drive back to the Nadi airport, where you deliver the rental car. Air New Zealand will fly you back to Amsterdam via the USA (Los Angeles).
ISLAND HOTELS
Nadi Sonaisali Island Resort (Beachfront Room)
Efate Villa Chaumieres (Garden Room)
Tanna White Grass Bungalows (Basic Hut)
Malakula Wala Island Resort (Basic Hut)
Guadalcanal King Solomon Hotel (Ocean View Room)
Munda Agnes Lodge (Zazala Wing Room)
Gizo Gizo Hotel (Poolside Room)
Uepi Uepi Island Resort (Bungalow)
Coral Coast Hideaway Resort (Ocean View Bure)
Seasons

Prices (per person in euro)
1feb - 31mar (2005) 3839,-
1apr - 30jun 3769,-
1jul - 31aug 3882,-
1sep - 30nov 3859,-
1dec - 31jan (2006) 4005,-
1feb - 31mar (2006) 3959,-
Remarks:
  • Prices are valid from 1 February 2005 till 31 March 2006
  • Prices are based on two people traveling together. For single persons traveling a surcharge applies.
  • Above Prices are valid for departures from Amsterdam and Brussels Airport.
  • You may extend your stay in the South Pacific, ask for a  quotation.