wala information - Pacific Dawn Cruises australia

The serene island has pristine beaches, forests and is home to 200-300 friendly smiley locals.  The unspoilt paradise has no electricity, telephones and roads.   The principals means of transport is on foot or by dugout outrigger canoes!

Wala is approximately 1 nautical mile from the mainland Malekula which is renowned for its unique cultural heritage and fierce warrior tribes who up to one generation ago were cannibals.  The welcome on Wala is a little different to the not so distant past with a custom string band and happy harmonizing voices greeting passengers as they arrive on the island!

Being so remote and undeveloped Wala is in cultural and environmental terms one of our most interesting calls.  The soft coral white beach fringed with palms shelves down to bright turquoise waters and the inky blue of the deep channel dividing the island from the mainland.  Dugouts ply the foreshore and the snorkelling is excellent.  On the beach there is a bar serving cool Tusker Vanuatu beer and soft drinks. A fine selection of handicrafts can be purchased from the stalls at the edge of the beach close to the grass thatched hut villages.