Welcome to Friendly Island Bungalows
Regular flights to Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu, are available with Qantas Airlines, Air Vanuatu, Air New Zealand and Pacific Blue and flying time is just 2.5 hours from Brisbane, 3.5 hours from Sydney and 2 hours from Auckland.
Flights are also available via Noumea with Air Calin and via Fiji with Air Pacific.
Air Vanuatu has flights to from Port Vila to Tanna every day. The flight is approximately one hour. Check out the Air Vanuatu web site for details or ask your travel agent. Advance bookings are advised, especially at times of celebrations or festivals.
For an amazing trip of a lifetime, you may want to consider traveling by private charter with Unity Airlines or even more exciting travel door to door from your resort in Port Vila to Friendly Bungalows in Tanna by Vanuatu Seaplane.
If you are staying at Poppy's on the Lagoon resort either before or after your stay at Friendly Bungalows, Poppy's on the Lagoon can offer you some very special combination deals.
(Friendly Bungalows and Poppy's on the Lagoon are both owned and operated by the same family and together with our local staff and their extended families, we want to make your experience in Vanuatu the best it can be!)
Port Vila is the capital of Vanuatu and is fast becoming known as the gourmet capital of the south pacific. It is a destination with a huge array of activities easily booked from the Poppys on the Lagoon tour desk. Choose from mountain trekking and bush walking, abseiling, harbour cruises, deep sea fishing and diving, horse expeditions and much more.
Once you are in Tanna, you will need pre-arranged transfers. Our Friendly Bungalows 4WD and trusted driver are ready for the trip across to the volcano side of the island and down the beach to Friendly Bungalows.
Half way we stop and the view will take your breath away. You see the ash plains of Mt Yasur, the deep ravines of the rivers meandering their way to the ocean and in the distance you see the peaks of more outer islands, Erromango to the north, Aniwa and Futuna to the east.
Only another 30 minutes and you are relaxing with a refreshing welcome lime juice on the black sand beach of Friendly Bungalows.
