Vanuatu Solo Female Travel Safety Tips and Advice

On this page you will find first-hand, unbiased, and real safety tips, advice and reviews from women traveling solo, submitted directly from their personal experiences in the country.

Their opinions are unfiltered and submitted independently as part of the Solo Female Travel Safety Index, a ranking of 210 countries and regions based on how safe they are for women traveling solo.

The safety scores range from 1 to 4 with 1 being the safest and 4 being the most dangerous for solo female travelers.

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Vanuatu Country data

We have compiled a few data points below that can help you better understand Vanuatu and have more context when thinking about travel safety.

Official country name: Republic of Vanuatu.

Etymology: Derived from the words "vanua" (home or land) and "tu" (stand) that occur in several of the Austonesian languages spoken on the islands and which provide a meaning of "the land remains" but which also convey a sense of "independence" or "our land".

Capital: Port-Vila (on Efate).

Independence / foundation: With growing and overlapping interests in the islands, France and the UK agreed that the New Hebrides would be neutral in 1878 and established a joint naval commission in 1887.

In 1906, the two countries created the British-French Condominium to jointly administer the islands and they established separate laws, police forces, currencies, and education and health systems. The France-UK condominium was reestablished after World War II. The UK was interested in moving the condominium toward independence in the 1960s but France was hesitant and political parties agitating independence began to form, largely divided along linguistic lines.

Population: 313,046.

Currency: Ni-Vanuatu Vatu (VUV)
1 USD = 120.5 VUV
1 EUR = 129 VUV

Time zone: UTC+11

Languages spoken: Local languages (more than 100) 63%, Bislama (official; creole) 34%, English (official) 2%, French (official) <1%, other <1%.

Religions: Protestant 70% (includes Presbyterian 28%, Anglican 15%, Seventh Day Adventist 12%, Assemblies of God 5%, Church of Christ 4%, Neil Thomas Ministry 3%, and Apostolic 2%), Roman Catholic 12%, customary beliefs 4% (including Jon Frum cargo cult), other 13%, none 1%, unspecified <1%.

Climate: Tropical climate moderated by southeast trade winds from May to October. Moderate rainfall from November to April. The country may be affected by cyclones from December to April.

Real GDP (ppp – purchasing power parity): $910.26 million.

Real GDP per capita (ppp): $2,800.

Main airports: Bauerfield International Airport, Santo Pekoa International Airport.

World heritage sites in Vanuatu

There are over 1,100 world heritage sites spread across more than 165 countries. New ones are added every year, and some may be removed from the list for various reasons.

Number of UNESCO listed sites: 1.

Top world heritage sites:

Chief Roi Mata’s Domain.

Interesting facts about Vanuatu

- Bungee jumping was invented in Vanuatu on the island of Pentecoste. The people practising it are called Land divers.

- Vanuatu is the country most at risk of experiencing natural disasters according to the World Risk Report. This is because of exploding active volcanoes, typhoons and other natural phenomenon.

- Vanuatu is home to one of the world’s most active volcano Ambrym Volcano. You can also walk all the way to the rim of the active volcano of Mount Yasur on Tanna Island which is always spitting lava in various degrees of activity.

- The English word taboo comes from Vanuatu. It derives from the Bislama word "tabu" which means sacred, forbidden or no entry when written across a doorway.

- The sacrifice of pigs is a common religious rituals in Vanuatu. Their blood is actually reflected in the dark red stripe of the country's flag.

Further reading: N/A.

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About the Solo Female Travel Safety Index

Safety matters to solo female travelers, you told us so in our annual Solo Female Travel Survey, where year after year, women prove that this is their most important concern when traveling solo.

We wanted to do something about it, so we built these country-specific pages where you can find reviews and scores for 7 key variables affecting the safety of women traveling solo.

How to use the Safety Index

On this page, you will find the country score and the personal opinions on safety of other women traveling solo.

You can sort the comments by:

• The level of experience traveling solo of the reviewer (beginner = <5 trips solo, Intermediate = 5 to 10 trips solo, Experienced = >10 trips solo).
• The age of the traveler.
• Whether they are a visitor or local.
• The date they were posted.

The safety scores range from 1 to 4 with 1 being the safest and 4 being the most dangerous for solo female travelers. 

Thus, the lower the score, the safer the country.

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