What the Lelepa Island Day Trip Includes

The Lelepa Island day tour includes nearly everything you need for the day: pickup and drop-off at Port Vila resorts, the boat to Lelepa Island, snorkel gear, kayaks, a beach BBQ lunch and afternoon tea in the village. You pay for your own extras and your travel insurance. Lelepa Island Day Tours Limited’s Port Vila: Lelepa Island Day Trip with Snorkeling & BBQ costs A$165 per adult (checked November 2026), taxes and fees included.

The calendar above is the Lelepa day trip, with 132 reviews (checked November 2026).

Included

• Pickup and drop-off at Port Vila resorts
• The boat ride to Lelepa Island
• Snorkelling equipment, and kayaks off the beach
• Snorkelling in the island’s marine sanctuary, at the giant clams and at the sunken plane wreck
• A beach BBQ lunch of local beef and chicken with bread and salad
• Afternoon tea and refreshments in the village, with a handicraft display, and singing and dancing
• A bush walk on useful plants and natural bush medicine
• A talk on Chief Roi Mata’s Domain, the UNESCO World Heritage site that takes in Lelepa

Not included

Personal expenses and travel insurance. The village handicrafts and carvings are for sale, and the tour asks you to support the villagers by buying them, so bring some money if you want to.

The timing

The tour starts at 8:30 AM and lasts about eight hours. The pickup comes up to 60 minutes before the start: wait in your hotel foyer or at the main entrance five minutes early, and ask the driver whether it is the Lelepa Island bus. You are dropped back where you were picked up. The tour runs every day except Saturday, and you can cancel free of charge up to 24 hours before.

With that start, the night before matters: the bus collects inside a pickup area around Port Vila, so rooms in Port Vila keep the morning simple. Where to stay for a Lelepa day compares the areas.

What to bring

Swimwear, a towel, sunscreen, a hat and water, plus comfortable shoes for the bush walk, a camera and snacks.

Who should not book

The tour is not suitable for people with mobility impairments, non-swimmers or anyone prone to seasickness. The snorkelling is done from the boat as well as from the beach: a reviewer on 3 June 2026 found all the spots reached straight from the side of the boat, and one on 6 November 2026 saw people on their trip struggle to get off and back on board.

What some reviewers did not see

The program is long, and not every day delivers all of it. A reviewer from New Caledonia wrote on 21 June 2026 that several announced items were missing on their day, among them the giant clams, Second World War remains and the bush medicine. Other reviewers the same year describe all three: the giant clams as one of three snorkel stops (9 February 2026), the Second World War plane wrecks (11 July 2026) and talks on plants and medicine (9 February and 26 August 2026).

The day’s summary mentions “a historical cave” without naming it. Do not book the day for Fels Cave, a place of Chief Roi Mata’s Domain: it has had visits suspended, and the UNESCO World Heritage Committee recorded at its 2026 session that the December 2024 earthquake worsened landslides and fractures there and made access unsafe (decision 48 COM 7B.24).

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