# Fly-in day trips from Vanuatu — Summer 2026

> Events within ~1h of Vanuatu by plane/car/ferry; flight times assume a ~125 kt single from NVVV.

Canonical: https://rockhopping.com/fly-in/vanuatu  
Source: Rockhopping (rockhopping.com) — a what’s-on guide for 55 island and low-tax jurisdictions.

- **Le Trail Pacific Energy** — Port Vila · Drive 0 min · 2026-07-11
  Port Vila's biggest participation sport event
  Getting there: local
  https://letrailpacific.com/
- **Bastille Day Nouméa** — Nouméa, New Caledonia · Fly ~1h door · 2026-07-13 to 2026-07-14
  Biggest French-Pacific national day; note US Level-2 advisory, flare-risk around commemorative dates
  Getting there: ~290nm → La Tontouta NWWW
  https://www.newcaledonia.travel/activities/authentic-cultures/not-to-be-missed-events/
- **Vanuatu Independence Day (46th)** — Port Vila · Drive 0 min · 2026-07-30
  Kastom dance, parades, horse racing in surrounding days
  Getting there: local
  https://vanuatu.com.au/vanuatu-major-events/
- **Ambrym volcano-heritage exhibitions** — West Ambrym (Craig Cove) · Fly ~45 min · 2026-08-13
  Eruption-heritage commemorations
  Getting there: ~90nm ~45 min charter
  https://www.vanuatu.travel/en/things-to-do/events
- **Foire de Bourail (48th)** — Téné racecourse, Bourail, New Caledonia · Fly ~3h door — stretch/overnight · 2026-08-14 to 2026-08-16
  NC's marquee agri/rodeo fair, "Caledonian Far West"
  Getting there: ~290nm → NWWW + ~2h drive
  https://www.nouvellecaledonie.travel/offres/foire-de-bourail-bourail-fr-5903556/
- **Back to My Roots Festival** — North Ambrym · Fly ~50 min · 2026-08-18 to 2026-08-19
  Rom masked dance under an active volcano
  Getting there: ~95nm ~45-50 min CHARTER only
  https://images.impartmedia.com/vanuatu.travel/documents/2026-Calendar-of-Events-FINAL.pdf
- **Nalawan Festival** — Southwest Bay, Malekula · Fly ~50 min · 2026-08-20 to 2026-08-21
  Small Nambas pre-harvest kastom dances
  Getting there: ~105nm ~50 min charter
  https://www.vanuatu.travel/en/things-to-do/events
- **Santo day trip: Blue Holes, Champagne Beach & Million Dollar Point** ★ — Luganville & around, Espiritu Santo, Sanma Province · Fly ~50 min flight each way · Any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday or Saturday, year round
  The only genuinely comfortable same-day return left in Vanuatu's domestic network since Air Vanuatu's collapse - turquoise limestone blue holes, WWII wreck diving/snorkelling and jungle caves, with real hours to enjoy them rather than a rushed turnaround
  Getting there: Scheduled Air Vanuatu flight NF300 Port Vila-Santo, departs 0730 lands Pekoa (Luganville) airport 0820; return NF307 Santo-Port Vila departs 1530 lands 1620 (verified on Air Vanuatu's official domestic schedule, effective 09 Mar 2026). Hire a car/taxi at Pekoa for Matevulu/Nanda Blue Holes, Champagne Beach, Millennium Cave or a Million Dollar Point/SS President Coolidge wreck snorkel
  https://www.airvanuatu.com/library/files/nf-domestic-operating-schedule-09mar-2026-to-open.pdf