Activities

Santo offers a wealth of activities for your non-diving day or the non-diver in your group:

• Amazing snorkeling
• Discover diving or take a diving course
• Play golf
• Spend a day deep-sea fishing
• Enjoy river kayaking
• Go mountain biking
• Relax on one of our pristine beaches
• And much more

Tours

You can also have a perfect day out with one of Santo’s local tour operators. New tours are always being developed and the staff at Aquamarine can tell you the latest tours and make recommendations about the best tours to match your interests. Find our more about local tours or make a tour booking with Paradise Tours

Tours are often changing and can be weather dependent so we recommend stopping into the shop and finding out the latest information before booking. Tours can be booked with just one or two days notice and Aquamarine provides free tour booking service for our divers.

To give you an idea of the types of tours available, here’s a few of our diver’s favorites:

Millenium Cave and River Trek

Full-Day Tour

By far the most popular tour among visitors to Santo, and not for the faint of heart. You’ll walk through lush rainforest, learning medicinal uses of local plants and tress before descending down bamboo ladders making your way to a 400 meter long cave with a running stream and stalagmites and stalactites all around. Once through the cave, you’ll start your river adventure. Scrambling over rocks and boulders, you’ll navigate a waterfall before enjoying a lazy float downstream. You’ll swim through canyon walls, past plunging waterfalls and take in the majesty of the pristine landscape before returning to town.

VilVil Custom Village

Half-Day Tour

Just a short drive from town and you’ll be in this inviting, friendly custom village. Like most villages in Vanuatu, there is no electricity or running water and the culture is rich in tradition and custom. The chief and his community will greet you with traditional songs and custom dance before taking you on a tour where you’ll learn the traditional roles of men, women and children and how they all work together to protect and sustain the village community.

Riri Riri River Canoe Trip

Half-Day Tour

Relax and enjoy the scenery as your guide takes you up the idyllic spring-fed Riri Riri river in a locally made dugout canoe. You’ll canoe to the end of this quiet river where a stunning Blue Hole awaits you. Enjoy the scenery and the sounds of the tropical rainforest as you take a refreshing swim. You’ll canoe back downstream before returning to town.

Vathe Conservation Area

Full-Day Tour

Although it’s Vanuatu’s first national park, you’ll feel like the first person to ever discover this gorgeous rainforest and black sand beach as fewer than 300 tourists visit this park each year. Spread over 2,300 hectares of lush, undisturbed land, there are walking trails to enjoy or you can take an educational tour to learn about local plants and bird life. On your way back to town, you’ll have the chance to see one of Santo’s beautiful Blue Holes for a refreshing swim and snorkel.

There are also a variety of tours that combine various sites, take you to our pristine beaches as well as show you the many WWII ruins around Santo. Just stop into Aquamarine when you arrive in Santo and we’ll help you find the best tour for you.