Tanna

If you only visit one island outside of Efate, make it this one. Tanna is a spectacular location, home to the world's most active volcano, gorgeous isolated beaches, and some of Vanuatu's most wonderful traditional rural life. Tanna became one of the greatest tourist destinations in Vanuatu as a result of all of these features. Aside from the rampaging Mt Yasur, the landscape features enormous rainforests, coffee plantations, mountains, hot springs, blue holes, and waterfalls, with native chiefs establishing marine and wildlife protection areas in some areas.

Kastom is significant in traditional villages, where all natural occurrences have the fourth dimension of mysticism and mystique, but odd cargo cults (particularly, John Frum and Prince Philip) still maintain sway in many places. Lenakel is the main town, and it has a market, a port, a few stores, and a hospital. The volcano and the majority of the island's essential bungalows are roughly 30 kilometers southeast on the bumpy cross-island road through a central lush, thick forest called Middlebush. On its way to Port Resolution, the 'road' passes across Mt Yasur's major ash plain.

Location: Tafea, Vanuatu