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Cluster · Port Vila

Mele Cascades & Mele village

Early-morning cluster: the waterfall walk inland from the coast, 25 minutes by car; go at opening for cool air and fewer cruise-ship groups.

Not field-verified

28″ bags

forbidden

Time budget

half

Rescue coverage

100% ≤7′

max p90 5.5′

Places

1

Rules in force · 7Hills, heat and broken pavements
  • Vanuatu ↗Many nationalities receive a visitor permit on arrival, but rules vary by passport: check the Vanuatu Immigration and Passport Services Department before booking.
  • Vanuatu ↗Land, beaches and many attractions are owned by local communities: pay the custom or landowner fee where asked, and ask before entering villages.
  • Vanuatu ↗Volcano visits (Yasur on Tanna, Ambrym and others) follow official alert levels: go only with local guides and follow closures.
  • Efate (Port Vila) ↗On cruise-ship days the centre and Mele Cascades fill from mid-morning: go early.
  • Port Vila ↗Hills, heat and broken pavements: bags go from the car to the door, never on a walk.
  • Port Vila ↗On cruise-ship days the centre and Mele Cascades fill from mid-morning: go early or on another day.
  • Port Vila ↗Land and beaches are community-owned: pay any custom fee and ask before entering villages.
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Bound and physics

The Mele Cascades entrance and the village road (approximate box).

Slope
steep
Stairs
Steps and wet stone
Shade
high
Surface
wet stone and forest path
Sleep here or visit
visit

Rescue anchors

400 grid cells · 40 m
ABCDEF
Green: rescue anchor (always). Amber: heat-only anchor. Red dots: grid cells more than 7 min (p90) from every valid anchor. North is up; not to scale for navigation.

A — Entrance kiosk (field-verify)

seated_rest · food · valid: always

B — Car park (field-verify)

seated_rest · valid: always

C — Path rest point (field-verify)

seated_rest · valid: always

D — Shelter by the falls (field-verify)

seated_rest · shelter · valid: always

E — Village stall (field-verify)

seated_rest · food · valid: always

F — Forest shade (field-verify)

seated_rest · valid: always

always: 100% covered, max p90 5.5′, worst cell 5.5′ · heat: 100%

Nodes in this cluster

  1. Mele Cascades

    Go at opening, before 09:00: the walk is up wet stone steps in humid heat and the pools are calmest before the tour buses.

Edges out

directed
ToHowp50Climb
Market House, Bougainville Park & the waterfrontCar south-east~25 minflat

Red lines here

  • Wet stone is slippery: wear shoes with grip and keep off closed pools.
  • Pay the entry fee at the gate; access is community-managed.

Around this cluster

Straight-line distance; walk time adds 30% for streets.