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Cluster · Port Vila

Market House, Bougainville Park & the waterfront

Morning cluster: the Market House and the waterfront road before the heat; the market runs day and night, flat, some shade.

Not field-verified28″ bags: painfulTime: halfRescue coverage 100% ≤7′
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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.

Walking weather, next 5 days

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Forecast: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), model data for this point.

Bound and physics

The Market House, the harbour-front road and the shops around Bougainville Park (approximate box).

Slope
flat
Stairs
Few
Shade
medium
Surface
pavement and road edge
Sleep here or visit
both

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 — Park benches (field-verify)

seated_rest · valid: always

B — Market House covered stalls (field-verify)

seated_rest · shelter · valid: always

C — Café, AC (field-verify)

seated_rest · food · ac · valid: always

D — Shaded shopfront (field-verify)

seated_rest · shelter · valid: always

E — Supermarket (field-verify)

food · ac · valid: always

F — Waterfront kiosk (field-verify)

seated_rest · food · valid: always

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

Nodes in this cluster

  • Market House — Go early in the morning for produce, kava and crafts, before the heat and before cruise-ship groups arrive; small notes; keep bags at the hotel.

Edges out (directed)

Nambatu waterfront
Car south · ~8 min
Vanuatu Cultural Centre & the government quarter
Car east · ~6 min
Mele Cascades & Mele village
Car north-west · ~25 min

Sleep within reach

Red lines here

  • Keep phones and cash out of sight in the market.

Around this cluster

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