Port Vila

Port Vila needs 2 days: the handicrafts market by the harbor and a diving excursion to the wreck of the SS President Coolidge, one of the largest and most accessible shipwrecks in the world, on one, and a short flight to Tanna Island to approach the crater of Yasur Volcano, active and visitable at night, on the other. April-October brings the dry season. It's expensive by Pacific standards, with limited and pricey inter-island flights. Its Yasur Volcano, with near-constant activity for centuries, is one of the few active volcanoes in the world where you can walk right up to the crater's edge and watch erupting lava without specialized technical equipment.