{"id":2429,"date":"2009-07-14T01:46:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T01:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/?p=2429"},"modified":"2009-07-14T01:46:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-14T01:46:00","slug":"the-havannah-opens-in-vanuatu-with-a-stay-7-pay-6-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2009\/07\/the-havannah-opens-in-vanuatu-with-a-stay-7-pay-6-special\/","title":{"rendered":"THE HAVANNAH Opens in Vanuatu with a Stay 7 Pay 6 Special"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Vanuatu\u2019s newest up market boutique accommodation, THE HAVANNAH has opened this month on one of Efate\u2019s most spectacular stretches of beach alongside Vanuatu\u2019s first World Heritage site.<\/p>\n

To celebrate the launch, the resort is offering a pay six stay seven deal open for bookings until December 15 and for travel until December 17. The price for this seven night package including breakfast daily and return airport transfers start from $AUD 3,690.<\/p>\n

With just six free standing bungalows, each with a private infinity plunge pool, water views and luxurious design and finishes, THE HAVANNAH is the newest addition to Vanuatu\u2019s growing range of \u2018boutique upscale\u2019 properties. <\/p>\n

Just 25Km from Vanuatu\u2019s capital Port Vila, the resort is nestled on Vanuatu\u2019s most significant natural and cultural sites. The area surrounding THE HAVANNAH, known as Chief Roi Mata\u2019s Domain and was added to the coveted UNESCO World Heritage list in 2007. The protected region is literally teeming with life including colourful coral, fish, dugongs and spinner dolphins. <\/p>\n

This surrounding islands including Mangaas Beach on North Efate, Artok Island and Lelepa Island have three early 17th century AD sites which are associated with the life and death of the last paramount chief. The chief bought peace to warring tribes and is central to Ni-Vanuatu oral traditions and moral values. He died in the area and was buried with 50 of his court, who agreed to be buried alive with him on Artok Island. <\/p>\n

The burial site has been \u2018taboo\u2019 with even locals forbidden from accessing the area until 2006 when remains were carefully excavated photographed, recorded and re-buried. The records are housed in Vanuatu\u2019s National Museum in Port Vila and reveal a fascinating history and the sad story of a mass burial which until now had only been shared verbally. Tours of the area and museum can be booked at the resort or in Port Vila. <\/p>\n

Annie Niatu, general manager of the Vanuatu Tourism Office says both THE HAVANNAH and the Roi Mata Cultural Tours are indicative of Vanuatu\u2019s offering.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis type of boutique style accommodation and such interesting, authentic cultural experiences so close to Australia, is precisely what is making Vanuatu so popular with Australians\u201d She said. <\/p>\n

For more information on Vanuatu visit www.vantuatu.travel
For more information or to book accommodation at Havannah Harbour visit www.thehavannah.com
To book a tour of Chief Roi Mata\u2019s domain contact roimata@vanuatuculture.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vanuatu\u2019s newest up market boutique accommodation, THE HAVANNAH has opened this month on one of Efate\u2019s most spectacular stretches of beach alongside Vanuatu\u2019s first World Heritage site. To celebrate the launch, the resort is offering a pay six stay seven deal open for bookings until December 15 and for travel until December 17. The price […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}