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- Mar 26, 2025, 3:03 PM
- ☁️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 76 m
VanuatuRentapao17°46’49” S 168°26’54” E
Eden on the River

For my last full day in Vanuatu, I decided to go to Eden on the River, a farm/commune that you can stay at, or spend the day at chilling by the river and swimming. They also have a WildPlay-like obstacle course and a zip line course that both go over top of the river.
I had a bit of a later start to the day than anticipated, so I didn’t have time to do the zip line course, but still enjoyed the river. I had gotten up early in the morning to give my laundry to motel to clean, for only 500VT, but then went back to sleep and slept in quite a bit. After a rainy early afternoon, I caught a bus to the edge of town, where I could catch a bus to Eden, which is a good 20-30mins out of Port Vila.
Thankfully the rain stopped by the time I got dropped off and it was a beautiful day! Lots of sheep on the farm, and nice to see some decent sized trees haha. Reminded me a bit of the gulf islands in a way. When I got there it was 3pm and I only had about an hour before they closed, so they let me pay 1000VT instead of 1500! There’s a fun little playground, and bathrooms with changing rooms, as well as tables and barbecues for staying the day and having a picnic. Would be a really nice place to spend the whole day.
I walked down the rainforest path along the river, and went back around to go swimming at the two spots where you could. Lots of spiders along the path but a trusty stick took care of that. And really fast current in the river but fun to swim on a hot day!
After walking back along the path out to the main road, some workers were also leaving and offered me a lift in their truck. They dropped me off at the main road to catch a bus but then a drunk guys started talking to me, really close to my face lol. They were like oh it’s not safe here we’ll drive you to the next bus stop haha. So they did and I caught a bus back into town.
I decided to get off at Vanuatu Burger Co. to of course try a Vanuatu beef burger (also no McDonald’s here so have to improvise!). It was actually one of the most delicious burgers I’ve ever had, truly delicious beef, with good sauce. The only thing was that the sweetness of the bun was a bit overpowering, but still a really good burger, just out of a little food truck/shipping container!Read more
Traveler Are those swimming videos courtesy of the tenicle? 😆
Traveler
Doesn’t look too large. How big is this.
Traveler
Looking good! Nothing can beat great beef.
Traveler So cool to actually see the pics from Eden on the River when I texted you and asked if you were swimming in the Rentapao River (since I checked your satellite location) that afternoon. Sounds like a very lovely restful day :)