Aore Adventure Sports & Lodge
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Booking by Tour Leader Club
1 room type · house reef
Aore Adventure Sports & Lodge is not a resort with blocks and a reception desk but a single house rented as a whole. The villa stands on five acres on the lee side of Aore Island, looking across the Segond Channel at the lights of Luganville, with its own 200-metre beach in front. The town is a five-minute boat ride away.
The owners, Paul and Lyndel, moved here from Australia’s Sunshine Coast in 2012 after twelve years running the Sunreef dive centre in Mooloolaba. They have been diving Santo since 2003. Their dive centre is the oldest on Espiritu Santo and the only PADI Five Star facility there; every guide is local to Aore or Santo.
The house is fully self-contained: a kitchen with a gas cook-top and convection oven, a covered BBQ area, a dining verandah over the water and high-speed internet. Cook for yourself, or walk a hundred metres to the restaurant next door. Bikes, kayaks and a paddleboard are there for guests.
Dives run from Full Boar, an eight-metre Stabicraft built in New Zealand to commercial survey standards. From the jetty in front of the house it is a short run to the SS President Coolidge, Million Dollar Point, the destroyer USS Tucker, WWII aircraft and the reefs around Aore.
No markup
You pay exactly the rate the resort publishes. On top of that, only the actual bank costs of currency conversion and the international transfer — no commission of ours.
We run the deal
Correspondence with the resort, holding the room, the contract, booking confirmation and all paperwork are on our side. There is nothing for you to arrange yourself.
Card payment
We accept payment by card through Stripe and issue an invoice. The transfer to the resort is our job — you do not have to find a way to pay abroad.
Support all the way
We help you choose the room and dates, work out the dive package, answer questions about flights and gear, and stay in touch until you are home.
The exact amount is confirmed when we hold your booking: it includes the resort's rate at the day's exchange rate plus the actual transfer costs. No hidden fees.
About the resort
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Location
- Aore Island, Espiritu Santo
- Nearest airport
Santo-Pekoa Airport (SON), Luganville — five minutes by boat from the island
- Transfer
Transfers from Luganville by arrangement
inexpensive water taxis run between the island and town daily
- House reef
- true
- Dive centre
Aore Adventure Sports — the longest-established dive centre on Espiritu Santo and the island's only PADI Five Star Dive Facility S-23490.
Owner Paul is a PADI IDC Staff Instructor, with TDI and SDI instructor ratings in the team.
All guides are local; for many years the head guide was Alfred Niko, trained by Allan Power, with over 13,500 dives on the Coolidge alone.
- Rooms
- 1
- Internet
- true
- Languages
- [English]
At the resort
Diving
The dive day starts at 7:15 at the jetty. Home-made morning tea is served on board after the first dive, then the second dive and lunch follow, with the boat back around 13:30–14:00.
Food
Meals are not part of the stay — the house is let self-catering.
Things to do
Rooms
Whole villa
View: Segond Channel
A modern waterfront house let as a whole — up to seven adults. A fully equipped kitchen, a lounge with a TV and sound system, a dining verandah over the water and a covered BBQ area. In front, a private 200-metre beach and the jetty the boat leaves from. Bikes, kayaks and a paddleboard are there for guests.
When to go
Getting there
Fly into Santo-Pekoa Airport (SON) at Luganville. Aore Island is five minutes by boat from town; transfers are arranged on request, and inexpensive water taxis run every day.
For yachts there are four deep-water moorings sheltered from the south-east trades (80, 60, 35 and 15 tonnes), fresh drinking water, a laundry service, hull cleaning and underwater maintenance. Luganville is a ten-minute run from the moorings.
Included in the price
Not included
Price on request
Aore Adventure Sports & Lodge
Availability for your dates will be confirmed before any payment. Estimated wait time — 24 hours
Whole villa
A modern waterfront house let as a whole — up to seven adults. A fully equipped kitchen, a lounge with a TV and sound system, a dining verandah over the water and a covered BBQ area. In front, a private 200-metre beach and the jetty the boat leaves from. Bikes, kayaks and a paddleboard are there for guests.
- View
- Segond Channel
- Maximum guests
- 7
- Rooms of this type
- 1
Aore Adventure Sports & Lodge
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