Ronnie Watts
Kayaking through The Domain | Vanuatu
With inquisitive 1-metre long sea turtles often swimming along us, and lightning-fast marlin ripping the water surface in the distance, it was hard not to feel like I'd found paradise.
The northern waters off Vanuatu's Efate island are shrouded in rich history and nature at its finest.
To the northwest you have the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Chief Roi Mata's Domain, incorporating an 886 hectare area of islands and water associated with the life and death of the last paramount chief, Roi Mata.
As you head west across the luminous blue waters of Havannah Harbour, it's hard to imagine that this raw and relatively untouched part of the world, sheltered by Efate, Lelepa and Moso islands, was a naval base used in World War 2 by the entire U.S. 7th fleet.
Continuing further westward past Moso and on to Nguna, Pele and Emao islands, you really feel like you're leaving the last semblance of life as you know it behind. It's exciting.
Kayaking through The Domain | Vanuatu
With inquisitive 1-metre long sea turtles often swimming along us, and lightning-fast marlin ripping the water surface in the distance, it was hard not to feel like I'd found paradise.
The northern waters off Vanuatu's Efate island are shrouded in rich history and nature at its finest.
To the northwest you have the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Chief Roi Mata's Domain, incorporating an 886 hectare area of islands and water associated with the life and death of the last paramount chief, Roi Mata.
As you head west across the luminous blue waters of Havannah Harbour, it's hard to imagine that this raw and relatively untouched part of the world, sheltered by Efate, Lelepa and Moso islands, was a naval base used in World War 2 by the entire U.S. 7th fleet.
Continuing further westward past Moso and on to Nguna, Pele and Emao islands, you really feel like you're leaving the last semblance of life as you know it behind. It's exciting.