Hideaway Island underwater post office
SnorkelingSans permisBouées d'amarrage
Art sous-marin · Aussi idéal pour la plongée & le mouillage
- Meilleure période
- Apr–Oct
- Temp. de l'eau
- 24–28 °C
- Vie marine
An official Vanuatu Post outpost three metres underwater, a staffed booth where a uniformed postal worker in scuba gear franks your waterproof postcard with an embossed watermark rather than ink. Surrounded by a genuine marine sanctuary with good coral and reef fish. Opened in 2003 and recognised as the world's first underwater post office, it is a genuine Vanuatu Post branch with its own postcode. It became so successful that it now handles tens of thousands of items a year and has spawned imitators worldwide. Anchorage: Anchor in Mele Bay off Hideaway Island; Port Vila is the nearest full-service harbour. Hazards: Coral abrasion; do not stand on the reef.



