Santo Seaside Villas

The owners are very friendly - they even celebrated New Year night with us. The property is very green and beautiful, and there is parking available inside the yard. The room is very large and spacious, and you can go swimming right outside your door. Snorkeling is great, especially near the shipwreck. There is a kayak, which my husband used to go fishing. Laundry service is available upon request. We were pleasantly surprised to find delicious bananas waiting for us in the room. I highly recommend staying here - you won’t regret it!

Eline & John, the Owners, and Lina (who cleaned) were wonderful. Very helpful, kind, and generous. They even hosted, with our contributions, a Christmas dinner for 7 of us guests. We especially loved swimming and snorkeling out the front door. Heaps of great small fish to see and some beautiful corals. I even saw some Seahorses. We loved staying outside of the city centre but close enough to get in easily. Excellent sunrises too. Overall good value also because we cooked most of our meals. It was a fantastic experience and easy to get to the Blue Holes, Champagne Beach, and Port Orly - all highly recommended. A big thanks to John and Esline! 💝

The accommodation is very comfortable. The cooking facilities are convenient and well-equipped (though missing tea, coffee, sugar). There is a lovely terrace looking out to the sea and a gorgeous reef on your doorstep; one of the best we saw in Vanuatu. There is also a small shipwreck which you can snorkel. Esline and her housekeeper Lina were friendly and welcoming.

Though a free airport pickup was offered on the listing, we were charged 1500 vatu for a cramped ride in the front seat of a pickup truck. The prices quoted by the hosts for other transport, such as to the east coast of the island, were exorbitant. Esline offered to take us to Lonnoc Beach with a stop at a blue hole for 10,000, saying that this is the cost only for petrol, not including her time; which is more than what a taxi would charge. Her husband quoted us 8000 just to go to the blue holes (standard taxi fare is 2000pp both ways). In addition there was poor drainage in the bathroom (shower not separate from the rest) and the floor was constantly wet and muddy. Overall the accommodation is good but don't use their transport services.

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Just need a fence to avoid local from walk through

Good communication, room clean and tidy and good location.

Une petite maison au bord de l'eau très agréable et bien située. La propriétaire des lieux est très sympathique et disponible. Si je dois revenir à Santo, je choisirai cette maison sans hésiter.