Hideaway Island Resort

The staff at Hideaway are just lovely- so friendly and helpful and so tolerant . We stayed in the spacious family bungalows. The glass bottom boat and snorkel tour are great for familiarising your family with life on the reef and then you can explore on your own later. Only suggestion to make would be to give all visitors including day visitors even a 5 minute talk about the Marine Sanctuary and how fragile life is on the reef. Watching unmanaged kids as well as adults crush and kill coral was a bit up setting who didn’t understand the damage the were causing. Maybe mark off an area for beginners so they don’t cause further harm following cyclone with poor finning techniques on the coral. We hope to return one day- this place and beautiful staff were perfect for us and our budget

The snorkelling is great and staying at the property allows you to have the reef to yourself for a couple of hours in the morning. The beach bungalow we stayed in has a great view and balcony but is old, no tv, internet available at the office but not the room and they give the first couple of days free then charge after that to use internet. One restaurant on the island, food can take a while so get orders in early and brekky costs a bit so recommend bringing some wheet bix and milk (adds up with the kids), but liked the place and the local people are lovely. There's a little shop off the island near the village which has waters, soft drink biscuits etc for better prices.

We had ten days here over Easter. Thoroughly enjoyed all activities on offer at Hideaway. Thanks Rodney, Christina, Olivia and your lovely staff. Tropical fruit on breakfast buffet a favourite...and the curry at dinner. Lots to do around Efate. Bungalow 5 had lovely views across Mele Bay. The pool was a favourite with the grandchildren. And the snorkelling and glassbottomed boat. And the village walk. And the film night with popcorn. And your surprise Easter Eggs! We took the little boat over to the Beach Bar for hamburgers and the Circus one night and Fireshow on Friday night. Loved the Secret Garden history panels. Loved K2 restaurant on Mele Road. Loved the rescued turtles at the ‘Zoo’ beyond Vila. And swinging on the ropes at Blue Lagoon. All eleven of us fitted into a van which was a novelty!