Name: Tamanu on the Beach
Address: White Sands Road, Port Vila, VU

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jul 2026

Liesl

We recently stayed for 4 nights for our anniversary and had an amazing time. Our villa was spacious, comfortable and little luxuries appreciated. Sleeping to the sound of the waves crashing was bliss. The staff were all attentive, helpful and full of smiles. The food was delicious and never went hungry. We loved the fire show on the Monday night, the spa for some relaxing massages and they even surprised us on our anniversary day with a few thoughtful extras which we loved.

It didn’t affect our stay at all- but note that the beach isn’t really suitable for swimming due to the coral and currents - but we enjoyed walking along collecting shells and wading out on low tide to explore little Rock pools.

Located around 30-40 mins out of central Port Vila- still easily accessible to other sites and even came to enjoy the bumpy ride over all the pot holes! (the resort is located 7km down a dirt road from the main sealed road). They were very helpful arranging drivers and day tours for us too.

Highly recommended- Would love to return one day.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jun 2026

Stephen

10/10 – absolutely exceptional.

Our stay at Tamanu on the Beach was nothing short of perfect. The private plunge pool villa was stunning—beautifully designed, incredibly comfortable, and offered the perfect level of privacy. The entire property is visually spectacular, with breathtaking views and a relaxed luxury feel throughout.

The food was outstanding. Every meal was fresh, beautifully presented, and genuinely delicious. What truly sets Tamanu apart, however, is the staff. Every single team member was warm, professional, attentive, and went above and beyond to make our stay memorable.

A special mention must go to the staff for the care they showed when my husband became unwell during our stay. They immediately stepped in to help, showing genuine concern, kindness, and support. Their response was exceptional and made a stressful situation so much easier for us.

Honestly, we cannot find a single fault with our experience. From the accommodation to the food, service, and hospitality, everything exceeded our expectations. We would return in a heartbeat and highly recommend Tamanu on the Beach to anyone looking for a truly outstanding getaway.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jun 2026

Diane

Tamanu on the Beach was a beautiful hotel on a picturesque beach! Food was good and locally fresh. The staff was amazing, very helpful and attentive. The fire show was exceptional on Monday night! Would highly recommend this hotel.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

26 May 2026

Mark

The staff were very accommodating, nothing was too much hassle. The location was fantastic. Would definitely recommend this resort to somebody who wants a great location.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Apr 2026

Shae

The place was absolutely incredible. Everything was clean and fresh, beautiful views and the food was amazing but most importantly the staff was the best part, every single one the wait staff, the cleaning crew, the drivers and the garden guys all were absolutely lovely and so friendly they always went out of there way to make you feel welcome and comfortable. It was the hardest part about leaving saying goodbye to them all. 100% recommend to anyone

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

17 Apr 2026

Adam

Beautiful hotel with staff to match.

Could not have been more helpful and kind - assisted greatly when we needed to amend arrangements due to a cancelled flight.

Thank you

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 Apr 2025

Gareth

Lovely resort, friendly staff, great accommodation. Excellent food. Reasonably priced

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

08 Apr 2025

Susan

Beautiful place, lovely staff, delicious food.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Mar 2025

Steven

This place was so beautiful, we loved it, the staff were so amazing & friendly the room was so nice the bed was really comfortable will definitely stay there again

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Feb 2025

Susan

Amazing food & service. Very friendly & helpful. Fabulous location. Excellent day trips

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

31 Jan 2025

Steven

Was an amazing & beautiful place to stay the staff couldn’t do enough for us we will definitely be back

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Nov 2024

zachary

Great facility. Clean. Large bungalow on the water. Not really a swimming beach but beautiful. Food was EXCELLENT. The staff is wonderful. Isabelle, Jenny, Lois, Ava and Bill really made a big difference in our enjoyment. Special people!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jul 2024

Rick

I would have given tamanu six stars if they had that option. The place is beautiful and location on the beach makes it very relaxing. Excellent food and wide variety for different diet options. The staff is wonderful and made us feel like family. Thank you for an amazing stay especially Alice, Isabelle, Evy and the entire staff. Looking forward to coming back one day.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jul 2024

Sangita

Beautiful resort, great service with well organised tours

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

15 Sep 2023

Stephen

We had a lovely stay and the place was awesome. Really friendly staff and the food was great.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Sep 2023

Adrienne

The property was beautiful but the beach had rubbish on it

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 Aug 2023

John

Amazing stay at Tamanu

We experienced a wonderful 4 night stay
The bed was so comfortable.
breakfast was nice.
The menu's for lunch and dinner had variety.
The resort is well maintained.
Resort is beach front
I could not fault anything

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jul 2023

Laurent

We loved this place. The staff is so friendly and caring and the villas as stunning and so comfortable. But the cherry on top is the restaurant, best on Efate!

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

31 May 2023

Louise

It is an amazing place. We will be back again!

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

03 Feb 2023

Grace

Local staffs were lovely and bubbly. Hotel provides daily bus into town in the morning (outbound 9:30am, return at 12:30pm.)

If you wish to go to town for dinner, the hotel would graciously provide rides into town (we’d invite the driver to dine with us.)

The ocean front beach view is just stunning and calming.

Nevertheless, try to avoid the coral beach front Villa, if you don’t like living alongside insects/creatures (I honestly couldn’t relax at night time, because there were lizards crapping in bed, next to my pillow… there were loud noise coming from crabs scratching inside the walls in the middle of the night… or in the last few evenings, there were odd, tapping-noise lasting all night long…)

Besides this tiny flaw, this property’s location is really great.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Nov 2022

Sarah

This property was amazing . Very well appointed and beautiful rooms . Everything to make your stay relaxing . Food delicious. Breakfast included was excellent.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

07 Nov 2022

Stanley

Beautiful ocean views from some of the units, not very good area for elderly people, unable to use swiming pool if you are suffering any disability. Would be a good place for honeymooners.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

31 Oct 2022

Tim

This is my favourite resort out of the three we stayed at this trip. It's a very intimate feeling place ideal for couples, however, there were families staying here while we were here. The pool isn't the best of all the resorts, however, everything else was the best of the others we stayed at. The staff, the menu and fresh food options and the location are amazing however, you are a long way from shops, so make sure you bring everything with you, including snacks etc. But this will definitely be a resort we return to agin and again.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Sep 2022

Linda

Very relaxing stay.

Very relaxing stay in beautiful surroundings.
Vilas are very comfortable with ocean views. Very clean and restaurant offers a nice selection of food.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

19 Sep 2022

Storme

Beautiful location right on the beach, amazing and friendly staff that could not do enough for us. Local spots to check out, turtle sanctuary, horseriding in the mountains, fire show at the beach bar. Will be coming back to stay in paradise again soon.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

11 Sep 2022

Amanda

Incredible oasis of a property, had everything we needed for a truly relaxing holiday. The staff were warm and friendly and very attentive to our needs, the food was outstanding. Our villa on the beach was clean, bright and beautifully designed. The location was perfect, very quiet and right on the beach with a lovely breeze on most days. The pool was ok and it’s a shame you can’t swim in the ocean too easily as it’s surrounded by coral reef, but it’s so inviting and one of the cleanest beaches I’ve seen, we will definitely be back.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Gem in Vanuatu

Tamanu is a lovely place to stay in Port Villa! The grounds are beautiful, amazing friendly staff and delicious food!

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

29 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Beautiful quite location
Staff were amazing
Food was 5 star
Will certainly return
Vida

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Nice welcome, very nice place. Will plan to \"kamegen\".

Friends_and_family Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

01 Aug 2019

Nigel

Flawed paradise...

Comfortable accommodation and great service complemented by a fantastic restaurant. Unfortunately the beach is battered by a prevailing South Wester and the sea is not suitable for swimming due to the coral floor and rough conditions.
The hotel offers excursions but could do a lot more to compensate for the lack of swimming possibilities. Take the day trip to the blue hole, waterfalls and other beaches by privatecar.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 May 2019

Simon

Nice boutique resort with excellent food and service. Highly recommend.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

08 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Great villas. Great food. Poor service

Amazing location with lovely villas. We had the villa with the private pool on the beach which was really nice. The villa was nicely decorated, really stylish and nice finish touches. One of the best villa we stayed in Santo. The rest of the resort is the same standing and even though the villas are next to each other, you don't see the bungalows near by and you feel you have your own space.
Great spa as well!
Food at the restaurant is excellent! Highly recommend to have lunch or dinner there. Not much around anyway.
Great to have a free shuttle every morning to Port villa.

Big low point was the service. The three times we ate there, we had to wait quite a bit to first have the menu and then get served. We even waited 1 hour the last night...(they offered us a glass of sparkling to compensate). But the worst was the chef from the restaurant who was arrogant and rude. Although we complimented him for the food (after waiting 1 hour), he did not look at us or say anything, and left with a arrogant look.... Really disappointing especially for the last night of our honey moon...
Managers and staff are okay but we were expecting more for the price and the standards they promote. Not interactions with guests and they did not come to see us at any time. Although they asked us if it was a special occasion (honey moon), we did not have any special treatments or even attention. (compared to cheaper villas we went where we were offered champagne)...

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

03 Sep 2018

S

Solid boutique beach resort. Good staff who are accommodating but may not always get all details clear ahead of bookings so double check. Unsheltered beach can be windy. Down a 7K rough road so best for private beach chill but not a base for site seeing as transport is expensive and takes time.

8/10

Excellent

15 Aug 2018

NMG

Potential to be perfect

We booked a beach view villa but when we got to Villa 6 there was no beach view at all - some water glimpses - we were very disappointed as we booked to stay here for our silver wedding anniversary. The location is spectacular and according to their own website “these villas all enjoy stunning views of our famous Tamanu Beach.” So this is what we expected. As they were fully booked we were could not be moved. We also queried the ‘welcome pack’ we were supposed to receive only to find it was a drink we got on check-in - bit misleading on that too! A few other hiccups also marred the start of our stay - no lights in shower or main room, no wifi, TV did not work and the shower did not drain so on first use it overflowed into our bedroom. These has to wait to the next day to be fixed except for shower and wifi. We had no working wifi in the villa during our stay at all.
On more positive notes the rooms were immaculately clean and housekeeping were great. The bed was firm and comfortable. The staff did accomodate a request for our special anniversary dinner in the chapel. Rosy is an asset to the resort and probably wished we engaged with her on the other issues instead of the local manager.
Overall we had a fabulous time in Vanuatu and this resort has the potential to be perfect. It was lots of little things that unfortunately let it down from a 5* stay.

8/10

Excellent

01 Jul 2018

Rad

Nice and Quiet Resort

My wife, son and myself spent 5 nights at the resort which is located on a nice, quiet beach about 30 minutes drive away from Port Villa's town. The hotel was clean, staff were very friendly and helpful especially \"Pong\" who assisted in booking our tours, organizing the return transfer to the airport.
Unfortunately,we had a very windy weather and we couldn't swim in the ocean or use our plunge pool. Managed to swim in the resort pool couple of times which was a bit too cold. Would have been much nicer if pools were heated. Would also suggest adding some kids activities/ toys as they might get a bit bored especially when it is hard to swim in cold/bad weather.
Thanks

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jan 2018

ALIA LEGAUX

Amazing Property and Great Food!!

What an amazing and beautiful property and staff! I can't wait for my next trip to Vanuatu just to have another stay at the property. Highly recommended!

10/10

Exceptional

10 Dec 2017

Martin

Most awesome holiday experience

We just loved it at Tamanu! We had spent 3 nights prior at the Warwick Le Lagon, and would say that Tamanu was substantially better. From the moment we first walked in to the moment we left, everything was taken care of for us by the wonderful and attentive staff. The rooms are lovely and very comfortable with wonderful views, sea breeze and air con. Our room (unit 4) was absolute beach front and a 30 second walk to the restaurant and beach. The menu is modern that highlights the produce in the area with a focus on seafood and fresh fruit and vegetable. The service is the best you will see, and the staff are always smiling and very personable. Dishes are plated and presented with elegance and detail and you can eat either in the resturant or your room. There is coral reef directly on the beach, and there are nice areas to swim in the area. At night, the staff lite a couple of fires on the beach and provided bean bags to sit on. We would say this is a must do place to stay for couples who like quiet sophistication and enjoy fine dining in a relaxing and beautiful setting.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Nov 2017

Paul

Taman Beach Resort

Beautiful quiet resort. The food is excellent and the staff are very friendly and helpful. The beach is beautiful, but hard to swim at because of the inshore reef, but the pool area compensates for this perfectly. The rooms are fresh and bright. It is quite novel to have an almost outside bathroom, but this only adds to the charm of the resort. The WiFi was a bit slow in the villa, OK in the restaurant, but if you are on holiday, this isn't a problem. It is 35mins from Port Vila. You cab get a local private bus each way for 1500 vatu. We loved our stay here.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Nov 2017

Verified traveler

A Delightful Place to Rest

Easy going
Friendly
Comfortable and well-appointed
Very nice restaurant meals
Great staff with balance between professional and friendly
Only observations - lobby style music played in restaurant (could be improved ) and poor wifi (which is a country-wide issue anyhow)

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Oct 2017

Karen

Married in paradise......

Booked a 5 night break at The Tamanu on the Beach. A month before we departed we decided to get married there too. The manager, Roxi, arranged everything. All went incredibly smoothly and we had the private, intimate wedding we wanted in a fabulous location.
Our beach bungalow was new and tastefully decorated with outdoor, undercover bathroom and very comfy beds.
The staff at The Tamanu are incredible. They have excellent customer service skills only asking your name once and always address you by your name. Thank you to Dom, the driver extraordinaire and Sam, Nicholas, Alvin, Jane and the restaurant staff. The restaurant food is excellent, I recommend the steak, though my wife would say the seafood curry was best.
Excellent beach walks and snorkelling holes just a few minutes away.
A car can be booked for you to see the Island at your leisure. Must visit the Beach Bar opposite Hideaway Island, Blue Lagoon and Eton Beach.
We will definitely be back.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Sep 2017

amelie

Wonderful

We stayed 5 days. The staff is so welcoming and really caring. Anything you need they cater for you. The hotel is a little corner of paradise : the beach right in front of you wherever you are (restaurant, room).
Food is good too with big portions.
Our stay was perfect for our honeymoon and if it wasn't on the other side of the world for us we will come back for each wedding anniversary

8/10

Excellent

13 Jun 2017

Verified traveler

Lovely property

10/10

Exceptional

15 May 2017

Lyn C

Perfect in almost every possible way

This beautiful, small resort was exactly as depicted in the photos, in fact it was probably better. The service was outstanding, the food although a little expensive, was amazing. The included breakfast included a good variety to choose from. The room had a great selection of tea bags, which may seem like a small thing, but it matters to me. The beach at low tide does not look terrific, but when the tide is in the view is perfect. The resort is virtually still brand new and is spotlessly clean. We arrived the day after cyclone Donna had blown a lot of debris and broken coral onto the beach and it was cleaned and pristine in less than 24 hours. But it is not the physical things that count for us, it is the people and Ros and her staff could not have looked after us better. Truly outstanding service. We wished that we could have stayed longer.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Feb 2017

Endre

Romantic get away

Spent Valentines day there and it was amazing. Had the coral bungalow ad fell asleep to the sound of the waves crashing on the shore. Restaurant was good too and coconut vodka and cocktails were fantastic.

10/10

Exceptional

07 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

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