Mele Cascades
The walk up to the Mele Cascades is through a verdant jungle with a wide range of fruit trees in evidence that gives an idea of of how subsistence living is possible in the villages. Viewed through the trees are some wonderful pools and falls, and glimpses across the valley to native gardens where produce for the Open Market in town is grown. The Cascades themselves are dependent upon rainfall (obviously) and can be most impressive with recent rainfall swelling the upper catchment. Take care on the way over rapids as there can be some slippery patches- not too dangerous, though. Well worth the walk.
The British and French, who settled the New Hebrides in the 19th century, agreed in 1906 to an Anglo-French Condominium, which administered the islands until independence in 1980.... ... read more 
