Riri Blue Hole, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
4.5 (191 reviews) Spent Ranking #5 in Luganville Bodies of Water
Spectacular experience
The very best way to experience the Riri Blue Hole (the clearest of the Santo Blue Holes) is to get dropped up there just after high tide, Play around a bit in the impossibly clear blue water, then snorkel, swim, or float gently downstream to your ride waiting for you by the bridge. We snorkeled quietly and it took about an hour. It was absolutely stunning and I can't recommend it enough.
Address
, Luganville, Vanuatu.
Website
http://www.vanuatu.travel/en/play/see-and-do/blue-holes/riri-blue-hole
Current local date and time now
Friday, May 10, 2024, 17:49
User Ratings
4.5 based on (191 reviews)
Excellent
69%
Good
23%
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Poor
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Reviews
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4Travelling Ones 5:00 PM Jan 9, 2020
Friendly locals
Very friendly locals, well kept with ladies raking leaves and sweeping the whole time we visited. Very nice that we had the pool to ourselves too, for at least some of our visit. However we felt that 1,000 each for a 15 minute paddle upstream was a bit much (then another 500 each to visit the Riri Blue Hole). Possibly this was due to our taxi driver wanting to pick us up at the top, so we never used the outrigger to go back to the bridge at the road. We thought half hour or 45 minutes was long enough to visit and swim, not the suggested two hours. And agree with some comments that repairs needed - no floating pontoon as advertised- and that the price is a bit steep. At higher tide the Ri Ri river and Blue Hole is somewhat murky, translucent rather then clear blue so this may have also added to our feeling of being let down by Santa’s Largest Blue Hole.
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4Tamara Peters 5:00 PM Feb 6, 2020
Refreshing (cold), pretty but busy
We went to the Riri Blue Hole after visiting Champagne Beach with a local driver as it was on the same road. By the time we got there it was packed with others from the cruise ship so the water wasn’t as clear as expected. The water was also very cold / refreshing depending on which person you asked. Locals collected $5 a person. Their was a rope to swing off if ups dared and some climbed up a high wall and jumped in - I enjoyed watching these activities.
