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title: "Luganville Cruise Port"
url: https://cruisello.com/destinations/australia-new-zealand/luganville
description: "Vanuatu's dive capital and WWII relic haven"
---

# Luganville

🇻🇺 · Vanuatu · Australia & New Zealand

> "Vanuatu's dive capital and WWII relic haven"

## At a Glance

- **Avg. Ships/Day:** 1
- **Avg. Time in Port:** 9.9h
- **Visiting Sailings:** 19
- **Cruise Lines:** 5

## Peak Season

Busiest months: Feb (6 sailings), Mar (5 sailings), Jan (4 sailings)

## About Luganville

Luganville is the main town on Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu's largest island. The town's main street was built wide enough for American military vehicles during WWII, and that wartime history is still visible everywhere. Ships anchor offshore, and tenders bring passengers to the waterfront. The town has a relaxed, low-key atmosphere with Chinese-owned shops, an open-air market, and not much else in the centre.

Million Dollar Point, where the US military dumped equipment into the sea at the end of WWII, is now a snorkelling site where you can see jeeps, trucks, and other hardware covered in coral. The SS President Coolidge, a luxury liner turned troopship that sank offshore in 1942, is one of the world's most accessible wreck dives. Champagne Beach has white sand and clear water. The Matevulu Blue Hole is a freshwater swimming spot surrounded by jungle. Laplap (grated root vegetables baked in coconut cream) is the traditional dish. The currency is the Vatu.

## Quick Facts

- **Currency:** VUV (Vanuatu Vatu)
- **Language:** bi, English, French
- **Timezone:** Pacific/Efate (UTC+11)

## Location

Coordinates: -15.5163, 167.1791

- [Open in Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/cruise+terminal+Luganville/@-15.51629,167.17908,13z)
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## Nearby Ports

- [Champagne Bay](https://cruisello.com/destinations/australia-new-zealand/champagne-bay.md): 25 nm
- [Lelepa Island Vanuatu](https://cruisello.com/destinations/australia-new-zealand/lelepa-island-vanuatu.md): 138 nm
- [Port Vila](https://cruisello.com/destinations/australia-new-zealand/port-vila.md): 149 nm

## Cruise Lines Serving This Port

- [Celebrity Cruises](https://cruisello.com/cruise-lines/celebrity-cruises.md)
- [Holland America Line](https://cruisello.com/cruise-lines/holland-america-line.md)
- [MSC Cruises](https://cruisello.com/cruise-lines/msc-cruises.md)
- [Princess Cruises](https://cruisello.com/cruise-lines/princess-cruises.md)
- [Royal Caribbean](https://cruisello.com/cruise-lines/royal-caribbean.md)

## Cheapest Available Sailing

**[View this cruise →](https://cruisello.com/cruises/passage-poolside-luganville-lelepa~RCL-VOYAGER-20271029-7.md)**

- **Price:** €938 per person (€1,875 total for 2 guests)
- **Cruise Line:** [Royal Caribbean](https://cruisello.com/cruise-lines/royal-caribbean.md)
- **Ship:** [Voyager Of The Seas](https://cruisello.com/cruise-lines/royal-caribbean/voyager-of-the-seas.md)
- **Duration:** 7 nights
- **Departure:** 2027-10-29
- **Itinerary:** Passage & Poolside – Luganville & Lelepa

## Featured Cruises from Luganville

Prices are per person, two sharing, in the fare's own currency.

| Cruise | Ship | Line | Departure | Nights | Price |
|------|------|------|------|------|------|
| [South Pacific Grandeur – Lifou & Port Vila](https://cruisello.com/cruises/south-pacific-grandeur-lifou-port-vila~CEL-CELEBRITY_SOLSTICE-20261110-12.md) | Celebrity Solstice | Celebrity Cruises | 2026-11-10 | 12 | €1,108 |
| [South Pacific Grandeur – Noumea & Port Vila](https://cruisello.com/cruises/south-pacific-grandeur-noumea-port-vila~CEL-CELEBRITY_EDGE-20270102-12.md) | Celebrity Edge | Celebrity Cruises | 2027-01-02 | 12 | €1,809 |
| [Gilded Horizon – Sydney, Tokyo & Anchorage](https://cruisello.com/cruises/gilded-horizon-sydney-tokyo-anchorage~PCL-CO-20270106-128.md) | Coral Princess | Princess Cruises | 2027-01-06 | 128 | €18,084 |

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