Coco Beach Resort

The beachfront location allows easy snorkeling and access to the town center. Guests praise the friendly staff, comfortable rooms, and excellent breakfast. Daily cleaning ensures high cleanliness standards.

A nice resort but a bit far from the city. It is well worth getting the villas in the front of the beach - they have air conditioning and the wifi is actually present (my initial room 14 didn’t have either). It was an extra US$40 per day for villa number 2. The service was good. A shout out to the manager, Hairam, who arranged for a taxi quickly when my organized airport transfer failed to show up. The Tusker lemon was a good drink for the sultry weather. The next door hotel at Paradise Cove restaurant is a bit fancier but worth at least one meal. The breakfast and meals were pretty decent. The rum flambé was excellent.

Coco Beach resort has the best sandy beach area on the Pango side of Port Vila. The island staff that work there are great. Rooms are okay although the mosquito net canopy blocks the cooling effect of the ceiling fan and air conditioning to some extent. General maintenance has been let go as the Resort has just been sold. Food servings are large but of average quality and pricey for what is provided. Our big issue was the lack of preparedness of the resort for a natural disaster, which is a common occurrence in Vanuatu. There was no working generator available so that meant no internet connection to contact family back in Australia. It also meant the kitchen fridge and freezers were without power and the food was lost. There was also the issue of being told to evacuate to higher ground due to the tsunami warning following the 7.3 earthquake but the resort does not have a vehicle. It was left to 2 staff members to walk to the main road and find an already full van to come and pick us up, along with the 2 staff who insisted on staying with us till the evacuation order ended at 5pm. All the resorts nearby had generators and a vehicle. The Resort now has a new owner who has big plans so the future is looking better for the Resort.