Melanesia

Melanesia is a region of Oceania.

Countries and territories

Melanesia consists of the following small island nations:

Melanesia regions - Color-coded map

Fiji A major island tourist destination. Resorts, coral reefs and beaches.

New Caledonia France in the tropics but at twice the price. A short flight from Australia.

Solomon Islands Site of major Second World War battles that involved, among others, JFK. Its main island is Guadalcanal.

Vanuatu Rewarding destination of very disparate islands with a relatively well-developed tourist infrastructure. As the New Hebrides, was a British-French Condominium until 1980. Geographically and the Australian island territory Norfolk Island is situated in Melanesia, although no Melanesian people ever settled there:   Norfolk Island A small island home to about 2,000 people. Reference ##f91b5 Fiji Reference ##e8d92 New Caledonia

Cities

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• Honiara — the capital of the Solomon Islands
• Luganville — the second city of Vanuatu.
• Nouméa — the capital of New Caledonia.
• Nadi ー Fiji's main tourist hub.
• Port-Vila — Vanuatu's capital.
• Suva — the large capital of Fiji.

More Destinations

• Espiritu Santo — the largest island in Vanuatu
• Isle of Pines — a small island in New Caledonia and one of the most beautiful islands in the Pacific
• Minerva Reefs

Travel to Melanesia

There are Flights from Australia and New Zealand to Melanesian destinations. Fiji has some direct connecting Flights from Asia and North America too.

What to See

Dugout canoe Rennell - Canoeing in East Rennell

Each country and territory of Melanesia has exactly one world legacy site:

• The Levuka Historical Port Town in Fiji.
• The Lagoons of New Caledonia.
• East Rennell in the Solomon Islands and the largest raised coral atoll in the world.
• Chief Roi Mata’s Domain in the Shefa province of Vanuatu.
• Australian Convict Sites on the Norfolk Island.

Halal Food

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Stay Safe

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Travel Next

Melanesia is well connected to the rest of Oceania.

• Australia
• Micronesia
• New Zealand
• Papua New Guinea
• Polynesia

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