Rose Bay Bungalows is the successor of the Wala Island Resort. It is located by a black sand beach near Sanwir village, just north of Walarano.

Small Nambas kastom dancing and bush walking to cannibal sites are popular with visitors. Wala island, with white sand beaches, reefs and five natsaros is another good excursion, if there are no cruise ships (one or two ships visit each month). Nial Botanical Conservation Area is an interesting place to visit in the area.

Update needed: Our information is old and we do not know what Peter Fidelio, the owner/manager of Rose Bay Bungalows, is up to these days. Contact us if you have been recently, share your findings.

Costs and Booking
Rose Bay charges 2000 Vatu per person per night for accommodation, including breakfast and dinner. Lunches are 450 Vatu. A kastom dance performance is 3500 Vatu. Guided bush walking is 1000 Vatu per day. Exchange Rates.

Telephone numbers for Rose Bay, from the VTO website, are 57621 or 29972.

Vanuatu Tourism Office web page: Rose Bay Bungalows

Accommodation and Transport
Rose Bay has three bungalows, built with local materials. One is a long bungalow with four rooms (two single beds in each), one is a family bungalow and the last one is a double bungalow (one double bed). Mosquito nets are provided and the doors are lockable (bring your own small padlock). Kerosene lamps are used for lighting.

The food at Rose Bay can be a pleasant surprise. Dinners may include lobster or steak and local style barbeques on the beach can be arranged. Breakfasts are tea or instant coffee with bread and fruit. To save a few Vatu, you can buy bread at the store in Sanwir for lunch. Rainwater is used for drinking.

Each bungalow has modern, western flush toilets and showers. The long bungalow has separate male and female facilities. Ground water is used in the bathrooms. Bath towels and toilet paper are provided. Bring your own soap.

Services, Suggestions and Transport
Walarano and Sanwir are quite densely populated and developed with telephones, stores, kava bars, a local night club with dances on some nights (it's bound to be wild) and several trucks.

See our Malekula page for more transport information. If you're coming down from Tam-Tam Bungalows near Vao, it's possible to walk to Rose Bay in less than two hours.

First surveyed: December 2004 by Stephen.
Last updated: May 2009 by Stephen.

Visitor Ratings for Rose Bay Bungalows, Sanwir Rate it

Date	Ratings	Comments
27/12/2006	Standard Location Value	Peter seems to have lost interest and leaves all activities to the women or the children. Tours are limited and expensive for what you get.
04/11/2006	Standard Location Value
21/10/2006	Standard Location Value	Good bungalow and nice people. Food sometimes a little bit uninspired (canned food). Nice environment. A lot of tours are available. Overall experience: A good place for adventurous people. Don't miss the kava nights in the nearby Nakamal.
30/05/2006	Standard Location Value	Good people, good food, comfy double bed with net. Nice black sand surf beach & river. Not easy to get around without taking 'tours' which were a bit expensive. *Very* limited transport, Smol Nambas 'tour' was great. :-)
25/03/2006	Standard Location Value	Excellent place, very good food and nice people
06/02/2006	Standard Location Value