Kamilisa Memorial Resort is a short walk from the airstrip.There are no villages on Linua Island. Honeymoon Beach, five minutes walk across the island is sheltered and secluded. Across the estuary, Loh is a larger island to explore with limestone caves and good views from the top of the hills.

Kamilisa is owned and run by a retired school teacher couple, Whiteley and Elsie Toa. It's open year round but only sees about twenty tourists a year. Most visit for the beaches and the seafood.

"The friday plane was cancelled due to bad weather and so more coconut crab, lobster, fresh fish and great hospitality for another week." Simon, 2009.

Costs and Booking
At 3000 Vatu per person per night, with meals, Kamilisa Resort is a bit pricey but the food is excellent and the standard of accommodation is good. Exchange Rates.

Kamilisa Resort now has a telephone, 38599. Another number that may be useful is the public phone at Lunghariki village on Loh Island, 38565. Don't be surprised if none of the phones are working, the Torres Islands are a long way from Port Vila!

Accommodation and Food
Kamilisa has four bungalows with a total of six beds. Two bungalows are doubles and the other two each have a pair of single beds inside. The bungalows are built of local materials and have locking doors. Mosquito nets are provided.

There is one western style toilet with a water seal (bucket flush) and one haos blong swim (bucket showers). Well water is used for washing. Toilet paper is provided and a bath towel can be supplied (most people bring one). Kerosene lamps are used for lighting. Whiteley has a small generator but may not have fuel.

Are there any other island bungalows in Vanuatu where you can eat fish, coconut crab and lobster for lunch and dinner every day? Meals are prepared in a simple local style with rice and aelan kaekae (yam, lap-lap, pumpkin with coconut cream, nalot breadfruit, cucumber salad, aelan kabis and fruits (paw-paw and watermelon). If the stores have flour you can have bread for breakfast with tea or instant coffee and fruit. Otherwise you'll get aelan kaekae like fried lap-lap, yam chips or fried banana. If you're serious about bread then think about bringing a few kilos of flour and some baker's yeast on the plane because the local stores are usually empty. A 1000L rainwater tank supplies drinking water.

Suggestions
The Torres Islands are the most tropical in Vanuatu so make sure you use high protection sunscreen.

If you like snorkeling, bringing your own kit is an excellent idea.

First surveyed: May 2004 by Stephen.
Last updated: January 2009 by Simon, thanks for the update!

Visitor Ratings for Kamilisa Memorial Resort Rate it

Date	Ratings	Comments
20/11/2011	Standard Location Value	If you want to get away from it all and be looked after do come here. Whiteley Toa is a charming host with excellent English and a great sense of humour. He has been to England and must have been a great teacher before he retired. The situation is beautiful, the food is unbeatable with so much tasty and varied dishes, every day something tantalizing new. Definitely worth the extra air fare to come up here. If there is something you cannot live without do bring it as boats only come every 2 or 3 months. And of course leave something behind as they have very little here.
16/10/2010	Standard Location Value	Sooo much great food! The hosts are fantastic and there is even a library. If you want a relaxing time truly away from it all, this is the best place in Vanuatu. Some highlights: - Magical evenings watching the moon over the islands. - Lobster, Coconut crab, so much yummy food - A lazy day on beautiful Honeymoon Beach - Just so relaxing!
01/08/2010	Standard Location Value	we are a french family with 4 children 11,7,3 years old) and a baby 19 month we staid 1 week here and it is a paradise every thing was excellent the boss whiteley and his wife elsie, the food ( coconut crab, fish, lobster, vegetables...), the bungalows, the bed with mosquitonet), the landscape, all the population we met we have already been in the paradise and don't worry the hurricane:there is a very big cave for all the population. thanks you whiteley and elsie and everybody
28/09/2009	Standard Location Value	We stayed for ten fabulous days in this beautiful place. Whiteley and Elsy look after their guests with great care. The pretty bungalows and amenities are sparklingly clean. Elsie changed our bedding every 2 days and cooked us delicious and varied meals of cocunut crab, fish or lobster, succulent laplaps and fresh garden vegetables, not forgetting her homebaked bread or pancakes for breakfast! Whitley took us on various excursions (included in the price) to visit the villages, caves and other local sites. Kind people, beautiful beaches, bush walks discovering the fauna and flora, we had a great time and plan to go back before the end of the year!
31/01/2009	Standard Location Value	absolutely amazing - I found heaven on earth and the best hospitality to go with it - the food was sensational - fresh fish, lobster and coconut crab every day - if you like to get away from it all this is the place to kick back, relax and enjoy the good and simple life
03/11/2008	Standard Location Value
03/03/2007	Standard Location Value	Awesome!! Great food, Great people, Beautifull!!
07/08/2006	Standard Location Value	Everthing was great.
17/06/2006	Standard Location Value	We stayed at Kamilisa in 2003 and it was very nice. The bungalows are very clean and bedding is very clean and comfortable. Toilet and showers are awesome for such a remote place and I know that the Toa family works hard at keeping everything just so well.