Vatthe Conservation Area, Big Bay, Santo
The Vatthe Conservation Area protects 2,276 hectares of lowland alluvial rainforest located at the southern end of Big Bay on the island of Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu.

Vatthe is a good habitat for lowland rainforest birds and Vanuatu's largest river, the Jordan River, runs through it. The tourist literature often states that something like 80% (around 60) of Vanuatu's land and freshwater bird species have been recorded at Vatthe. A more realistic number is 44 species (Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand website). View our bird list for Vatthe.

See WTEC's travel website site for visiting Vatthe.

The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand website has some excellent pages about Vatthe and Sue Maturin leads a group tour to Vanuatu once a year, follow this link.