Tanna, Vanuatu

Lowinio Cultural Village

$2000.00 (local currency) Bookmarked 15 times
Lowinio Cultural Village
Lowinio Cultural Village Tanna
Lowinio Cultural Village Tanna
Lowinio Cultural Village Tanna
Lowinio Cultural Village Tanna
Lowinio Cultural Village Tanna
Lowinio Cultural Village Tanna
Lowinio Cultural Village Tanna
Lowinio Cultural Village Tanna
Lowinio Cultural Village Tanna

Description

Tucked inland from Lenakel, Lowinio Cultural Village offers one of Tanna's most genuine kastom experiences. From the moment you meet your tour guide at the garden gate, you're welcomed into a self-sustaining community where traditional food, plants, and customs are simply everyday life. Walk through lush gardens, watch children play traditional games, share a locally prepared meal, and join in kastom dancing beneath a banyan tree. This is not a performance put on for tourists;it's a living village, and you're invited in.

Highlights

  • Guided garden walk with a local guide
  • Watch and join kastom dancing
  • Live food demo, changes each visit
  • Real village life, ceremonies included
  • Leave with handshakes from the whole village

Details

Activity Information
$2000.00 (local currency)
Lowinio, West Tanna, Tanna
Monday: 8:30 am - 3 pm 
Tuesday: 8:30 am - 3 pm 
Wednesday: 8:30 am - 3 pm 
Thursday: 8:30 am - 3 pm 
Friday: 8:30 am - 3 pm 
Saturday: 8:30 am - 3 pm 
Sunday: 8:30 am - 3 pm 

Tour Guide

Lorine Lorine
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What to Expect

What to Expect

From the moment you arrive, Lowinio draws you into the rhythm of everyday kastom life. Your guide leads you through the gardens, the children play traditional games, a food demo showcases whatever the village is cooking that day (usually laplap), and kastom dancing unfolds beneath a banyan tree with everyone welcome to join in. In the background, you may see or hear other traditions taking place, depending on what is happening in the village that day; a reminder that this is a living village, not a performance.

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Lowinio Cultural Village

Lowinio West Tanna Tanna

Nestled inland from Lenakel on the island of Tanna, Lowinio Cultural Village offers one of Vanuatu's most genuine kastom experiences. From a guided garden walk with local expert Lorine to traditional food preparation, children's games, kastom dancing beneath a banyan tree, and a farewell that feels like the whole village is seeing you off, every moment here is real, lived and unscripted. This is Tanna as it has always been. 

Full Garden Tour on Arrival

Before you even reach the village, we will walk you through gardens of taro, kava, fruit trees, and medicinal plants that feed the whole community.

Laplap Demonstration and Tasting

Watch a real laplap come together from scratch, then taste it fresh, in the heart of a living kastom village on Tanna.

Watch and Join in with Kastom Dancing

Gather under the banyan tree and join local kastom dancers in a tradition that's very much alive.

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