Flying Fox Vanuatu
A flying fox in Vanuatu, as Australians call a zipline: six lines over the canyon at Vanuatu Jungle Zipline, Mele, with the transfer from Port Vila, US$94.81 per adult.
This page is about the ride, not the animal of the same name: in Australian and New Zealand English a zipline is often called a flying fox, and the flying fox to ride in Vanuatu is Vanuatu Jungle Zipline at Mele, above Mele Bay near Port Vila. The tour in the calendar collects you in Port Vila, drives you up, and sends you down six ziplines across the canyon, the last one 300 metres, then over the 120-metre Skybridge. It costs US$94.81 per adult with the transfer in the price, and one adult can book (checked November 2026).
Flying fox or zipline?
The same thing. Wikipedia’s article on zip lines notes that “flying fox” is the common term in Australia, New Zealand and Scotland, mostly for the small playground kind. In Vanuatu the operator, the listings and the Vanuatu Tourism Office all call it a zipline, so that is the word to search and book under. “Flying fox” is also the name of an animal; nothing on this page is about the animal.
The flying fox at Mele
The Vanuatu Tourism Office describes six ziplines totalling 1.3 km and the 120-metre Skybridge at The Summit, with Summit Gardens on the same hill (checked November 2026). The venue gives its address as Devil’s Point Road, Mele Bay, Efate.
On the tour:
- Pickup in Port Vila at 8:00 AM or 1:00 PM; you choose from 29 pickup points at checkout.
- A 35-minute drive in a 4WD up to the summit above Mele Bay, then a harness and a safety briefing.
- Six ziplines across the canyon and back, starting easy and getting longer.
- The Skybridge, Summit Gardens, and the drive back; about 3.5 hours door to door.
Who can ride it
The Tourism Office gives ages 5 to 80, a weight limit of 120 kg and a waist of up to 120 cm, and says it is not suitable for pregnant women. You need moderate fitness for the stairs, uneven ground and buttress roots in the jungle. Who can do the zipline has every source’s lines, and the price page the other tickets at the Summit.
Not a flyer? Walk the Skybridge
Anyone in the group who would rather watch can take Vanuatu Jungle Zipline's Skybridge ticket, US$40.63 per adult with the transfer (checked November 2026), and see the zipliners fly past from the bridge.
Six Flying Foxes over the Canyon
Vanuatu Jungle Zipline with the transfer from Port Vila: six ziplines, the Skybridge and Summit Gardens. One adult can book.
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