Nightmare sums up our (wife & I) experience at this establishment. We have never been so relieved to leave anywhere. The list of complaints I left in the visitors book was a page of A4. It is hard to know where to begin. The main issue was the filth and sharing our bed with a large rat. The manager Kelson... More

We booked 3 nights in jungle oasis, including the volcano entry and guide, with the help of Janelle from Travellers Motel in port Vila. She already told us that we were guinea pigs because she had some problems with Kelson before - people complained about no working toilets and showers and that the food there was not good (one guy... More

My partner and I stayed here for 2 nights, towards the end of a month long Vanuatu trip. By this time we had grown accustom to sleeping without a fan, bugs in our room, outside bathrooms, cold showers, bumpy rides and dirty feet. We had learned to go with the Vanuatu flow. We found Jungle Oasis to be reasonably comfortable,... More

Although the Jungle Oasis facilities are pretty basic (cold shower, outdoor loo, simple huts and no electricity after 10pm), I loved the fact that we were staying in what was essentially Kelson's own village and right near Mt Yasur - it is amazing to hear the regular rumble of the Old Man belching through the day and night. And the... More

If you like adventure stay near the volcano. There are a few good places on the east side of the island. Jungle Oasis is definetely one of them. We found it well managed (by Kelson and Philip), clean and tidy and found the food to be nice (tasty and filling chicken / beef / omelete with rice and sauce cooked... More

I'm surprise to read so terrible reviews about that place. We spent 3 nights in this accommodation, spending days in a series of amazing experiences and nice relationships with friendly and interesting people. But for a first travel in Tanna Island maybe an "information note" is needed for "rigid mind tourists". In Tanna Island, you need to do a compromise... More

We just stayed here in December 2011 with another AUS couple. I was a Peace Corps Volunteer stationed in a village 1 km away from Jungle Oasis in 2008. There has little if any improvement since I last came to this establishment. I witness Philip overcharge the AUS couples and was not pleased that this was how Jungle Oasis does... More

Reviews are always going to be subjective so I guess your experience of Jungle Oasis is going to depend on what you're looking for. I personally loved it but I wasn't necessarily looking for the same thing as other travellers. Having travelled for 2 months on my own, backpacking around the South Pacific islands, I was really interested in finding... More

Sadly our experience was tarnished through hidden charges in addition to what we had been quoted. The Mt Yasar tour was charged at vt1100 each more than what we were quoted a week earlier. Furthermore, we were then charged another vt1500 each for a tour guide and transport which we had assumed would have been included in our original quote.... More