Travelling around the Torres Islands
Distances are short but sometimes quite difficult travelling around the Torres Islands, but when you reach your destination in any of the 4 islets, it's worth the while.
Communicating around Torres is by mobile phones which covers both Digicel and TVL.
Tourists with an international Air Vanuatu ticket are entitled to a 20% discount on domestic flights
There is no regular shipping service to the Torres these days, to get the latest flight schedules, visit the Air Vanuatu website.
Speedboats between islets are frequent, almost daily. The 20km journey costs around 10,000 VT for the whole boat or about 1,000 VT per person,
shared. It may be a rough ride if the trade winds are blowing.
Air Transport
The cost of flying to the Torres Islands is a big deterrent to travellers. If you skip Vila and start your travels in Santo, it's more affordable. Air Vanuatu has a weekly international service Brisbane (Australia) - Santo.
There's one Air Vanuatu flight a week to the Torres Islands. It lands at Linua, adjacent to Loh Island. At low tide you can wade across the estuary between Linua and Loh. When the water is high, people use canoes.
Check for prices via Air Vanuatu website.
You can get more value out of your air ticket by visiting some other islands in the Banks. Stopovers add little to the cost of a return fare to the Torres Islands.
