Olal/Nopul - General Info
Description:
Ambrym’s main attractions are the two twin active volcanoes of Marum and Benbow. This island’s tropical vegetation and black sand is iconic along with the Lonwok Lake Crater and local kava bars.
Olal is not in any of the cruising guides or pilot books and is therefore seldom visited by cruisers to Vanuatu.
Cruiser Highlights:
Villagers will take visitors on hikes through tropical vegetation and to their villages where they willingly share local kastom. There are a number of festivals during the year including the Yam, Magic and Back to my Roots festivals which are the most frequented.
The GLYWO500 fleet which visited in 2023, anchored in front of Nopul village and were greeted by chief “Machine’s brother and the small community, receiving a warm welcome.
Olal village is about a 50 minute walk or 15 minutes in the back of a 4×4 pickup taxi to Olal community where the villages will put on some traditional dances for visitors.
Position:
16° 12’S,168° 00’E
Last updated: December 2023
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Posted on behalf of Chris – August 28th 2014
Olal is actually a good anchorage in most conditions and has much better protection from the West than Nopul. (Nebul is more correctly pronounced/spelt Nopul or Nobul).
Unless you have a deep draft or many boats, it is no problem to anchor at Olal itself. The main problem was lack of a pilotage chart so we have produced one this year. The villagers are very friendly and have built a brand new yacht club and bar so we strongly recommend you to go visit, whether you go straight there or anchor at Nopul! Our pilotage chart and lots more info about Olal is available at http://www.yit.co.nz/blogs/ohana/2014/pilotage-chart-olal-ambrym-vanuatu
PS. I don’t think they had a working VHF any more but chief sekur has a phone now and the number is on our pilotage chart.