Easo Village (tender landing)
Cruise welcome area at the Easo tender landing in Santal Bay, with a craft market, snack bars, toilets, an information desk, currency exchange and an excursion desk. It is not a conventional terminal.
Lifou, New Caledonia
Lifou (Drehu) is the largest of New Caledonia's Loyalty Islands, a flat, raised coral island about 200 km northeast of Noumea in the South Pacific. More about Lifou →
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Ship schedule by month
October 2026 · from today · all times local (New Caledonia Standard Time)
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Cruise Ships in Lifou
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Thousands of people in port, guests plus crew. Crowd level compared with a typical Lifou day.
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Where is the Lifou cruise port?
Ships anchor in Easo Bay, about 500 m offshore in Santal (Sandalwood) Bay on Lifou's northwest coast; only one cruise ship can anchor at a time. Tenders land at Easo Village, a cruise welcome area above the beach with a craft market, snack bars, toilets, an information desk, currency exchange and an excursion desk. Easo Beach is beside the landing and the Notre-Dame de Lourdes chapel is reached by a short footpath; most other sights need a tour or transport.
Terminal
Getting to the Lifou cruise port
Notre-Dame de Lourdes chapel → Easo tender landing
1 km · ~16 min by car
About 1 km, roughly 16 minutes on foot, mostly flat, by the footpath from the landing.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
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Walk
Freeper person
Varies
Landscaped footpath from the landing.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
Driving to the port
There is no public bus; most passengers take an excursion from Easo. Distances and times are approximate.
Lifou Cruise Terminals
1 terminal
Eating in Lifou
- Coffee per item
- XPF 500
- per item
- Breakfast per person
- XPF 1000–2750
- per person
- Casual lunch per person
- XPF 900–2350
- per person
- Restaurant dinner per person
- XPF 2600–3950
- per person
- Soft drink per item
- XPF 250–400
- per item
Prices are approximate, from restaurants around the island; snack bars at the Easo landing do not post prices.
Destination
About Lifou
Lifou (Drehu) is the largest of New Caledonia's Loyalty Islands, a flat, raised coral island about 200 km northeast of Noumea in the South Pacific. It is known for Kanak culture, with three customary districts and tribal villages, white-sand bays with clear lagoon water, and coral-limestone cliffs such as those at Jokin. Vanilla is grown on the island and can be seen at plantations such as Mucaweng.
Cruise ships stop off Easo on the northwest coast, beside Santal (Sandalwood) Bay, where the hilltop Notre-Dame de Lourdes chapel overlooks Santal and Jinek bays. Humpback whales pass the island roughly from July to September. Lifou is a regular call on South Pacific cruises from Australia.
- Time zone
- New Caledonia Standard Time
- Currency
- XPF
Things to Do in Lifou
Notre-Dame de Lourdes chapel
Small chapel built in 1898 on the promontory above Santal and Jinek bays, reached from Easo by a short landscaped footpath, with wide views over both bays.
Jokin Cliffs
Coral-limestone cliffs about 40 m high in the north of the island with views over the lagoon; a 196-step stairway leads down to the water for swimming.
Easo Beach and Santal Bay
The beach beside the tender landing in Santal Bay, with clear water for swimming and snorkelling steps from the Easo welcome area and its craft market.
Xepenehe tribal village (Melanesian Encounter)
A two-hour visit to the nearby Xepenehe tribe's chiefdom, with the preparation and tasting of bougna, a traditional Kanak dish; runs only on cruise days.