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Underwater Post Office

Hideaway Island Resort, Port Vila, Efate, Vanuatu
678-22000
Ranked #9 of 19 attractions in Port Vila
4.0 of 5 stars 54 Reviews
Type: Landmarks/ Points of Interest
Owner description: The world’s only underwater post office lets you buy a waterproof postcard on land, fill it out and dive into the ocean to mail it, and you don't even...... more » Owner description: The world’s only underwater post office lets you buy a waterproof postcard on land, fill it out and dive into the ocean to mail it, and you don't even need diving experience. « less
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Mooloolaba, Australia
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13 reviews 13 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 May 2012 NEW

This is a must for anyone whether you have kids or not. It's such a great day. Snorkel..........eat.........snorkel........have a drink........snorkel..........eat.........snorkel........another drink thenyou can go home. We usually have about 3 or so hours here. More

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sydney
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 May 2012 NEW

The kids loved posting a letter underwater. Its not too deep so all the kids can do it. More

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Beveridge, Victoria, Australia
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 May 2012

We went to the underwater post office twice on our trip, and i must admit it would have been great if someone was in there. Maybe they could have opening hours of when it is actually maned. My kids enjoyed it anyway. More

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Brisbane
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 May 2012

We went to Hideaway Island to post an Underwater Postcard. All the photos about it shows a guy in scuba gear in a little hut underwater, which is what we expected. What it was however, was a normal letterbox under the water to put the letters into. Of course, I didn't expect someone to be in the Post Office 24/7,... More

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Melbourne, Australia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 May 2012

Although it does sound a bit gimmicky everyone in our group had to swim out to the post box to post a letter!! Grandma at home thought it was great to receive her waterproof card. Something a bit different!! More

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Prague, Czech Republic
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25 reviews 25 reviews
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4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 May 2012

Make sure you can hold your breathe...A very nice different experience.....only bad thing is....the post cards take FOREVER to get to where they are going More

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Sydney, Australia
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 April 2012

My 6 year old daughter was very fascinated by this and throroughly enjoyed it but I really don't see the point of it. Just a kennel and a mail box chained underwater! More

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Wellington, New Zealand
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 April 2012

What can I say, when would you otherwise get to post mail in the ocean :) More

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Brisbane, Australia
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16 reviews 16 reviews
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 April 2012

This is a bit of fun you wouldn't have anywhere else in the world. More

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Auckland Central, New Zealand
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36 helpful votes 36 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 April 2012

A very easy snorkel to the underwater post office. You pay $5 AUS for a card and write in pencil to send your underwater postcard. The water was murky around the area of the post office when we visited, luckily we had a guy who was staying on the island snorkel over and show us where it was. So if... More

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