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Port Vila in 3 days

Market House and harbour front in the morning, Mele Cascades early on the second day, the museum on the last; every long leg is a car, and the last day ends with the bag already in it.

Days

3

Plan status

draft

Walking

4km

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Days
Pace

Relaxed: up to 2 routed stops a day, starting 09:30. Normal: up to 3. Packed: up to 4, from 08:30.

Interests

The original 3-day plan.

Day 1 — Market House, Bougainville Park, a 12:30 lunch table

EasyLow time risk~1.5 km (0.9 mi) walkno long stairsno taxi

leave byLeave Bougainville Park and the harbour front by 11:55 to keep the 12:30 last seating.

78 min of buffer left; holds while the queue at Market House stays under 78 min.

  1. 07:30–07:38Walk along the harbour road
  2. 07:38–08:38Market House
  3. 08:38–08:46Walk to Bougainville Park
  4. 08:46–09:16Bougainville Park and the harbour front
  5. 09:16–09:24Walk to lunch
  6. 09:24–12:30Buffer / wander near Your reserved lunch (town centre)
  7. 12:30–13:30Lunch table 12:30 (town centre)hard

Switches if the ground changes

  • heat Market House → Café near Bougainville Park (AC) (5′, then 10′ p90 to the anchor)
Why this route?

DFL 1.5 = PFL 1.5 + OFL 0 · walk 1.5 km (0.9 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (fast path: safe) · margin p90 78′ · relax L0 · yield 10 · option value 0.67

Deadline: last seating 12:30 → latest arrival 12:20, slack 15′

β vs α: time risk 0% → 0%; margin -66 min; +VUV 0.

trace: generated 12 · rejected none · frontier 2 · seed 3635981507 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Hotel or AC café 13:00–16:00; seafood at Nambatu at dusk by taxi. Cheap lunch option: lap lap at the market food stalls, 10:30–13:30; cash only. Sit-down lunch option: the harbour terrace; book on cruise-ship days. AC coffee break in the afternoon heat.

Day 2 — Mele Cascades at 07:30

EasyLow time risk~0.8 km (0.5 mi) walkno long stairsVUV 3,000 taxi
  1. 06:30–06:55Taxi or hired car to the Mele entrance
  2. 06:55–09:10Mele Cascades
  3. 09:10–09:24Walk up to the lookout
  4. 09:24–09:54Mele village lookout

What this plan gives up

  • L1Taxi VUV 3,000 (Taxi or hired car to the Mele entrance) — saves walking and transfers.

Switches if the ground changes

  • heat Mele Cascades → Entrance kiosk at Mele Cascades (shade) (12′)
  • fatigue Mele Cascades → Entrance kiosk at Mele Cascades (shade) (12′)
Why this route?

DFL 1.6 = PFL 0.8 + OFL 0.8 · walk 800 m (0.5 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (fast path: safe) · margin p90 n/a · relax L1 · yield 13 · option value 0.91

trace: generated 6 · rejected none · frontier 2 · seed 3635981507 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Evening: grilled fish at Nambatu from 17:30; book the ride back before you go. Optional after dinner: one shell of kava with a local host; do not drive afterwards.

Day 3 — National Museum, car to the airport at 12:00

EasyLow time risk~1.2 km (0.7 mi) walkno long stairsVUV 1,400 taxi

leave byLeave Government quarter and parliament (from outside) by 11:25 to keep the 12:00 boarding.

42 min of buffer left.

  1. 08:00–08:08Taxi or hired car
  2. 08:08–09:28Vanuatu National Museum and Cultural Centre
  3. 09:28–09:43Walk (little shade)
  4. 09:43–10:08Government quarter and parliament (from outside)
  5. 10:08–10:16Car back to the hotel for the bags
  6. 10:16–12:00Buffer / wander near Hotel pickup (bags) → airport
  7. 12:00–13:00Car to the airport at 12:00hard

What this plan gives up

  • L1Taxi VUV 700 (Taxi or hired car) — protects: Car to the airport at 12:00.
  • L1Taxi VUV 700 (Car back to the hotel for the bags) — protects: Car to the airport at 12:00.
Why this route?

DFL 2.2 = PFL 1.2 + OFL 1 · walk 1.2 km (0.7 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (100 Monte Carlo runs) · margin p90 42′ · relax L1 · yield 13 · option value 0

Deadline: boarding 12:00 → latest arrival 11:50, slack 15′

β vs α: time risk 0% → 0%; margin -47 min; +VUV 0.

trace: generated 10 · rejected none · frontier 3 · seed 3635981507 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Airport: allow 2.5–3 h before an international departure; the transfer is short but flights leave in banks.

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