Cruises from Malakula Island
Malakula Island (aka Malekula) is the second-largest of the 83 islands in Vanuatu, with a population of 23,000, in the South Pacific region of Melanesia. There are nearly 30 different languages spoken on the island. Malakula art and ritual objects are among the finest in the country, and the island is also famous for the complex ceremonies and rituals preserved by two of its remarkable tribes: the Big Nambas in the North and the Small Nambas in the central part of the southern area, whose names stem from the size of the penis sheath they wear, made out of banana or pandanus leaves.