Mele Cascades is the easy headline attraction outside Port Vila — a series of turquoise pools tumbling down a wooded hillside about 10 kilometres west of town. You walk up a slippery path beside the water for about twenty minutes, swimming as you go, until you reach a wider plunge pool at the top.
It is touristy but genuinely beautiful, and the water is cool and clean. Bring reef shoes for the rocks and a waterproof bag for valuables. A modest entrance fee goes to the village; most tours from Port Vila include transfers.