Rah Paradise Bungalows

After over 10 years I returned to Rah Island and what a warm welcome I recieved by Young and Rachel. It was like the coming home for a lost son.|The island is as clean and well keept as I remembered it and the people are just as lovely and friendly as nothing has ever changed. However a few things have changed. There is more than one old truck at the airport to pick up guests and the one houre drive to the lagoon is still bumpy but safe even in wet conditions. The "yellow cab" taxi canoes are not yellow anymore but still provide you with a great island style arrival after a short crossing over the beautiful lagoon to Rah Island. A very romantic and personal welcome to this magic island at the end of the world.|Young did some amazing upgrades to his Paradise Bungalows with a double story family bungalow with a good bathroom/toilet and two wonderful balcony overlooking the beach. The restaurant dining room is direct beachfront, catching the breeze and the best ocean view. Rachel and Sarah are doing the best island kaikai, based on fish, lobster and perhaps a fresh foul from the barn. The vegetable are grown just behind the bungalows and are yummy and a beautiful adition to the well keept garden. |Unfortunatley there is a downside for visitors and locals to get to this paradise. It is the lack of transport with Air Vanuatu. Flights are officialy every Friday, but cancelations are frequent. For that reason guest need to allow extra time, or charter a boat to travel to Sola (2-3hr) for more flights.|We and all people of Rah have great hope that Air Vanuatu will introduce more regular flights to this world classe hidden paradise. There is a good reason why Paradise Bungalow won best Bungalow prize twice in the national competition. The late founder of Rah Tourism und Paradise Bungalow, Father Luke can be proud of Young and Rachel, and the people of Rah to keep up the great work. If only more people would make the long trip to paradise. God bless them all.

I stayed for 7 days on Rah Island in the Rah Paradise Bungalows resort. My stay was literally extraordinary. I had the best time.||Firstly, the bungalows are very beautiful and comfy & directly at beachfront. So I could always take a swim or just relax on my own private balcony. ||Secondly, the food is delicious! Rachel, the head chef, cooks fresh food with ingredients from the island and fresh fish every day. Best food experience I had in Vanuatu.||Thirdly, the different activities I could do on Rah. The kastom village was impressive and so interesting to learn more about the past. The snake dance was at a perfect spot right at beachfront and the basket weaving with locals was interesting too.||Lastly, the whole atmosphere on Rah is just unique. All inhabitants are so open-minded and invited us directly into their families. It was such a heartful and kind atmosphere and I was very very sad to leave again.||I would recommend Rah Paradise Bungalows to everyone!!

We had an amazing stay with Yang and Rachel! They are such friendly and welcoming hosts. Yang met us at the airport and accompanied us on the one-hour drive to the main village on Mota Lava. From there, we transferred to the outrigger canoe for a five-minute paddle across the sparkling clear-watered lagoon across to Rah. It was another five-minute walk from the beach, through the village and to the bungalows. We were lucky enough to get the beachfront bungalow with its own bathroom and tree swing outside. At the high-tide mark, we were just 4m from the water! Bring your snorkelling gear as you can dive at high tide and take in the beautiful corals and colourful fish!||||All meals are included in the nightly rate. Yang's wife Rachel cooks absolutely delicious meals! We loved her bread with coconut and lime jam, lobster tails, curries, and lap lap! ||||Yang is happy to organise your activities, just let him know what you want to do. Definitely climb the Rock of Rah for spectacular 360 degree views of the other islands in the Banks group.||||Everyone we met on the island was so kind. On walking through the village, locals said hello to us and we always stopped for a chat. When we left Ra to go to the airport, everyone we passed shook our hands and said goodbye to us, and wished us a good journey. ||||We loved our time on Rah and want to come back!||||The best way to book is to send a tax to Yang: +678 594 5757. We paid Vt5,000 per person per night (includes all meals) and Vt1,500 per person each way for the truck transfer.

We just returned from a week at Rah Paradise Bungalows. We had heard a number of great things about it, but it truly surpassed all expectations. Full of integrity, knowledge and positive energy, Young Dini has created the perfect conditions for an ideal beachfront island experience. Sarah, who ensures a steady stream of fresh flowers and tidy rooms, will keep you well-fed with quality island kai. And the people of Rah are warm, fun-loving and industrious - we felt like family immediately and found it hard to leave. This place is a must! Tenkyu tumas!

We had a wonderfull time at Rah. The owners made us feel welcome and did everything the could to make sure we had a good time. This place is off the beaten path and walking around the small village and island and talking to the owners made us get a good insight into life on a small pacific island. The beach bungalow is basic (cold shower) but it is designed with a good eye for detail you don’t often see in other simpel acomodations. We spend most days just relaxing, snorkeling and enjoying life at a slow pace. We did see the snake dance, which was very impresive. The food is included in the price. It’s simple but tasted good.

welcome to (rah) paradise!! <3 thanks to rachel, yang, lucy, sarah and every single person on rah island for making our time one to remember forever: you're more than welcoming, lovely hosts, who created a small paradise on its own. the bungalows and its unique style (yang is the best architect ever!) with lots of small details, the delicious food and the nature itself are astonishing. more than recommended!!!! can't wait to be back!!

What a surprise! This was our 1st trip to Rah and definitely worth it. |My family and I stayed 3 nights here in 2 cabins. The cabins were clean with a shared bathroom between the 2 cabins. Rachel and her helpers cooked great local food for us, making sure it was gluten free.|We spent our days going to the kustom village, seeing how shell money is made, watching the snake dance and snorkelling. You can go to church if you wish too and be welcomed by the locals.|Rachel and Yan are doing lots of improvements to the bungalows |We booked through Santo Travel Centre in Luganville who arranged transport for us from the airport as there are only 2 cars .|Thank you Rachel and Yan for a lovely time including the farewell song.

We booked a stay at Rah Paradise Bungalows at the Local Tourism Expo in 2021. This was the second year of closed borders with no international tourism. Yang and Rachel were in Port Vila when we arrived on Rah. The rest of the family only had 2 days notice that we were coming, but they were ready for us. On our arrival we were welcomed by Sarah to the bottom level of a two-story bungalow. That was my first clue that this was not bush accommodation. The rock walls and sawed timber floors and ceiling were another clue. Multiple shelves and hanging pegs were also unusual. Then there was the en suite--bush bungalows do not have en suite. (I have stayed in many bush bungalows.) The only problem was the bed, which was too short for me. After the first night, Anna, who did the housekeeping, asked me how I slept. When I answered truthfully, we were moved upstairs. The bed on the top floor was wonderful, and I slept well the rest of the week. The upper story was reached by an outside staircase, but the separate en suite for the upper room was reached by an indoor staircase going down with two turns. The upper level had the more traditional bamboo walls and natangora roof. The romance of sleeping under a thatch roof is not so great if the roof leaks. This one did, but not on our bed. I expect that they will have the roof fixed when the borders reopen to international tourists. We burned mosquito coils in the evening and slept under mosquito nets at night. ||||The front verandas for both the upper and lower levels are spectacular, with as pretty a view as any place I have ever stayed. This bungalow is right on the beach, with views across the reef to sea stacks with Vanua Lava in the background on a clear day. At low tide you can walk out to the sea stacks, although the biggest rock has some deep holes that can be avoided if you stay to the left. At high tide the beach is a safe place for our 9-year-old daughter to swim. I also had some good fishing nearby. The same great view of sea stacks and distant Vanua Lava is also available from the beach restaurant. Sarah's cooking was wonderful. She uses mostly local ingredients, but she has an uncommonly wide range of ways to fix them. We had fish or other seafood every day, but it was never fixed the same way twice. We often had rice, which was the main exception to the local ingredient rule. We also had manioc, breadfruit, kumala, yam, Fiji taro, several kinds of banana, and lots of citrus. We had island cabbage, but not often enough to get tired of it. Breakfast featured Tanna coffee with different styles of fresh baked or fried breads and fritters, with warm coconut jam. One morning Sarah showed our daughter how she makes the coconut jam. The varied menu really sets this place apart from other island style dining that I have done. I highly recommend Rah Paradise based on the food, service, and location, despite some minor flaws in the bungalow.