Vanuatu: Espiritu Santo Island – Exploring Forest on Champagne Beach

The thick jungle began right behind the Champagne Beach on the island of Espiritu Santo and it held quite a few gems to find. Top of the list – the Vanuatu Flying Foxes – hanging right on top of the trees. An endemic and endangered giant bat species. Massive banyan trees were simply spectacular, lots of beautiful orchids, many mushrooms, endemic colorful green lizards, giant spiders, and much more. And the views of the beach with a perfect crescent of yellow sand were awesome as well.