Ark Gallery Vava'u


Paintings, prints, local arts and crafts...on a boat! If you're keen to visit, phone first, then take a taxi to ‘Ano Beach – you’ll be picked up there. Or if you’re on a yacht, sail up and use one of the Ark’s moorings (one night for free with a purchase from the gallery). The Ark was for sale at the time of writing – let us know if it has sailed away into the sunset!


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