Services available from Cafe Tropicana:

• Offshore assist via offshoreassist@vavau.to
• Advanced Notice forms – Fiji/NZ/Australia.
• Cafe Tropicana has NZ yacht arrival packs – FREE. These have all the forms and information on arriving into NZ for a yacht
• Courier package assistance/advice on request
• Snail Mail/Courier arrangements
• Yacht in transit SY Yacht Name
  • c/- Café Tropicana
  • Fatafehi Rd (or Private Bag 34 for Postal Service)
  • Neiafu, Vava’u
  • Kingdom of Tonga +676 71322
• Charts/Chartlets/Courtesy flags for the area
• Receiver of  used oil/lead battery/dirty fuel
• Fully licenced bar
• Provisioning for whales/picnics/passage.
• Pre-shop of supermarket provision items
• Ice cubes and 2kg solid ice blocks – rainwater
• Solar-powered USB/12v recharging points 2024
• Vava’u Deli: meats, delicatessen items
• Resell TCC/Digicel phone credit, Digicel Sms
• Gift Vouchers. Games (chess, poker …
• LPG tank refill service – most adaptors
• AIS host via www.marinetraffic.com  ADS-B
• via www.flightradar24.com
• Laundry: the only frontloading rainwater and gas laundry in Tonga. Max 9kg per load.
• Shopping holding service (and frozen) while you shop in town.
• Espresso Coffee/Café/Bread/all-day breakfast/lunch/Dinner
• Drinking water: potable filtered rainwater, your container or our 20-litre loan container, a free car ride to your yacht at the wharf or small boat marina. Hot shower.
• Retail Store – carvings/maps/soaps/postcards/ magnets/iron-on flags/lapel pins/cuff links… Vava’u vanilla/coconut oil.
• Harbour wifi provider SSID “Vava’u Net” Free info, weather etc. via a Walled Garden service.   Musical instruments (guitar, harmonica, mandolin etc).
• Resell Kingdom Koffee. Beans (Ground to order). Free cruisers welcome regular coffee – complete the online survey.
• Free booking and information service. Go to guy for help…
• Famous in Vava’u  “Blue” comedy and “cyclone” wall
• Huge free book swap and reference library. Free 120gb ebooks/audio books.
• TV 800+series (11TB) and 10TB Movie (8000+) Documentaries, Concerts, Music, Comedy, Children, Fitness, Christian, Wiki offline).  www.offloop.net/media password tropo Research, basic shopping cart. Series from 1978, hard to download over 5 years old series. Netflix drops older series. Working on tidying file order and gaps.
• Rentals – mountain bikes, kayaks, snorkel gear, tents, cars, scooters
• Local news/info feed Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/tongaexpatsandlocals
• https://www.vavau.to/Cruising_Guide3.pdf being updated, but  useful info
• No credit card facilities – only a few restaurants accept them, and no supermarkets.
• Spare parts (pc/electrical) and a huge range of loanable tools.
• Agents for Boat House Apartments in the harbour www.vavau.to/compendium.pdf  useful landlubber information source.
• Qualified Massage Therapist, Portable massage table, TENs unit, heat pad, Massage Gun, Swedish and Rock.
• Please advise corrections/suggestions to greg@vavau.to or Greg@sailingtonga.com

Time Lines 08-17 SAR coordinator 14 on ADS-B / AIS Host 14-17 Formed  Vava’u Blue Water Festival, gifted to VTA to manage from 2018 onwards 15 on created 650+ FB POI 16 on, 2  rubbish bins in town and Mt Talau 14 to 19 wrote Cruising guide for Tonga, assist SV Soggy Paws 18 on, free reading glasses for locals, supplied by NZ 18 on formed PCA 20 on, formed Vava’u Community Trust NGO Youth sailing, education, employment Trust CT-199 23 on IIAB Internet in a box wiki wifi 23 on vavau.to/portofficer .pdf