Agritourism Operator: Ken Bob
Business Name: Nusumetu Ecotour
Email: kenbob242@gmail.com
Location: Green Hill Tanna, TAFEA Province
Business Description: Nusumetu is located in one of the areas of North Tanna with some of the best remnant forests, including two endemic palm species. The Nusumetu Ecotour offers a cultural, environmental and agritourism educational experience. Nusumetu Ecotour is situated in a sacred site, with many big rocks on its southern hill side that were regarded as spirits acting as a barrier to people entering the area, making the area a ‘tabu’ conservation area. This ancestral custom is supported by later generations, who consider the ‘tabu’ site a conservation area. Later in 2006, the Landholders Conservation Initiatives Project (LCIP) hosted by the Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation worked with the communities for four years and strengthened the initiative. LCIP support has increased the resources in the CCA. Five tribes at Green Hill now work together to manage the Eco tour and protect the area. Green Hill also has a botanical garden where the LCIP project provided