Waidroka is another option-it’s the name of a surf, dive, and fishing resort located west of Pacific Harbour, about two hours from Nadi’s international airport. Waidroka Bay Resort Interior View of the Bedroom – Courtesy of Waidroka Bay Resort Uprising also has a swimming pool and beach bar. You can even camp if you bring your own tent. The dorm is mixed, there are separate male and female toilets and showers. The dorm is spacious and they provide access to a personal locker and daily fresh linens. For true budget travelers there also a 24-bed, elevated “tree house” dormitory. All of the units have private bathrooms and secluded outdoor showers. If you’ve got a big crew, up to four persons can be squeezed in some of the bungalows. The property has a dozen thatched beachfront bures. Surfers won’t do better for an economic, clean place to stay. There are prevailing offshore trades which create swells almost every single day of the year.Īccommodations range from deluxe to budget. Same as Plantation, it’s not a “dedicated” surf resort but it’s close to Frigate’s Passage, a left-hander that breaks into open ocean at the fringe of Beqa Lagoon. Uprising Beach Resort located at Pacific Harbour, about an hour west of Suva. Uprising Beach Resort Aerial View of the Thatched Beachfront Bures – Courtesy Uprising Beach Resort In addition to surfing, Tavarua offers surf, kite, sailboard, dive, snorkel or SUP. Reports on Trip Advisor have also been consistently good. I didn’t speak to anyone who had anything but good things to say. Reports are that the food was “plentiful and quite good especially considering it was being served en masse.” Kind of a left hand compliment but good just the same. Guests can sample pupu platters served poolside and on the deck. The resort serves three meals a day, plus Happy Hour, which begins at 4 PM. The Sunrise bures have two Queen beds and two sleeper-couches, private verandahs and a mini-bar. Each unit is air conditioned with two Queen Beds, a day bed, louvered windows, ceiling fans, mini-bar, and a large beach side deck.įor families or larger the resort offers two air-conditioned “Sunrise” units which have two bedrooms which accommodate four adults. All are made with local materials such as hardwoods and pandanus and are decorated with Fijian art and surf photos. It can comfortably accommodate 36 guests in 16 private bures. Perhaps the best way to characterize Tavarua is as the ultimate surf camp. By the time they make their way north, they are glassy waves breaking on reefs such as Cloudbreak, Restaurants or Tavarua Rights. It’s position, south by southwest, makes it perfectly aligned to receive swells, consistently generated from the stormy Southern Ocean. If the surfing gods had planned to make an island more perfectly suited to riding waves, they couldn’t have planned Tavarua better. Like Namotu, it exists as a resort for one reason–its proximity to some of the finest breaks in the South Pacific, or for that matter, the entire world. Located on the southern end of the Mamanuca Island chain, approximately 15 miles southwest of Nadi, the tiny, heart shaped island makes up about 24 acres. Tavarua has become synonymous with surfing in Fiji the way Xerox is equated with photocopying. Tavarua Interior View of the Bedroom Suite – Courtesy of Tavarua Breakfast fare includes locally grown fruit with eggs cooked any way you want it.Īccommodations are cool, breezy and can handle up to three people in a bungalow if you bring in an extra bed for children. Locally caught fresh fish is also on the menu. At the nearby village you can visit a kindergarten or do a “plantation walk” where locals will explain the use of medicinal plants and show how local crops are grown.ĭining is family style and food was healthy and tasty. Whenever possible locally grown produce such as avocados, breadfruit, taro, bananas and papaya are served. In addition to surfing, there are a variety of activities and excursions such as hikes to a nearby waterfall or even visits to the nearby capital of Suva. They include Shifties (right hander), J’s (right hander) and Pipe (left hander). Breaks, which are pretty much right offshore, are accessible year round. Unlike a pure surf destination, spouses, teenagers, grade school kids and even children are welcomed here. It’s a family surf resort without the overabundance of guys. Matanivusi was one of the most delightful properties I’ve stayed in a long time. Matanivusi Surf Resort Grand Suite – Courtesy Matanivusi Surf Resort Explorers, Traders and the first philolgists.Captain Cook collects vocabulary in Fiji.Explorers and Missionaries encounter Fijian.
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