Fiji Features

General articles about life in Fiji.

A Year in Fiji

"When we first arrived, my employer put us up in a nice, mid-range hotel close to the sleazy part of Suva. Guests were advised to travel everywhere by taxi because of the number of muggings. It also rained almost continuously for the first two weeks. Welcome to Fiji!" Dr Peter Forster looks behind the tourist hype at some of the bewildering facts of life in Fiji...

Hello from Fiji

"I don't have the cold weather cues to do my usual Christmas things like carol singing, baking puddings and cakes, driving around to find holly to steal, and putting up decorations etc. It just doesn't feel the same. I am more inclined to think, 'Should I visit the Village Six cinema or Cost-U-Less supermarket, to spend some time in an air conditioned environment?'" Dr Peter Forster looks back at his first year in Fiji...

Backpackers and Billionaires

"It used to be that backpacking trips to Fiji involved a bus ride from Nadi to Suva, then a ferry to somewhere like Ovalau, Savusavu, Taveuni or Kadavu. No more. These days young budget travellers are lining up to go to the Yasawa Islands, a chain of 16 large volcanic islands and dozens of smaller ones roughly 35km (22 miles) off the west coast of Viti Levu." The Fijian islands are no longer the preserve of luxury cruise holidaymakers, as David Stanley explains...

Nadi Tours

Visiting Nadi? Then why not check out the range of tours, excursions, themed tours and airport transfers from our partners, Viator?

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