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# Snorkeling - day trips Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Fiji
jaharkie 02:28 UTC 06 Mar 2010 | I'm off to Fiji at the end of June to attend a wedding. The wedding is being held at the Outrigger on the Lagoon and I will most likely stay at the Bedarra Beach Inn probably for 5 nights. The advice I am after is where is the best snorkeling along that stretch of coast and who runs the best snorkeling trips. I have had a quick look on the internet and most of the trips I am seeing are of the all-you-can-drink variety which is not really my thing. I will be travelling and staying with a large family party who will mostly be wanting to sit about in the sun so I will be looking to do at least a couple of full day trips to get away from them all. |
nztourist 20:47 UTC 06 Mar 2010 | I was blown away when we went to Danny's Village homestay. You can see a real village, have lunch traditional fijian style, snorkel in a marine reserve right in front of the village, visit a local school and swim and walk along a beach with 100's of coconut palms on the coral coast with no tourist in sight. They can pick you up at your resort and take you to Danny's even though it is set up as a homestay time the time we stayed there 3 groups of tourists from local resorts visited for the day and had lunch. One group cam in the afternoon and had dinner. here is a youtube link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH9_Ui4J3lI some reports on trip advisor http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g1552721-d1550691-Reviews-Danny_s_Village_Homestay-Namatakula_Coral_Coast_Viti_Levu.html and some pictures http://www.fijihomestays.com/fiji_homestays_photos.htm hope this helps Edited by: nztourist | 1
newfie43 00:16 UTC 07 Mar 2010 | We did a day trip out to Mana Island and really enjoyed the snorkeling off the beaches there. | 2
thebirchadventure 20:15 UTC 08 Mar 2010 | What you are looking for is the Marine Protected area. MPA Its located at Votua Village which is around a 15 min drive up the coast. There are no authorised tours allowed on the MPA so you will need to ring a lady by the name of Fabi who owns a cafe located there who can arrange for a authorised person to take you out. See my previous post for details. http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=1882156 | 3
jaharkie 07:28 UTC 11 Mar 2010 | Hey everyone - thanks for this! I should be able to avoid sitting around squabbling with relatives sucessfully! | 4