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# manta rays Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Fiji
kiekie 09:35 UTC 17 Jul 2010 | We're going to Fiji from 25 october untill 5 november. Will the manta rays still be there? I would love to see them! Greetings from Holland, Kiekie |
thurstonhowell4th 10:52 UTC 19 Jul 2010 | Hi, it will be very late in the season to see the Manta Rays but there is a slim chance. I was there a few weeks earlier last year and had to wait around on the beach for 3 days staying at Mantaray Beach Resort in the Yasawa Islands. The channel they swim through is near by so they send a boat out to find them at the change of the tides. IF they are located they come back, ring a bell, everyone piles in the boat and off you go. They you all jump in and snorkel like crazy in hot pursuit. It's a great thing to do, but as I say it will be late in the season. Best asking the resort directly if you are most likely too late but even if you are they have, I think, the world's best snorkelling straight off their beach out from of the resort. Enjoy! (I'm just back from another trip to Fiji as of last week) | 1
world_traveller007 11:00 UTC 20 Jul 2010 | The season from May and lasts till October and this gives you the perfect opportunity to make the season at Fiji. | 2
brtata 16:21 UTC 20 Jul 2010 | Try Kandavu. Look for Dive Kadavu. Really good place and the best dive without crowds. There is a big chance to spot them there! | 3