Suvasuva to Taveuni by ferry

Bula!

We'll be in Suvasuva late October and wondered how hard it is to get back and forth to Taveuni by ferry. Googles turns up mostly old and incomplete info. We have the Goundar schedule but wondered about other options.

Thanks

Don

Patterson Brothers Shipping Company currently shows a limited schedule with service taking five hours between
Savusavu and Taveuni. Boats leave Savusavu Thursdays at 1 a.m. arriving at Taveuni at 6 a.m. or Saturdays departing
Savusavu at 8 a.m. arriving at Taveuni at 1 p.m. To return from Taveuni to Savusavu, the schedule shows boats departing Taveuni Thursdays at noon arriving at Savusavu at 5p.m. or Sundays departing Taveuni at 10 a.m. arriving
at Savusavu at 3 p.m. Keep in mind that boats arrive at the wharf down island on Taveuni -- not in Matei.

I don't have up-to-date info on the larger passenger-vehicle ferries. As #1 posts, these are of the 2-3 times per week variety.

Another alternative to inquire about is the small passenger-only shuttles that run daily. They link the pier on Taveuni, at or near Waiyevo, with a pier on Vanua Levu somewhere around Nawi or Loa. The crossing takes about 2 hours. You are then faced with a bus ride on dirt roads to get to/from Savusavu, of the 3-4 hour variety. It's a bit of an adventure.

When I was there, the ferries (two of them on the day I travelled) left Taveuni around 9:30am. A bus was waiting at the Vanua Levu arrival point. I assume from this that the bus would have left Savusavu between 6-7 am.

It's an option to inquire about when you're there.

Thanks to you both. We did find a blog posting by someone taking one of the passenger only ferries and that looks to be the best option because it runs regularly. And we like adventure.

Kenko- do you know if the Patterson schedule is available online? We haven't been able to find it.

Don

Bula Don, You can contact Patterson Brothers Shipping Ltd directly by e-mail: " Patterson@connect.com.fj"
There was a link to the schedule if you google "Patterson Brothers Shipping Schedule" and then
go to "Appendix D Interisland..." which now requires registering with a sponsor. (Yesterday I got
the schedule without registering) Happy Travels!