FIji-Samoa-Tonga-Vanuatu-Solomon islands: itinerary examples

Hi,
I decided to visit South Pacific and finally I chose those five counties: Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu and Solomon islands. I will be there for 6-8 weeks. Please, could You give me some advice, how much time to spend in each country? I don't want You to write an itinerary for each day (but of course I wold welcome it:-)), but I would appreaciate an andvice, how much days I should spend in each county. Because I don't want to stay for a needlessly long time in one county and have a small time for another one. So, what is ideal time for each county from those five? I would like to make whole trip in 6 weeks, but few days in addition is no problem. 8 weeks is maximum.

And second question - I think, ideal county for beginning is Fiji, isn't it? I think, that the international connection into this county is the best one. I'm fom Czech republic, from central Europe. From Fiji, I will continue to Samoa, then Tonga, Vanatu, Solomon islands, fom S. islands back to Fiji and home. Is it good plan? Or should I change the sequence of the countries?
Thank you very much for Your advides. I'm on the beginning with planing, so I will welcome any idea.
Ondrej
ondrejfabian@seznam.cz

If you insist on visiting 5 countries in 6-8 weeks, you will necessarily have too short time for each one.
With the exception of Samoa, all the countries you've listed have many, many islands scattered widely, and by having a week or two in each, you will only be able to get a quick taste of each one.

Anyway, Fiji is of course an easy and good one to start with.
And it's one country where you can see a lot even on the main island you land on, and getting to outer islands is also easy, with regular boat connections to some.

In Samoa, you can also see a lot on the gateway island of Uplolu, and the only other large island is just a short ferry-ride away.

In Tonga, you can also see a lot just on Tongatapu, and with your time-frame, I 'd say stick to that and maybe Eua.

In both Vanuatu and the Solomons the outer islands are the main reason to visit, and shipping links to most are unreliable - be prepared to fly. If flying is no problem, the most interesting islands to visit in these countries might be Tanna and Santo in Vanuatu and Rennel and New Georgia in the Solomons. Malaita in the Solomons is also very interesting and readily accessible without flying, too.

I'd say give a week each for Samoa and Tonga, and 2 weeks each for the 3 Melanesian countries. That will still be a rather rushed visit to each, especially as those weeks won't be full weeks either due to time lost for travel between them.
There's no way you could spend "needlessly long time in one county" unless you think anything longer than getting your passport stamps and sending some postcards home is needlessly long.

It is possible to fly to all of these countries from Fiji, but otherwise, there are only flights that connect Vanuatu and Solomon Islands. There are no direct flights between Tonga and Samoa. Your options would be to fly Fiji-Tonga-Fiji-Samoa-Fiji-Vanuatu-Solomon Islands.
From Solomon Islands you may find it cheaper to fly back home via Brisbane Australia, on either Pacific Blue or Solomon Airlines.
In Solomon Islands, I would recommend visiting Malaita and the Western Province. Both of these have reliable transport from Honiara, whereas most of the other islands do not. Western Province (Marovo and Roviana Lagoons) including New Georgia, Gizo and Munda, is the area with the most developed tourist structure. Malaita is much less developed, so you should get a good contrast. With your time constraints, trying to get to Rennel could be risky.

Air Pacific has a pass that cover all your countries in your list. I think that it can be a good option due to your route. More info about this pass on here.
The only direct flights between Samoa and Tonga are on demand and charter and are operated by Polynesian Airlines.