Suva: Full Village and City Tour

Your tour starts at 9:30am with port pickup by your guide for the journey to Navua, an adventure hub in Fiji. When you arrive at Pacific Harbour, board a motorboat for a ride along the Navua River, passing by villages, rain forest, gorges, farmland, rapids, and waterfalls. As you go, watch for native birds like wild ducks and heron. Reach the ‘Magic Waterfall,’ the tallest falls in Navua. Take a dip in the clear water underneath the cascade, and then hop on a bamboo raft for your third activity—a ride aboard this traditional form of travel used by past inhabitants of Fiji. Arrive at a village where a Fijian warrior guides you to the bure, the meeting house. Learn about local customs and traditions, and watch a welcome ceremony known as a yagona, during which you can try kava, a drink made from the root of a plant. Hear about the village’s history, founded in the early 1800s, and then watch a war dance and feel free to join in the snake dance, if you wish. Test your skills at painting on traditional fabric, and observe local women braiding mats before enjoying your lovo lunch, which consists of fish, meat, and vegetables such as wild yams, wrapped in banana leaves and baked underground. Fruit and salad accompany your meal. When you’re done eating, your driver takes you back to the capital for a city Tour.

Visit the President’s Residence and nearby Albert Park, where Kingsford-Smith landed his small plane on his epic 1932 flight from America to Australia. Discover the nearby Thurston Botanical Gardens, home to many varieties of palms, ginger, water lilies and other local flora. Then, shopping in the bustling Suva Municipal Market, followed by the history of Suva through its colonial and modern architecture. Enjoy photo stops at the Grand Council of Chiefs complex and Parliament. At the Fiji Museum, see displays of ancient pottery, double-hulled canoes and the remains of Reverend Thomas Baker’s boots from the cannibal era. Finally, we take you back to Suva port at 6:15pm