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Fiji backpackers arrive at Nadi Airport on the west coast of Viti Levu, the main island in Fiji.
Nadi and around
Nadi is a rather nondescript suburban sprawl set slightly inland from the mangrove coastline. There is a beach area at Nadi Bay but the sea is brackish and the beach often littered. However, it does make a picturesque setting looking down the coast at the majestic mountains that surround Nadi and out to sea towards the offshore Mamanuca and Yasawa Islands. If you need shopping, Nadi Town has an excellent selection of Internet cafes, boutique shops, lots of department stores offering cheap clothes and several great restaurants. Bars and nightclubs are hard to find and can be on the rough side - the exception being Ed's Bar and the Frequency Lounge in Martintar. If you like exploring, Nadi makes a good base and offers the most affordable rooms and dorm beds in Fiji.
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Aquarius Beach Resort, Nadi Bay
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F$ 95 per couple or dorm
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Aquarius Fiji is a converted beach house offering budget travellers a homely place to stay along a wonderful beachfront location overlooking the offshore islands. With double rooms with private bathrooms, a good restaurant, swimming pool and beachfront, this is a great base to explore the main island or before moving on to other islands.
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Horizon Backpackers, Nadi Bay, Viti Levu
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F$ 50 per couple + dorm
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Horizon Backpackers Resort is the best of the cheap backpacker accommodations in Nadi. Long established, less than a minute walk to Nadi Beach, this small hostel has affordable rooms, small restaurant, tour desk, internet room and baggage storage. The hostel is adjacent to budget resort Smugglers Inn with its lively bar and kava drinking.
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Smugglers Cove Beach Resort, Nadi Bay
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F$ 98 per couple + dorm
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Smugglers Cove Beach Resort is our recommended budget accommodation in Nadi. Ideally located overlooking Nadi Beach and only 10 minutes drive from Nadi Town, Smugglers offers modern rooms with a boutique guesthouse atmosphere, dining restaurant, Internet cafe and pool. This is the ideal base for exploring Fiji's offshore islands and mainland sightseeing attractions.
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Around Viti Levu (the main island)
You can explore the offshore islands of day and sailing cruises or venture into the interior on 4WD tours or along the Coral Coast on historical and sightseeing tours. There is also excellent rainforest along this coast which you can explore on rafting trips or on hiking trails.
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Feejee Experience, Viti levu
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F$ 1,103 for 3 Nights
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The Feejee Experience is the only coach tour that circumnavigates the main island of Viti Levu and gets you to some wonderful beach locations, historical sites, traditional villages, tropical rainforests, to the capital city of Suva and along the remote Sunshine Coast with access to charming Nananu-i-Ra island. Travel in air-conditioned coach and hop-on and off along the way for the optimal tour.
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Robinson Crusoe Island, off West Viti Levu
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F$ 196 per couple + dorm
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Robinson Crusoe Island is a small party style island off the south west coast of Viti Levu with themed party nights, lots of organised activities and a picturesque sandy beach. The lagoon offshore is good for swimming and there's good snorkellintg in the outer reef, accessable on a five minute boat ride. Overall, a great budget retreat if your're looking for some fun.
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Mango Bay Resort, Coral Coast, Viti Levu
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F$ 189 per couple + dorm
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Mango Bay Resort is a party style budget resort located on a picturesque beach along the Coral Coast. With twelve acres of tropical gardens overlooking the secluded bay, this is the ideal retreat for budget travellers looking for clean and private accommodation with a vibrant atmosphere at night and lots of activities during the day.
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Uprising Beach Resort, Pacific Harbour
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F$ 160 per couple + dorm
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Uprising Beach Resort is a beachfront property at Pacific Harbour with spacious traditional thatch bures facing the ocean and a large tree house dormitory set behind. There's an atmospheric restaurant and bar, lots of activities including jet skis, kayaking, scuba diving and adventure tours up the Navua River and into the tropical rainforests of the Nausori Highlands.
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Charlies Cottages, Nananu-i-Ra Island
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F$ 125 per couple + dorm
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Charlie's Cottages is set at the end of the south beach on Nanau-i-Ra island. Two spacious cottages are perched on the hillside overlooking frangipani trees, the beach and across the stunning lagoon to the main island of Viti Levu, and with sunset views. Furnishings are simple, both cottages have kitchens for guest cooking and the bathrooms have cold water showers only.
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The Offshore Islands
Fiji's most popular beach destination is the Mamanuca and Yasawa Groups off the west coast of Nadi Airport. These islands enjoy Fiji's sunniest weather and the islands lack vegetation with rolling grassy hills. However, they are blessed with gorgeous white sandy beaches sandwiched by swaying coconut trees and turquoise lagoons. This is the stuff of dreams.
The Mamanuca Islands
The Mamanuca Islands, being closest to Nadi, are a lot more commercialized and most islands have up market beach resorts. However, there are a couple of small islands with lively budget beach resorts which appeal to the party style backpacker market. The closest of the Mamamnuca Islands takes just 30 minutes by fast catamaran ferry.
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Bounty Island Resort, Mamanuca Islands
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F$ 255 per couple + dorm
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Bounty Island Resort Fiji is a small intimate coral island resort aimed at budget travellers and backpackers. The island offers 48 acres of untouched scrub forest surrounded by golden sandy beaches, clear pristine waters and a marine reserve that provides good snorkelling. There's a lively bar and small swimming pool, with accommodation in air-conditioned beachfront huts or dormitories.
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Funky Fish Resort, Mamanuca Islands
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F$ 101 per couple + dorm
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Funky Fish Resort is a small backpacker property on Malolo Island, fronting a small beach and with fabulous views from the hillside restaurant overlooking the ocean and towards the surfing reefs of ther Malolo Barrier Reef. There's a picturesque beach although the lagoon is too shallow for swimming but a swimming pool makes up for this and there are daily surfing trips and nice hill walks.
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Yasawa Islands
Extending north is a chain of 15 islands with budget beach resorts aimed at the backpacker market. Most of these resorts are owned and operated by locals and are built on customary village land. Some are very basic with poor standards of hygiene and sewerage systems whilst others are well managed and offer activities and day trips. Accommodation typically consists of one or two thatch bungalows (bures) with ensuite bathrooms, a handful of private bungalows with shared bathrooms and a couple of mixed dormitories sleeping around 8 people. Electricity is powered by diesel run generators and water is cold and usually drinkable. Meals are served as a set menu and are included in the price. Standards of quality and the services provided differ from one place to another and tend to change over short periods. The Yasawa Travel Pass enables transfers along the chain including accommodation stops at our recommended resorts at the time of travel. Snorkelling is generally excellent in both the Yasawa and Mamanuca islands, although sometimes the best spots are on outer reefs reached by short boat trips. There are hiking trails throughout the hills offering fine coastal views over the lagoons.
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Yasawa Travel Pass, Yasawa Islands
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F$ 579 for 5 Nights
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The Yasawa Travel Pass enables you to visit any one of ten islands along the beautiful Yasawa chain of islands and stay at any of the 16 accreddited budget beach bures along the way. This is the best region in Fiji for meeting fellow travellers and for beaches and snorkelling. Most accommodation is in simple thatch bure with shared bathroms, or dorm lodges, all with communal meals.
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Wayalailai Beach Resort, Southern Yasawas
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F$ 150 per couple + dorm
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Waya Lailai Eco Resort is one of the best backpacker resorts in the Yasawas with a lively atmosphere, lots of accommodation styles, a good selection of activities including scuba diving (with introductory courses) and some excellent mountain trails for exploring. The resort sits alongside a white sandy beach adjacent to the local village with some reasonable snorkelling offshore.
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Manta Ray Island Resort, Mid Yasawas
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F$ 118 per couple + dorm
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Manta Ray Island Resort is a modern style backpacker resort managed by a young Australian couple with basic yet comfortable accommodation, lots of organized activities and a keenly managed environmental waste system. Set alongside a gorgeous turquoise lagoon, close to Manta Ray lagoon (May-Oct), the focus here is on keeping guests busy.
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Long Beach Resort, Northern Yasawas
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F$ 180 per couple + dorm
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Long Beach Resort is a small backpacker resort set on the point of a glorious white sandy beach overlooking a turquoise lagoon towards the rolling hills of neighbouring islands. This is a good place to settle down with a book, take in the tranquillity and perhaps engage in a few light activities like line fishing, snorkelling, kayaking or trekking to a nearby village..
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Oarsman's Bay Resort, Northern Yasawas
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F$ 174 per couple + dorm
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Oarsman's Bay Resort is a small budget style resort in the Yasawa Islands with a fantastic reputation. Whist retaining the dormitory style accommodation above the restaurant area (single beds only), the focus here is on a relaxing beach experience for couples and families. Good snorkelling offshore, hill walks and no motorised sports.
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The Outer Islands
For adventurers and diving enthusiasts, the Northern Islands is the best destination, particularly Taveuni. This rain forest clad island has some fantastic walking trails in national Parks with waterfalls and lush rain forest. This is also Fiji's finest dive destination with the fantastic soft corals of the Rainbow Reef a major attraction. Flights connect Nadi and Taveuni twice a day and take 1 hour 10 minutes. Alternatively, Kadau in the south offers off the beaten track adventures.
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Matava, Kadavu Island, Southern Islands
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F$ 320 per couple + dorm
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Matava Resort is a small eco hideaway and dive resort on the south east coast of Kadavu, ideal for Scuba Diving Enthusiasts and Nature Lovers looking for a secluded location yet offering the comforts of hot water, good food, plenty of activities and a traditional environment. Accommodation is in traditional bures set on hill with fine ocean views, but tiny beachfront.
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Bibi Hideaway, Taveuni, Northern Islands
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F$ 63 per couple
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Bibi's Hideaway is a family run plantation with six cottages on the gentle slopes of Taveuni's protected north west coast, five minutes from the airport. This spacious property has lovely ocean views and peaceful gardens which lead down to the main road across which is the picturesque Prince Charles beach with its white sand backed by tropical trees and good snorkelling.
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