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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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Nadi Bay Resort Hotel, Martintar
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F$ 85 per couple
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Nadi Bay Resort Hotel is a popular and lively budget hostel amongst backpackers in Fiji's with two swimming pools, mini theatre and games room, five houses with dorms and self catering apartments and a delightful landscaped restaurant. Walking distance to Nadi's best bars and clubs, this is a good choice for those wanting to sample Fiji's nightlife before exploring the islands.
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Smugglers Cove Beach Resort, Nadi Bay
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F$ 115 - 212 per couple
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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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Aquarius Beach Resort, Nadi Bay
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F$ 105 per couple
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Aquarius Fiji is a converted beach house offering budget travellers a laid back and homely place to stay beside Nadi's best 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
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F$ 55 per couple
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Horizon Backpackers Resort is the best of the very cheap backpacker accommodations in Nadi. Long established, less than a minute walk to Nadi Beach, this small hostel has cramped but clean rooms, small restaurant, tour desk, internet room and baggage storage. The hostel is adjacent to Smugglers Cove with its lively bar and kava drinking.
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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, Circumnavigate Viti Levu
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F$ 1,558 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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Beach House, Coral Coast
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F$ 70 - 105 per couple
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The Beach House is a small friendly family run backpacker hang-out attracting travellers of all ages. With a pretty beach side location, tall coconut trees and mature landscaped gardens, The Beach House is a long-established stopover on the route between Nadi and Suva, or a great base for chilling and exploring the local tropical environment.
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Mango Bay Resort, Coral Coast
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F$ 195 - 295 per couple
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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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Charlie's Cottages, Nananu-i-Ra Island
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F$ 125 per couple
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Charlie's Cottages is set at the end of the south beach on Nananu-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 Islands 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 Mamanuca Islands takes just 30 minutes by fast catamaran ferry.
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Beachcomber Island Resort, Mamanuca Islands
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F$ 365 - 529 per couple
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Beachcomber Island Resort is an all night party style island aimed at backpackers and the yound at heart. The island is tiny and intimate, taking just 5 minutes to walk around but with plenty of water sports, beach activities and sunbathing to keep guests occupied during the day. Dorm accommodation as well as shared lodge rooms and private bures with ensuites.
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Bounty Island Resort, Mamanuca Islands
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F$ 217 per couple
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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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Walu Beach Resort, Mamanuca Islands
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F$ 210 - 260 per couple
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Walu Beach Resort is one of the most affordable fully serviced budget resorts in the Mamanucas - a mix between a full service holiday resort and a backpackers retreat. Located on the west side of Malolo Island in the Mamanuca Group, the resort offers a range of accommodation from a dormitory style lodge to luxury beachfront bungalows.
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Funky Fish Resort, Mamanuca Islands
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F$ 105 per couple
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Funky Fish Resort is a small backpacker property on Malolo Island, leading down to a small beach and with fabulous views from the hillside restaurant overlooking the ocean and towards the surfing reefs of the 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$ 1,558 for 6 Nights inc meals
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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 acredited budget beach bures along the way. This is the best region in Fiji for meeting fellow travellers, for relaxing on gorgeous beaches and dabbling in a little snorkelling. Most accommodation is in simple thatch bure with shared bathrooms, or dorm lodges, all with communal meals.
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Oarsman's Bay Resort, Yasawa Islands
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F$ 185 - 235 per couple inc meals
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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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Long Beach Resort, Yasawa Islands
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F$ 180 per couple inc meals
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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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Gold Coast Resort, Yasawa Islands
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F$ 150 - 180 per couple inc meals
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Gold Coast Resort is one of the cheapest backpacker resorts in the Yasawa Islands located on a picturesque beach on quiet Nanuya Island. With just five wooden ensuite bungalows (cold water only) and simple furnishings, this is a locally run hideaway with few amenities but a friendly easy going atmosphere.
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Manta Ray Island Resort, Yasawa Islands
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F$ 128 per couple
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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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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, Kadavu in the south offers off the beaten track adventures.
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Bibi Hideaway, Taveuni, Northern Fiji
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F$ 63 - 116 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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