Kajakkpadling på Fiji

Day 1: Arrive Nadi hotel, Trip Briefing
If arriving by an international flight today, Mercure
Nadi will provide a free airport to hotel transfer.
Upon leaving customs, a Fiji Visitors Bureau
agent will show you where the shuttle is waiting.
Flight arrivals vary so the trip briefing is held at
8pm in the hotel. If your flight arrives after this,
please advise our office so we can arrange an
alternate time. We will issue watertight bags to
carry your personal gear during the kayak trip and
give a trip briefing for approximately an hour so it
is a good idea to eat dinner prior to the meeting.
The bags are between 25-35 litres in volume
(about 2/3 the size of a pillow case). Your guides
are preparing for the trip during the day but will
leave a phone number at the front desk if you
have any problems. Dinner on Day 1 and
breakfast the next morning are not included in the
trip cost.

Day 2: Tavewa Island
We have an early start to the day with breakfast
at approximately 7:00 am. After breakfast our
boat transports us approximately 72 km. out to
Tavewa Island and the Blue Lagoon in the
Yasawas. The combination of reefs, close island
grouping, and shallow waters create the stunning
aqua colours for which this area is famous. Our
Fijian hosts will make us comfortable at their
island home, providing a dining bure and grassy
campsites. After customizing our kayaks and
getting acquainted with our expedition gear we'll
have an instructional paddling session before a
short excursion in the lagoon. Watching the
sunset from the beach in front of our tents is a
great way to end the day. This evening we enjoy
a tropical dinner with our host.

Day 3: Paddle to Navotua Island
Load our expedition craft and weather permitting,
we paddle 15 km to Navotua. With favourable
tides we'll have lunch where fringing reefs run
directly off the beach. After a refreshing
snorkeling session we round the point of Nathula
Island and head for the small village of Navotua.
The villagers of Navotua are particularly friendly,
and the special warmth and reception we receive
in this village has made it our favourite spot.
Personal escorts will show us through nearby
plantations and the village, where we can
observe the making of mats and perhaps the
building of a Fijian bure (hut). If the winds are too
strong we will only paddle what is comfortable
and then transfer to an accompanying boat to
cover the remaining distance. This is our first big
day paddling so we utilize a local boat to carry
our equipment and it allows us to ease into the
activity.

Day 4: Paddle to Sawa-I-La
We paddle 6-8km to Sawa-I-La, a scenic island
with sharp limestone peaks and salt water caves
that make for fascinating exploring. We round out
the day with afternoon entertainment provided by
the village and an invitation to join the chief for a
social kava party this evening. (Kava is nonalcoholic
drink with mild, numbing effects).

Day 5: Paddle to Vawa Island
We paddle 10 km to Vawa Island, an uninhabited
island with beautiful white sandy beaches. We
have the afternoon to explore the island and
enjoy its many snorkelling sites. We camp
underneath coconut palms and we can even try
our hand at climbing some of the low coconut
trees to secure vital ingredients for our tropical
punch!

Day 6: Island day
Today we can enjoy a day of leisure to relax,
explore nearby reefs, kayak to a distant shoreline
of golden beaches, climb the island peak or just
laze on our own secluded island beach.

Day 7: Paddle back to Tavewa
Paddle back to Tavewa, exploring the many inlets
and bays of Nathula en route (15 km). Time
permitting we can snorkel off the back of the
island. Tonight we enjoy our last island dinner
together, listening to the rustling of the coconut
palms. Savouring the flavours of the South
Pacific is a great time to reflect on the trip and
dream about our next adventure!

Day 8: Trip concludes
An early morning snorkel is our goal - to take
advantage of our last day in “paradise”. Then it is
time to clean up and we will load up our transfer
boat for our journey back to Denarau Marina in
Nadi. We arrive late afternoon and the trip
concludes. (cost of hotel tonight is not included –
please contact our office for options on places to
stay).