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Taveuni

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Fiji's Garden Island: rainforest, waterfalls and a coastal walk on land, soft coral on the Rainbow Reef offshore, and private islands a boat ride away.

Fly to Taveuni All of Fiji
Arrival
Matei · TVU
From Nadi
About 1 to 1½ hours by domestic flight
Private jets
Clear at Nadi, then a short domestic hop
Best time
July to August

The city

Rainforest above, soft coral below.

Taveuni, Fiji's third-largest island, is known as the Garden Island for its rainforest, waterfalls and birdlife. The Bouma National Heritage Park has the falls and the trails, and the Lavena Coastal Walk follows the shore between jungle and cascades. Offshore, the Rainbow Reef and its Great White Wall draw divers for their soft coral, and Qamea, Matagi and Laucala lie close by.

Rain falls here in every month. July and August are the driest, at about 100 millimetres, with highs of 27 °C; from January to April close to 300 millimetres a month is usual. Tourism Fiji counts May to October as the cooler, drier half of the year, and the best for diving.

  • Bouma National Heritage Park Waterfalls and hiking trails through the rainforest.
  • Lavena Coastal Walk A coastal path that pairs jungle trails with waterfalls.
  • Rainbow Reef Soft-coral diving and snorkelling, with the Great White Wall among its best-known sites.

Arriving

A short strip at Matei.

Matei, in the north of the island, is the airport: a paved runway of about 985 metres, open from 08:00 to 17:00, with no customs and no fuel. The domestic flight from Nadi takes one to one and a half hours.

Business & First Class Scheduled flights International flights land at Nadi, and Fiji Link and Northern Air continue to Matei. The island resorts meet the plane: Matangi is about twenty-five minutes by road and twenty by fast boat, The Remote Resort twenty minutes by car and twenty by boat. Business & First fares Private Jet Private jets Matei cannot clear international arrivals: jets land first at Nadi, open day and night, with the Air Terminal Services FBO or Aero Adapt as handlers. A turboprop charter or the scheduled flight covers the last leg. Charter a jet
Approximate flying time by midsize jet
  • Nadi 45 min
  • Auckland 3 h 20
  • Brisbane 4 h 10
  • Sydney 4 h 45
  • San Francisco 11 h 20 long-range jet

When to go

July to August.

Humid and wet, on Fiji's rainier eastern side. Only July and August fall to about 100 millimetres of rain; the rest of the year brings more, close to 300 millimetres a month from January to April. Highs range from 27 to 31 °C and the sea from 26 to 29 °C.

  1. 30° J 301 28°
  2. 31° F 285 29°
  3. 30° M 304 29°
  4. 29° A 288 28°
  5. 29° M 174 27°
  6. 28° J 135 27°
  7. 27° J 99 26°
  8. 27° A 99 26°
  9. 28° S 141 26°
  10. 28° O 177 26°
  11. 29° N 258 27°
  12. 31° D 264 28°
Best months weather2travel.com, long-term averages

Where to stay

Across the water, on the Rainbow Reef.

Shown for information. We have no arrangement with any of these hotels.

  • Four-star · Rainbow Reef, Vanua Levu, 20 min by car and 20 by boat from Taveuni The Remote Resort Two MICHELIN Keys: eight villas with plunge pools on a 64-acre peninsula reached only by boat.

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