Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Kings Road, 100m on the right before the Nadovi Police Post - the 872 stones placed here
supposedly represent the number of people he ate.
Rakiraki (Vaileka Town)
Vaileka Town, usually referred to as just
RAKIRAKI
, evolved from a tiny village site with
the expansion of the
Penang Sugar Mill
, the oldest of Fiji's four working mills, built in 1880.
The town of around 1500 residents remains dominated by sugarcane farming and, apart from
a small market, it has little to entice tourists.
ARRIVAL AND INFORMATION: RAKIRAKI (VAILEKA TOWN)
By bus
The Sunbeam Transport bus service connects Rakiraki with other towns on the Kings
Rd.
Destinations
Ba (8 daily; 1hr 45min); Lautoka (8 daily; 2hr 10min); Suva (9 daily; 3hr
40min); Tavua (9 daily; 55min).
Banks
There are ATM machines at both ANZ and Westpac banks on Rakiraki Rd opposite
Vaileka Market, but tellers only open on Tues & Thurs 9.30am-3pm.
Internet access
Lal's Net Cafe
next to Westpac bank on the main street has slow broadband
access.
ACCOMMODATION
Tanoa Rakiraki Hotel
Kings Rd, Rakiraki Village 669 4101,
tanoarakiraki.com
.
The
only local accommodation is in the original village of Rakiraki, 3km from the town centre.
The hotel is surprisingly large, with 36 a/c rooms with en-suite bathrooms, ten basic rooms
with shower and a sixteen-bed dorm that is seldom used except for groups. There's a pleasant
swimming pool a
nd g
ood rest
auran
t but it's a bit out of the way if you don't have your own
transport. Dorms
F$30
; rooms
F$150
Volivoli
The placid hills of
Volivoli
mark the northern point of Viti Levu and look out on the offshore
islands of Malake and Nananu-i-Ra. Taking advantage of this serene landscape are two small
resorts, both with good scuba diving operators. The beach at Volivoli Point at high tide is
non-existent but as the tide retreats, an 80m-long
sand spit
emerges with a small area for
sunbathing and bonfires.
ACCOMMODATION: VOLIVOLI
Volivoli Beach Resort
Volivoli Rd 669 4511,
volivoli.com
.
This plush family-friendly
resort is a good option for snorkelers and divers, with Ra Divers, a long-established dive
operation based at the resort, offering Open Water courses for F$750 and 2-tank dives for
F$270; there are also dive and accommodation packages available. Full-day game-fishing
charters are also available for F$1800. Access to the resort is 5km east of Rakiraki
Villag
e on
the Kings Rd then 4km along the extremely scenic Volivoli Rd towards the coast.
F$309
