Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
LIVE-ABOARDS
Fiji Aggressor
US 1 800 348 2628, Fiji 336 2930,
aggressor.com
.
US-based com-
pany with two sleek vessels (10- and 18-passenger) operating in Fiji, visiting the Koro Sea
including E-6, Hi-8 and Namena Marine Reserve. From US$2995 per person for a one-week
charter.
Nai'a
US 1 888 510 1593, Fiji 345 0382,
naia.com.fj
.
Seven and ten-day charters on
a serene 40m sailing yacht for 18 passengers. Visits the Koro Sea, diving E-6, Mount Mutiny
and Namena Marine Reserve. From US$3340 per person for a one-week charter.
Snorkelling
For
snorkellers
, the great beauty is that most reefs start just a few metres from the shoreline.
Some of the best
shore sites
are off the rocky west coast of Taveuni where the waters drop off
dramatically, along Lesiaceva Point in Savusavu, in the Mamanuca-i-Cake Group and along
the entire Yasawa chain of islands. Resorts which don't have good shore snorkelling provide
boat trips
to bommies, passages and outer reefs where marine life and corals are prolific. Of
these, Vesi and Naiqoro passages in Kadavu and Caqalai and Toberua reefs in the Lomaiviti
Group are particularly outstanding.
Manta rays
congregate at Galoa and Vuro islands off Kadavu and around Drawaqa in the
Yasawas between May and October. The best places to swim or snorkel with
spinner dol-
phins
are at the slightly remote regions of Natewa Bay in Vanua Levu or at Moon Reef off
East Viti Levu.
It's worth investing in your own mask, snorkel and fins. Snorkel gear provided by resorts
may not fit and masks often leak.
