We flew 2 hours from Tonga and landed in Fiji, our views from the airplane raised our expectations immediately.
Fiji is an archipelago with 300 islands, think palm trees, fine white sand, sunshine and coral reefs!
We headed to the ferry for a 4 hour cruise to our first destination, Narcula Island in the Yasawa Island chain.
We glided out of the harbour in beautiful weather and passed a super yatch, this was no ordinary boat, valued near to $200 million…
Onwards we headed passing small desert islands snd resorts. At each location the ferry stops and is met by small resort boats that transport the guests and their luggage. It’s a well organised affair.
At one of the stops along the way, this gentleman greets visitors to the island from the top of a rock, with a dance.
The colour of the sea if out of this world, picture postcard perfect.
Finally we reached out destination and it was just so beautiful, long stretches of deserted beaches, a coral reef on our doorstep and great accommodation.
Our five days here were going to be a dream!
We took a 25mins boat ride to visit a cavern with a pool and took a refreshing dip. There is a second chamber but to get to it you need to pass through a small gap in the rocks to enter a lightless cave.
We watched rather than entered but some from our group took the plunge.
I have scuba dived before and even got my PADI license many years ago, I mean pre-digital days!
So I took an accompanied Discovery dive which was great fun once I fixed my leaky mask!
The photos below are from snorkelling in the house reef, quite an extraordinary experience, akin to swimming in a tropical aquarium.
Pleasingly there was lots of healthy coral and the resort works hard to preserve and encourage it’s growth.
Our resort laid on a fun Fijian night which of course meant lots of singing, dancing and even a snake dance around the pool!
We had landed in paradise, a stunning location and a fabulous resort.
So good I won’t even name it, although they did film the Blue Lagoon movie near here!
Next we head to our second Fijian island stay.
I have a feeling we will return here!
