Fiji Travel Backpacker & Accommodation Guide
Fiji Travel Guide
Viti Levu - Nadi Airport - Mamanuca Islands - Yasawa Islands - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Ovalau
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Scuba Diving - Surfing - Kayaking - Fishing - Hiking - Village Visits - Tours & Sightseeing
Fiji Accommodation Guide
Fiji
accommodation offers great diversity from small holiday resorts to lots of budget beach resorts for backpackers and travellers. Accommodation is scattered around the islands with some resorts dedicated to scuba diving, surfing or adventure while others intended purley for relaxation.
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Almost all
Fiji
accommodation outside of a town is on a beach or overlooking the sea and is labeled a resort, regardless of its amenities, and this applies equally to budget accommodations. Accommodation throughout the islands is often in stand alone bure (pronounced boo-ray), an open plan traditionally styled building with high ceilings and thatch roofing ensuring natural ventilation and usually not needing, or providing, air-conditioning. At the upmarket resorts, bures are exquisite hand crafted palaces dressed in traditional designs and hand crafted furnishings; at budget resorts they may equate to a rudimentary “hut” with a simple foam mattress, no electricity and sharing communal bathrooms. At some of the mid-range and larger resorts, a bure is often an A-frame wooden structure split into two or four rooms and referred to as a duplex or quad bure.
The highest concentrations of accommodations are in Nadi and along the south coast of
Viti Levu
which happen also to be the best value places to stay, and in the Mamanuca and Yasawa islands which are graced with delightful beach resorts from budget to upmarket. There are slimmer but adequate sprinklings of hostels, retreats and beach resorts around rural Viti Levu and on the outer islands of
Vanua Levu
, Taveuni, Kadavu and Ovalau. Beyond, in the outliers of the Lomaiviti Group, the Lau Group and Rotuma, official accommodation is non-existant although travellers will find government rest houses and home stay accommodation. Likewise, provisions and general infrastructure are basic. For those travelling on a semblance of budget, there are plenty of affordable beach resorts all around the islands with cheap motel rooms and dorm beds in most towns.
Rates start from around $15 a dorm bed in town centres, $60 per person including meals in the budget resorts, $60 for a motel room in urban centres and anywhere from $200 to over $500 at a holiday beach resort. The small exclusive boutique resorts on private islands cost from $800 per night and up. The best value holidays are on the mainland of
Viti Levu
, with Nadi and the Coral Coast both popular as sightseeing and additional savings made by choosing where to dine out – a few motels even have cooking facilities. Taveuni and Savusavu are also popular bases for longer stay affordable holidays with the same benefits of freedom of movement.
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