Fiji’s Islands to Highlands

8 days/7 nights with Maravu Plantation and Beach Resort, Rivers Fiji, and Air Pacific

About the Trip

Begin your week long Fiji escape discovering the Taveuni Island with 5 nights at Maravu Plantation and Beach Resort. Stay in an Oceanview Spa Villa, waking up to a full American Breakfast, and all the resort activities you could imagine in this Spa Package. From horseback riding, mountain biking, and kayaking, to guided plantation walks and storytelling, there is something for everyone. If you need to unwind, relax with your spa package consisting of two Maravu bath robes, two Maravu Massages, two traditional Fijian scalp massages and two Pure Fiji body scrubs.

After your pampered stay at Maravu, take a trip to the island of Viti Levu for 2 days of adventure with Rivers Fiji. Your first day is rafting on the Upper Navua. In the remote highlands of Viti Levu lies one of the most unique river trips on earth. Slicing a deep chasm through the island’s tropical interior, the Upper Navua River is our hidden pathway to a pristine tropical wilderness. Shrouded in lush rain forest, fed by countless waterfalls and protected by challenging rapids, the Upper Navua River is Fiji rafting at its best.

On your last day in Fiji, enjoy a kayak trip on the Wainikoroiluva River. The Wainikoriiluva (‘luva) River adventure combines five unique Fijian experiences into a fantastic one-day trip! Begin with an overland journey into the Namosi Highlands, which takes you through the island’s mountainous rainforest interior. Atop jungle passes, enjoy breathtaking views out to sea before descending into the beautiful and peaceful Namosi Valley. This tropical paradise is home to the quaint village of Nakavika, where you’re welcomed as a friend with a village visit and a traditional kava ceremony in the home of the chief.

Includes:

- $1,050 off 2 round trip tickets from the US to Suva, Fiji with Air Pacific

- Accommodations, breakfast, resort activities, and Spa Package at Maravu Plantation and Beach Resort

- 1 day Upper Navua Trip, 1 day Wainikoroiluva Kayak Trip with Rivers Fiji

Not Included:

- Transportation to and from Maravu Plantation and Beach Resort

About Maravu Plantation and Beach Resort

Maravu is a Fijian word meaning ‘calm and tranquil’ ... like on a sunny day when the sea is quiet and looks like blue glass. Imagine, you have found the very individual tropical playground in a first class Boutique Resort, on the ‘Flower Island’ Taveuni, Fiji.

Maravu is the perfect hideaway for you offering adventure and relaxation, culture and the unique experience to live with the people who have been here since ancient times. Their laughter and happiness will become part of your life after you left and will make you want to return.

Paradise is waiting to comfort you may it be finest dining with Fiji’s best and biggest wine list, world class diving in the Somosomo Strait, tropical beaches with huge rain trees and palm trees swaying in the breeze, spectacular waterfalls, or the famous volcano lake.

Maravu’s magic will capture you first when you enter the main building with its open walls and thatched roof decorated with Fijian art like carved bowls, masks, pottery, driftwood and painted tapa pictures.

Indulge yourself listening to the birds singing and the beautiful Fijian language, refresh your senses by smelling the fresh and totally clean air, taste the pureness of food right from the sea and the organic gardens.

Be purely yourself and forget about the rest of the world for the time that you stay with us.

Green Practices:

We at Maravu Plantation Resort are proud to be an environmentally caring hotel with particular emphasis on the marine environment. As leaders, we believe in the protection, preservation and enhancement of our total environment through sustainable management.

We are committed to continuously:

- Conserving our natural resources by minimizing our negative impacts through education, by example and sustainable management.

- Protecting and enhancing all ecosystems wherever possible.

- Minimizing pollution by reducing the use of harmful substances and practicing composting, waste separation and recycling wherever possible.

- Complying with relevant environmental legislation and regulations and, through lobbying and moral suasion, help ensure that current legislation is enforced throughout Fiji and that new, innovative laws are enacted.

- Employing and train local people wherever possible including management.

- Purchasing local products and services where possible and feasible in accordance with our Environmental Purchasing Policy.

We will always seek to achieve a clean, healthy, safe and sustainable environment for our community, future generations, our tourism development and ourselves.

For more information, visit Maravu Plantation and Beach Resort

About Rivers Fiji

The Rivers Fiji management team has been in the whitewater rafting business for more than 25 years, and we are excited to share our enthusiasm for the exploration of wild rivers in Fiji with you.

Whether you’re an experienced whitewater veteran or a complete novice we have a variety of options to accommodate a range of skill and interest levels. We explore class II-III whitewater aboard inflatable kayaks and whitewater rafts, experiencing some of Fiji’s most spectacular terrain by floating in relative comfort along two of the country’s premier liquid pathways, the Upper Navua Gorge and Wainikoroiluva.

Awards:

- Fiji Visitors Environmental Award

Green Practices:

Rivers Fiji supports the concept of ecotourism by adhering to principles that are believed to assist in promoting sustainable tourism and responsible travel around the globe. In addition to creating a vision for the company, we believe that protecting the very environment that some have referred to as the “natural capital” of Fiji in partnership with local communities, ensures that a range of choices will be available to future generations with regards to their economy, quality of life, and environment. We believe that the partnership we have established with landowners and families of the rural highlands is built on the following principles and is essential to the long-term viability of Rivers Fiji programs.

With the help of several landowning groups, a logging company, and the Native Land and Trust Board, we established the Upper Navua Conservation Area (UNCA). This is a 17 kilometer conservation corridor that will not be threatened from future logging or gravel extraction, maintaining the pristine nature of the canyon, and natural capital for the indigenous landowning groups that border the area. In return for that lease, Rivers Fiji compensates NLTB and landowners through lease payments, user fees, and employment opportunities, leading ultimately to formal protection of the UNCA.

To further protect and manage UNCA, we developed a Conservation Area Management Plan that guides Rivers Fiji, landowners and NLTB in sustainable tourism. In addition to the establishment of the UNCA, all Guides receive “leave no trace” training including conservation briefings related to our programs and the continued health of their ecosystem. Information is communicated to guests via pre-trip briefings and impromptu discussions throughout the trip.

Rivers Fiji believes that it is the cooperation with local communities that will make the programs we operate successful. As a result, we have implemented the following practices into the daily operations of the company.

Rivers Fiji holds the opinions and decisions of the local communities in the highest regard. To that end, we have implemented several strategies to incorporate the wishes and concerns of the local people into the overall operation. We have incorporated many processes so far, and are continually looking and listening for improved approaches.

For more information, visit Rivers Fiji