Booking a trip to a place so far away from you can be really confusing. I had found almost no information on Fiji when I started planning my trip. When I left for Fiji, I only had 4 days booked, it ended up working out perfectly well, here I'm going to show you exactly what I did. In our group we had people arriving a different times, and different days, leaving on different days, other people joining us, it was not hard to meet up on the different islands we were on.
day 1
Arrived to Nadi International Airport (NAN) from San Francisco (SFO) on Fiji Airways.
We took Turtle Airways to Tavewa Island in the Yasawa Chain - we stayed at the Coral View Resort for 4 days.
day 2
Caught a boat out for an afternoon of snorkeling at the blue lagoon beach, learned how to make book marks out of palm trees
day 3
We took a boat to blue lagoon beach and spent time on the reef and on the beach, played volleyball, made bags out of palm trees.
day 4
Went out to the Sawa-I-Lau caves and spent the day there diving in the caves, learned how to use every bit of a palm tree, dance show and party at night.
day 5
Took the Yasawa Flyer (ferry, organized at the Coral View Resort) from Tavewa Island to Nanuya Balavu Island in the Yasawa Chain - stayed at the Mantaray Island Resort for 3 days.
day 6
Swim with Manta Rays, party at night.
day 7
Snorkeling in near by reef, traditional Fijian dance show at night.
day 8
Exploring the island caves another swim with manta rays.
day 9
Took the Yasawa Flyer (ferry, bought ticket on the boat) from Nanuya Balavu Island to Bounty Island in the Mamanuca Islands - stayed at Bounty Island Resort for 1 day.
day 10
Took a boat to the floating restaurant Cloud 9, we packed our luggage on the boat, they dropped us off at Beachcomber Island on our way back from Cloud 9 (the bags stayed on the boat all day, we thought it was weird too but it ended up being fine) - stayed at the Beachcomber Island Resort for 3 days.
day 11
Took a walk around the whole island, waited for a friend to leave and another to arrive, fire dancing show at night.
day 12
Took a boat and went snorkeling, crab race a night.
day 13
Took a boat organized by Funky Fish Resort from Beachcomber Island to Malolo Island - stayed at the Funky Fish Resort for 2 days.
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Snorkeling on Honeymoon Island
day 14
Went to visit Cloudbreak.
day 15
We got dropped off at the Musket Cove Resort from Funky Fish, from there we caught a Ferry (Malolo III) to Port Denarau.
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Found the $1 yellow bus and caught it to the bus station.
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Caught the Coach to Suva and asked the driver to drop us off at Mango Bay Resort - stayed there for 4 days.
day 16
Chilled at Mango Bay, explored little areas around the hotel, enjoyed our own bure with more space.
day 17
Terra Trek tour through the jungle and mountains to the waterfalls
day 18
Zip-lining over the jungle and rivers.
day 19
We caught the bus from Mango Bay Resort to Nadi Bus Station.
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The Terrace Apartments at Port Denarau sent a car to pick us up there and bring us to the apartment that we rented for the night.
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Rivers Fiji during the day, rafting through canyons - before our trip to Nadi
day 20
Caught a taxi from The Terraces to Nadi International Airport (we had long lines, arrive early).
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Fiji Airways from Nadi to Los Angeles International Aiport (LAX)​