Kadavu Islands Information

The large size of Kadavu, over 410 square kilometres, and the wild terrain mean that there are very few roads and the main method of travelling around the island is by boat. The resorts on the island generally offer boat transfers to and from the Vunisea airport. The airport is located adjacent to the main town on the island, Vunisea. The landing strip spans the narrow width of the island at this point and makes for an interesting and somewhat alarming sight coming in to land.

The central mountain ridgeline rises to over 800 metres at Mount Washington or Ndelainambukelevu. The volcanic soils of the slopes are rich in minerals and timber is harvested from the forests here and milled locally. There are also plantations of bananas and copra grown here. The island retains most of it's native rainforest and it's rich population of birds, some of which can only be found here.

Land based activities on the island include trekking in the rainforest and bird watching. There are 4 species of birds that can only be found here including the Kadavu honeyeater, the Kadavu Faintain the Velvet Dove and the Crimson Shining Parrot. There are Fiji cultural village tours which will give visitors a taste of the real Fiji.

Scuba diving and snorkelling are also one of Kadavu's main attractions. The world renowned Great-Astrolabe Reef off the eastern shore is one of Fiji's largest and stretches half way to Suva, it is about 100 kilometre long all up. The reef is home to some astonishing hard corals in large groups and a fantastic variety of sea life. Many good dive and snorkelling sites are just a small distance by boat from Kadavu Island and have only slight currents.