Fiji in March...Help Please!

I am looking at booking a 1-2 week trip to Fiji in early March 2009. Beqa Lagoon Resort seems to get great reviews and they have a good package rate (that includes a flight from LAX) so I was considering that as at least one place to stay but it does not appear to have any availability for the dates I am looking at.

As a result, I starting to think about another location on Viti Levu. I am thinking about also staying for a few additional days at a second island that is a bit more remote and different from Viti Levu.

My primary considerations are the following:
- Great shore diving (my girlfriend and I do a fair amount of freediving as well as scuba and it is great to be able to jump in the water right from the resort)
- Nice resort environment with lots of activities (i.e., we will not be diving all day every day)
- Sensible price (but certainly not looking for the cheapest available)

Any recommendations and suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thank you

Beqa Lagoon diving is fabulous! If you can't get into Beqa Lagoon Resort, which is terrific, why not try Lalati resort. It's also on Beqa island, smaller and has lots of activities too. I was there 2 years ago, now they have new owners and I've booked a trip for my husband and I for October. The new owners seem really great, and the house reef is wonderful. It's a muck dive where you can see so many little critters, I was amazed. Things I couldn't even find in the books.

The staff is the same they tell me, and they are starting to take reservations from January on. If you want to contact the booking person directly, the address I used to book was info@lalatifiji.com. They have some good activities and fun staff. The kayaking "through" the island was really fun. They also take you to the main island for other activities. I personaly really enjoyed the spa. Price was the same as Beqa lagoon Resort - I booked their DEMA dive show special they have running. So check with them.

Other good dive places outside of beqa would be Nanuya Island Resort (white sand beaches, different kind of diving) and Matava (for a more rustic and really really remote resort) on Kadavu.

Hope that helps and ENJOY YOUR DIVING!

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They are going to Kadavu. Looks like they have plenty of spots avail.

i recommend octopus resort, likuliku bay, waya island.

12-15m reef right off the beach. their own boat, approximately 30 dive sites in their playground and the best kokoda (fish marinated in lime and coconut milk) i have ever tasted in my life

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Papa Bear,

Nice photos & videos, thanks. I'm heading to Beqa Lagoon Resort & Wananavu last week of May, for 2 weeks. Can't wait, especially after seeing the shark feeding video. Was to
Wananavu about 3 years ago, nice place, never to Beqa though. Looking forward to the trip report. Thanks Richie

I've done, and enjoyed, both Beqa and Wananavu but they're very different places to dive. My experience with Wananavu was higher current, deeper, and more challenging diving. We tended to see bigger animals at Wananavu. Beqa had more bommies and flurries of fish.

Just thought I'd mention the difference.

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id give Fiji a month or so to get straightened out.

this is their past week and they are due to get hit again with another cyclone in next couple of days.
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Did you figure our your Fiji trip? I don't know if it will work for you, but we have a group going to Beqa Lagoon at the end of March (March 30 - April 11) and there are still 4 spots available. Great group of divers.

diveChiq:

i recommend octopus resort, likuliku bay, waya island.

12-15m reef right off the beach. their own boat, approximately 30 dive sites in their playground and the best kokoda (fish marinated in lime and coconut milk) i have ever tasted in my life

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GOOD GOD YES!!!!

I went to octopus in oct-nov 07, and the place is incredible... I did my cert there.

can you take me and my wife too??