{"id":1310391,"date":"2026-10-22T23:59:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T23:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1310391"},"modified":"2026-10-23T09:25:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T09:25:24","slug":"fiji","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/oceania\/fiji\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiji"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1302041,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-country","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"Fiji country guide","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"Fiji Travel Guide","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"333 islands, a boat that hops between them daily, and a welcome that is not manufactured for tourists. The easiest Pacific island to travel independently.","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"1310529","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"medium","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"Pick an island | #cities\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_country_stats":"FJ$40 | Dorm bed, from\r\n333 | Islands\r\nFJ$10 | A roti parcel lunch\r\n1 | Boat linking the Yasawas daily","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"The Pacific, without the private-island price tag","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"Fiji has a reputation as a honeymoon destination, and the resorts earn it, but there is a second Fiji that runs on backpacker boats and village homestays and costs a fraction as much.\r\n\r\nNadi on the main island is where you land and where nobody stays long. The Yasawa and Mamanuca island chains are the draw: a daily catamaran, the Yasawa Flyer, runs up the chain stopping at island resorts and backpacker lodges, and you hop off and on as you like with a pass.\r\n\r\nThe main island, Viti Levu, has the rest: the Coral Coast, the Sigatoka dunes, whitewater rafting in the highlands and Suva, the capital, which few visitors bother with.\r\n\r\nA week gets you the islands. Two weeks lets you add the main island and Taveuni, which has the best diving.","hw_hub_country_facts":"Languages | Fijian, Fiji Hindi and English, all official. English is widely spoken\r\nCurrency | Fijian dollar (FJD)\r\nEmergency | 911\r\nTap water | Drinkable in Nadi and Suva, bottled on the islands\r\nKava | Ceremonial and social. Accepting a bowl is good manners\r\nVillage visits | Cover shoulders and knees, remove hats, bring a sevusevu gift\r\nHow long to stay | A week for the islands, two for more\r\nBest months | May to October, the dry season","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"Where to go","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"The Yasawa Flyer catamaran links the islands daily. Everything else on Viti Levu is by bus or taxi.","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"1","hw_hub_country_cities":"Nadi | Where you land: the airport, a market, and the jumping-off point for the islands. |  | 1313922 | Nice place to stop before exsample going to the Islands | \nYasawa Islands | A chain of volcanic islands with backpacker lodges, reached by the daily catamaran. |  | 1310532 | The Yasawa Islands are beautiful and I highly recommend spending time in them while in Fiji. We only stayed at one island which we regret as there are many beautiful islands to see. | \nSuva | The capital on the wet side of the main island, and a real working Pacific city. |  | 1310530 |  | ","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"What kind of trip is this?","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"Fiji is an island-hopping trip, and the boat pass is what makes it work.","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"Beach | sunset | sunglasses | The reason to come, on 333 islands. | Island-hop the Yasawas; Swim at Blue Lagoon; A sandbank with nothing on it | Yasawa Islands; Blue Lagoon; Mamanucas | Yasawa Islands; Mamanuca Islands | beach\nAdventure | green | backpack | Diving, surfing and a rainforest interior nobody visits. | Dive the Rainbow Reef; Surf Cloudbreak, if you can handle it; Raft the Navua river | Rainbow Reef; Cloudbreak; Navua River | Taveuni; Mamanuca Islands | adventure\nCulture | purple | culture | Village life, kava and a genuinely dual culture. | A kava ceremony in a village; Sri Siva Subramaniya temple in Nadi; A lovo feast | Village visits; Nadi temple; Navala village | Nadi; Coral Coast | culture\nBudget | teal | coin | Cheaper than the brochures suggest, if you skip resorts. | Backpacker lodges on the Yasawas; Roti parcels for FJ$10; Local buses on Viti Levu | Yasawa Islands; Nadi; Coral Coast | Nadi; Yasawa Islands | budget-travel\nFood | sunset | local-markets | Fijian and Indo-Fijian cooking on the same island. | Kokoda, raw fish in coconut; A roti parcel from a market stall; A lovo earth oven feast | Nadi market; Suva; Coral Coast | Nadi; Suva | food\nCity break | blue | city | Suva for a day or two, and almost nobody does it. | The Fiji Museum; Suva market on a Saturday; Colonial-era streets | Suva centre; Nadi | Suva; Nadi | city-break","hw_hub_country_do_title":"Things to do in Fiji","hw_hub_country_do_body":"Island hopping the Yasawas is the trip. The Yasawa Flyer leaves Denarau each morning and works up the chain, and a Bula Pass gives you unlimited travel over a set number of days: you book lodges as you go and move when you feel like it. Most lodges include meals because there is nowhere else to eat.\r\n\r\nThe Blue Lagoon, Sawa-i-Lau's limestone caves and the sandbanks between islands are what fills the days, along with snorkelling straight off the beach.\r\n\r\nOn the main island, the Navua river run, the Sigatoka sand dunes and Navala village (one of the last villages built entirely in traditional bure style) are the highlights.\r\n\r\nTaveuni is the diving island, with the Rainbow Reef and the Great White Wall among the better-known sites in the South Pacific.","hw_hub_country_do_points":"Yasawa Flyer | Daily catamaran up the island chain. A Bula Pass covers unlimited hops\r\nLodges include meals | Because there is nowhere else to eat. Budget accordingly\r\nKava ceremony | Clap once, take the bowl in both hands, drink it in one\r\nTaveuni | Rainbow Reef and the Great White Wall. The best diving here","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_country_do_more":"All things to do in Fiji","hw_hub_country_food_title":"Eating in Fiji","hw_hub_country_food_body":"Fiji's population is roughly a third Indo-Fijian, and the food reflects it: curries, roti and dhal alongside Fijian cooking, and the cheapest good meal in the country is a roti parcel from a market stall for FJ$5 to FJ$10.\r\n\r\nKokoda is the national dish (raw fish cured in lime and coconut milk) and a lovo is the feast version, with meat and root vegetables cooked in an earth oven, usually laid on for groups at lodges and villages.\r\n\r\nOn the islands you eat what the lodge cooks and meal packages are normal. On Viti Levu, Nadi and Suva markets are cheap and good. Kava is not food but it is unavoidable: earthy, numbing and central to social life.","hw_hub_country_food_points":"Roti parcel | FJ$5\u201310 from a market stall. The best value meal in Fiji\r\nKokoda | Raw fish in lime and coconut. The national dish\r\nLovo | An earth-oven feast, usually laid on for groups\r\nIsland meals | Included at most lodges, because there is no alternative","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_country_food_more":"All food guides for Fiji","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"Going out in Fiji","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"Nightlife on the islands means the lodge: a kava session, a guitar, crab racing and whatever the staff have organised. It is communal and low-key, and on a small island with twenty guests it is genuinely social.\r\n\r\nNadi has bars around the town and at Denarau, and Suva has the only proper club scene in the country, aimed at locals and students.\r\n\r\nFiji Bitter and Fiji Gold are the beers, at FJ$5 to FJ$9. Kava sessions are the real evening: the drink is mildly sedative rather than intoxicating, and sitting through one with a village family or lodge staff is the closest thing to a night out on most islands.","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"Island evenings | Kava, guitars and whatever the lodge has organised\r\nKava | Mildly sedative, not intoxicating. The real social ritual\r\nA beer | FJ$5\u20139\r\nSuva | The only proper club scene in the country","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Fiji","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"Getting around Fiji","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"The Yasawa Flyer is the backbone of independent travel here: one catamaran, once a day, up and down the island chain from Denarau near Nadi, with lodges sending small boats out to meet it. Bula Passes cover unlimited hops over 5, 7, 11 or 15 days.\r\n\r\nOn Viti Levu, local buses are cheap and run around the island, with the Queens Road along the Coral Coast to Suva taking about four hours.\r\n\r\nDomestic flights on Fiji Airways link Nadi with Taveuni, Savusavu and Suva, and small planes serve some outer islands. Note that inter-island boats other than the Flyer are irregular and weather-dependent, so build slack into any tight schedule.","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"Yasawa Flyer | One catamaran daily. Bula Passes cover 5 to 15 days of hops\r\nLocal buses | Cheap, and they circle the main island\r\nDomestic flights | Nadi to Taveuni and Savusavu on Fiji Airways\r\nBuild in slack | Boats are weather-dependent. Do not plan a tight flight connection","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"All transport guides for Fiji","hw_hub_country_money_title":"What Fiji costs","hw_hub_country_money_body":"Fiji is cheaper than its reputation if you avoid resorts. Dorms on the Yasawas start around FJ$40 to FJ$70, usually including meals, and backpacker lodges on the main island are less.\r\n\r\nThe Bula Pass is the main planned cost: FJ$500 to FJ$900 depending on duration, which covers all your boat travel up and down the chain.\r\n\r\nOn the islands, everything is imported and prices reflect that: a beer is FJ$7 to FJ$9 and there is nowhere cheaper to go. On Viti Levu, roti parcels and market food make days cost very little. Carry cash for the islands, where card acceptance is limited and ATMs largely absent.","hw_hub_country_money_points":"Island dorms | FJ$40\u201370 including meals, because there is no alternative\r\nBula Pass | FJ$500\u2013900 depending on length. The main planned cost\r\nCash | ATMs are absent on most islands. Take what you need from Nadi\r\nViti Levu | Far cheaper than the islands for food and transport","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_country_money_more":"All budget guides for Fiji","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"Staying safe in Fiji","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"Fiji is a safe country for travellers, with petty theft the main issue in Nadi and Suva, particularly at night. Villages and island lodges are safe and welcoming.\r\n\r\nCyclone season runs November to April and Fiji sits in an active belt: Cyclone Winston in 2016 was the strongest ever recorded in the southern hemisphere. Warnings are well publicised; travel insurance covering disruption matters in those months.\r\n\r\nThe reef is the everyday risk: currents between islands are strong, coral cuts infect quickly in the tropics, and stonefish sit camouflaged in shallows: reef shoes are genuinely worth carrying. Sun and dehydration do more damage than anything else.\r\n\r\nMedical facilities on the outer islands are minimal and evacuation is by boat or plane, so insurance covering that is not optional.","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"Emergency | 911\r\nCyclone season | November to April. Insure for disruption in those months\r\nReef shoes | Coral cuts infect fast and stonefish sit in the shallows\r\nIsland medical care | Minimal. Evacuation is slow, so insure for it","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"All safety guides for Fiji","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"Entry and documents","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"Most European, UK, US, Canadian and Australian citizens receive a free visitor permit on arrival, generally for four months, with proof of onward travel and accommodation sometimes requested.\r\n\r\nPassports need six months' validity.\r\n\r\nThe cultural protocols matter more here than the paperwork. Visiting a village means covering shoulders and knees, removing hats and sunglasses, and presenting a sevusevu (traditionally a bundle of kava root, bought at any market for a few dollars) to the village head. Guides and lodges arrange this, and going through it properly is the difference between being a tourist and being a guest.","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"Visitor permit | Free on arrival, generally four months, for most Western passports\r\nPassport validity | Six months\r\nSevusevu | A gift of kava root when visiting a village. Buy it at any market\r\nVillage dress | Shoulders and knees covered, no hats or sunglasses","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"travel-tips","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"All travel tips for Fiji","hw_hub_country_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"May to October is the dry season and the best time. November to April is wetter, more humid and carries cyclone risk.","hw_hub_country_season_note":"Average highs for Nadi. The dry western side of Viti Levu, where Nadi sits, is considerably drier than Suva and the east, which get rain year-round.","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"January | 31 | 2 | Wet and humid. Peak cyclone risk\r\nFebruary | 31 | 2 | The wettest month, and still cyclone season\r\nMarch | 31 | 2 | Wet, humid and quiet\r\nApril | 30 | 3 | Improving towards the end. Cyclone season closing\r\nMay | 29 | 5 | Dry season begins. Excellent\r\nJune | 28 | 5 | Dry, cooler and clear. One of the best months\r\nJuly | 28 | 5 | Peak season. Busiest and driest\r\nAugust | 28 | 5 | Excellent, and the best visibility for diving\r\nSeptember | 29 | 5 | Superb. Dry, warm and slightly quieter\r\nOctober | 30 | 4 | Still dry, warming up. Very good\r\nNovember | 30 | 3 | Wet season starts and cyclone risk returns\r\nDecember | 31 | 2 | Hot, humid and wet, though Christmas fills the resorts","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel and how long for. Per night, for one person, in Fijian dollars.","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"Island lodge rates usually include meals. The Bula Pass at FJ$500\u2013900 covers boat travel and sits outside the nightly transport line.","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 40 | 30 | 25 | 10\r\nMiddle of the road | 75 | 60 | 40 | 40\r\nComfortable | 150 | 110 | 60 | 90","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"FJ$","hw_hub_country_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"Village and church life set the rhythm here more than festivals do.","hw_hub_country_events_source":"api","hw_hub_country_events_country":"fiji","hw_hub_country_events_count":"8","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"All events in Fiji","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/oceania\/fiji\/","hw_hub_country_events":"Bula Festival | July | Nadi | A week of parades, music and stalls in the main tourist town. |  | \nHibiscus Festival | August | Suva | The capital's biggest annual event, with floats and a carnival. |  | \nDiwali | October or November | Nationwide | A public holiday, reflecting Fiji's large Indo-Fijian population. |  | \nDry season | May to October | Nationwide | Clear water, best diving visibility and the least rain. |  | \nSunday in the villages | Weekly | Nationwide | Church and family. Many businesses close and islands go quiet. |  | \nCyclone season | November to April | Nationwide | Worth planning around. Warnings are well publicised. |  | ","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Fiji","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"The highest-rated hostels and lodges here, live from Hostelworld. Nadi and the Yasawa islands have most of them, and island rates usually include meals.","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Fiji","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/oceania\/fiji\/","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"country","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"71","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"FJD","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_team_title":"","hw_hub_country_team_intro":"","hw_hub_country_team":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"Fiji travel questions","hw_hub_country_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_country_faqs":"Can you do Fiji on a backpacker budget? | Yes, and it is the version most travellers here take. Island lodges on the Yasawas start around FJ$40 to FJ$70 a night including meals, against resort rates many times that. The Bula Pass for the boat is the main extra.\r\nWhat is the Yasawa Flyer? | A catamaran that leaves Denarau every morning and works up the Yasawa island chain, with lodges sending small boats out to meet it. A Bula Pass gives unlimited hops over 5 to 15 days, so you move when you feel like it.\r\nHow long do you need in Fiji? | A week for the islands. Two weeks lets you add the main island (the Coral Coast, the highlands, Suva) or fly to Taveuni for the diving.\r\nWhen should I visit? | May to October, the dry season, with June to September the pick for weather and diving visibility. November to April is wetter, more humid and carries cyclone risk.\r\nWhat should I know about visiting a village? | Cover shoulders and knees, remove hats and sunglasses, and bring a sevusevu (a bundle of kava root from any market) to present to the village head. Lodges and guides arrange it, and doing it properly changes how you are received.\r\nWhat is kava like? | Earthy, slightly numbing on the tongue and mildly sedative rather than intoxicating. Clap once, take the bowl in both hands, drink it in one, clap three times. Accepting is good manners and refusing politely is fine.\r\nDo I need cash? | Yes, on the islands. Card acceptance is limited and there are essentially no ATMs outside Nadi and Suva, so take out what you need before you get on the boat.","hw_hub_country_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_country_cta_body":"Compare hostels across Fiji: live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. 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