Mamanuca Islands Travel Guide
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Mamanuca Islands Travel
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The Mamanuca Islands are undoubtedly Fiji's most popular island resort destination. The small group of islands are visible from Nadi Airport and take just a few minutes to reach by plane, or about 20 minutes by fast catamaran. There are almost twenty small island resorts throughout the group - the largest being Mana Island with about 160 rooms. Some of the resorts are on tiny coral atolls which can be walked around in five minutes (Beachcomber and Treasure), others on larger islands with sweeping beaches (Tokoriki, Malolo). The focus here is on fun water activities - banana boat rides, jet ski rides, para-sailing - as well as more relaxing activities like game fishing, sailing and scuba diving.
Coral Island
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Outer Mamanucas
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Beachcomber Island is a tacky and very expensive party-all-hours tiny coral island with all the water activities like para-sailing and jet boat rides and a similar much more laid-back island is South Seas Island with cheaper dorm beds. The backpacker resorts on Mana Island are more subdued and run by locals. Mana island is large enough to explore, although a large holiday resort, which is supposedly out of bounds, takes up almost half of it.
You won't find any culture on these islands but they are great places to relax with a beer on the beach, meet fellow travellers and have fun. Their convenient location means that both are often full - book ahead. Alternatively there are plenty of day tours and cruises to the Mamanuca Group which depart from Nadi.
Flights to Mamanuca Group
Sea plane and helicopter transfers are available to all Mamanuca Resorts. There is an airstrip on Mana Island and Malololeilei Island with regular daily flights from Nadi Airport.
Local Flights
Fast Catamarans to Mamanuca Group
The mamanuca group is served by numerous fast catamarans and smaller boats, most departing from Denarau Marina off Nadi. South Sea Cruises operate a daily fast catamaran to Waya, Waya Lailai, Naviti and Tavewa islands. Takes between 2 - 4 hours from Nadi.
Local Cruises / Ferries
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