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Savusavu Travel Guide
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Savusavu Hotsprings Hotel
Cousteau Fiji Resort.
Savusavu is Vanua Levu’s tourist centre, a small town hemmed in by steep hills and overlooking silvery
Savusavu
Bay
towards moody mountains. In the town centre,
hot springs
bubble away behind the main street which has several excellent restaurants and bars, and three natural marinas which host over a hundred yachts at any one time during the sailing season from May to October. With great walks around the Savusavu Hills, fabulous snorkelling at Lesiaceva Point and a wacky old world atmosphere in town, Savusavu makes a pleasant short stay.
Hibiscus Highway
Heading southeast from Savusavu Town, past the airport, the Buca Bay Road, glorified as the Hibiscus Highway, is a single lane tar sealed road running through old copra plantations and past colonial style homesteads alongside the pretty southern coast. There are no specific attractions here but there is generally good snorkelling off the coast, especially around the mushroom islets of Maravu Point and there’s a decent public sandy beach at Sigasiga. There are several upmarket resorts along this stretch of road mostly aimed at scuba divers with access to both
Namena
Island
reefs and the Rainbow Reef.
Natewa
Peninsula
Twenty seven kilometres east of
Savusavu
Town
is the turn off to
Salt
Lake
where the
Natewa
Peninsula
is almost severed from Vanua Levu, being connected by a kilometre wide strip of land connecting the lake to
Natewa
Bay
. You can stay and explore the lake at Salt Lake Lodge which sits overlooking the mangrove lined
Qaloqalo
River
. Fishing from the pontoon is excellent and kayaks are available for drifting up and down the river. Being in the mangroves, it’s also a pretty good spot for bird watching.
Beyond the
Salt
Lake
turnoff, back on the
Buca Bay Road
, the
Natewa
Peninsula
broadens with high forest teeming with endemic birdlife - it’s one of the few places in
Fiji
to spot the rare and tiny silktail. 4WD is needed to explore the region properly and if you end up at
Dakuniba
Village
at the end of the road on the south coast, ask to see the petroglyphs etched into stone boulders alongside the creek bed. Boats leave from Natuvu on
Buca
Bay
for Kioa, Rabi and Taveuni.
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Samoa Travel Guide
Tonga Travel Guide
Tahiti Travel Guide
Hawaii Travel Guide
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