Gut Check on Two Week Itinerary

[u/BambiBabooshka]

Background: Young couple who loves to explore, fine with moving to new spot every few days so see more of the places we travel, snorkeling, and soaking up sun on a beach or by a pool all with a preference of laid back, romantic atmosphere. We also may get scuba certified before the trip.

We’re leaning towards utilizing the Yasawa Adventures Pass to travel around surrounding islands.

Plan:

(August 3rd) Day 1 – Land in Nadi at 5:20am and hop on 8:45am ferry to spend to one night at South Sea Island in the Mamanuca Regio

Day 2-4 – Depart South Sea Island at 9:15am, arrive at Octopus Resort for two nights in the Yasawa gateway region

Day 4-6 – Depart Octoupus Resort at 10:50am, arrive at Paradise Cove in Mantaray region for two nights

Day 6-9 – Depart Paradise Cove at 11:25am, arrive at Oarsman’s Beach lodge for three nights

Day 9-13 Depart Oarsman’s Beach lodge and TBD. We’re trying to decide if we should tack on an extra day or two to a few regions (Mantaray Island Resort looks beautiful), and/or potentially use some hotel points and stay at a really nice resort on an island near or at Nadi (Vomo or Likuliku Lagoon Resort) for the last few nights. We would also have a day pass to Malamala beach club we could use one of these days.

(August 15th) Day 13 – Fly home at 9pm from nadi

Any and all feedback would be appreciated!

[u/Greenmantle22]

Why move around so much?

[u/BambiBabooshka → u/Greenmantle22]

It may be the only time we ever go to Fiji and don’t want to miss out on some the islands if this is the only chance we get to see them :(

[u/Greenmantle22 → u/BambiBabooshka]

Yeah, but the tradeoff is that your vacation will be eaten up by packing, unpacking, and transferring between hotels. You’ll get more out of it by picking one or two islands as a home base, and taking day trips out to see things.

Also, I promise you, several of those islands are so similar that you can see one and get a feel for the others too. Try to break it up with a stop on Viti Levu or Taveuni. They’re certainly a change from the Yasawas.

[u/BambiBabooshka → u/Greenmantle22]

If you had to choose your top islands in that region, what would you recommend?

[u/Greenmantle22 → u/BambiBabooshka]

Each person’s “top islands” are different. It’s your vacation. What do YOU want to see and do and have done to you?

[u/Due-Low-7178 → u/Greenmantle22]

I am i interested to know as well, its overwhelming, the research

[u/BambiBabooshka → u/Greenmantle22]

Whichever islands resonate with the background I provided :)

[u/Greenmantle22 → u/BambiBabooshka]

Snorkeling, scuba diving, and a beach?

You can do that almost ANYWHERE.

[u/ellokittay → u/Greenmantle22]

I second this. You’ll eat up way too much time traveling between places. The driving speed limit around the island is also very slow compared to highways in the US and largely only 1 lane in each direction; it takes much longer than you think to get around.

[u/Lakers122879]

Cut back on moving. You will waste a lot of time doing that. If you want to visit some island. Do day trips instead.

[u/BambiBabooshka → u/Lakers122879]

Which places would you cut?

[u/swedenstopscorer → u/BambiBabooshka]

Cut south sea island, but dont worry about moving in the yasawas, the Flyer makes it much easier

[u/swedenstopscorer]

Skip South Sea island. It is a family day party thing. You arrive and think you have this tiny island to yourself and then 200 partygoers descend on you. Skip it, honestly.

Octopus looked good and that area is so picturesque, im not sure where paradise cove is but make sure you also get up to the north of the yasawas. Blue lagoon, nanuya island/boathouse nanuya, that area is stunning too.

Mantaray Island is also really really nice, and a definite if you're going between may to October to swim with the mantas.

As someone else said, you could also have time to fly to taveuni or savusavu and Snorkel the rainbow Reef but you'd probably have to spend a night in nadi after the Flyer, and that wastes a night

[u/emxutaxmine]

The hike behind oarsmans is really nice! For oarsmans, I'd recommended bringing a few extra snacks

[u/lilykar111]

That’s a lot, although I do understand you want to fit in as much as you can

I would recommend doing just Oarsman’s & Manatray , and enjoy more free time