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Originally Posted by iceman
The family and I are looking at potentially visiting Fiji in July 2013 to celebrate my wife's 40th birthday.
Looking for opinions, ideas, the good and bad, things to do, places to see, places to avoid, best places to stay, etc.
We'll be taking 3 kids (14, 12, 9), so ideas/places/things to do will need to be kid friendly.
Don't even know if July is a good from a weather point of view! I know it's not monsoon season but that's about it 
Happy to hear of your experiences. Have heard of good specials like kids stay + eat free, etc. But don't know of any catch etc.
Cheers |
It depends a bit on the age of the kids - the big resorts in Fiji are barely making a profit because the international response to an oppressive and tyrannical regime that overthrew their elected governmnet a few years ago was to desert the place in droves. If you don't plan getting far from a resort, then any of the majors would do but the Outrigger on the Coral Coast is a good one.
If you would rather self-cater, use a smaller esort like Sandy Point which is right next to the Outrigger but is only 5 or 6 cabins in a quiet and well-manicured resoirt right on the beach where you can do your own cooking etc and not have to dress for a resort restaurant. Bob and Carol Kennedy run it and a terrific people.
Avoid Suva. It has little to nothing to offer a tourist - especially with kids. It's a tense and heavily repressed city these days.
The whole of Fiji is fringed by broken and dead reef so there are no surfing beaches except for one at Natadola but it is a dangerous rip there and several drowninggs have happened there.
Denarau is an enclave where you could be anywhere in the tropical world. But it's clean and safe - althopugh has little in the way of restaurants worth a damn - but it isn't a bad place to work out from.
Peter