Fiji
33 destinations
Water Drawaqa Island
"In season the mantas come almost every day, funnelling plankton through the channel off the beach."
Water Kadavu
"Manta rays circle the world's fourth-largest barrier reef, off villages the road barely reaches."
Water Koro Island
"Cyclone Winston flattened Koro in 2016; the villages rebuilt, and sailors still linger for the reefs."
City Labasa
"A cobra-shaped rock at Labasa's snake temple has outgrown its roof twice."
Mountain Lake Tagimoucia
"Mist wraps a crater lake ringed by a flower no one has ever transplanted alive."
City Levuka
"Fiji's first colonial capital frozen in the 1870s, wooden shopfronts sagging under tropical rain."
Water Matangi Island
"A horseshoe-shaped island wrapped around its own private bay, treehouses hidden in the canopy above."
Water Monuriki
"The island from Cast Away truly belongs to crested iguanas brought back from the brink."
Wilderness Namosi Highlands
"Bamboo rafts still run the cold green rivers under Namosi's cloud-hung jungle walls."
Water Nananu-i-Ra
"Fiji's wind-battered outlier: kitesurfers skip across trade-wind chop while the rest of the islands doze."
Wilderness Navala Village
"Two hundred thatched bures, all built the same size, climb a valley above the Ba River."
Water Nukubati Island
"A handful of bures on a speck of sand beside the world's third-largest barrier reef."
Water Ono-i-Lau
"Fiji ends here: islands inside a single reef, the next land ninety kilometres of ocean away."
City Savusavu
"Hot springs cook the town's dalo beside anchored yachts and a bay farmed for black pearls."
City Suva
"South Pacific hustle where Hindu temples share streets with Fijian markets and colonial verandahs."
Wilderness Taveuni
"Stand astride the 180th meridian in rainforest, one foot in today, one in yesterday."
Mountain Tomanivi
"Cloud forest so thick the trail vanishes, Fiji's highest peak at 1,324 metres above the canopy."
Water Turtle Island
"A barren island bought in 1972, half a million trees planted: fourteen couples share it now."
Water Upper Navua Gorge
"Black basalt canyon walls drip with waterfalls as the raft drifts through a jungle cathedral."
Water Vanua Balavu
"Limestone karst towers rising from turquoise Pacific in Fiji's outer Lau islands, yachts anchored among them."
Water Vatuvara Island
"Coconut crabs own the forest floor here, and the fish have never learned to fear divers."
Water Waya Island
"Volcanic daggers erupt from reef shallows: ridgeline at sunrise, coral drop-off by noon."
Water Yasawa Islands
"Volcanic spines pierce the Pacific, each island ringed by its own shade of turquoise."
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Legendary Destinations
Little-known places, unlike anywhere else, that leave you awestruck and full of stories.
10 destinations
Legendary Destination
The stones have spent hours in fire. Bare feet still cross them.
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Stone mushrooms rise from a lagoon beside a village of woodcarvers.
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An ocean crossing brought a new home, but not a new language.
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Beds once held patients. Now, underwater, they cradle giant clams.
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A narrow way into the rock once led to a fortress.
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Their first island was mined away. This one became a home in exile.
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Far beyond its neighbours, an island keeps a language of its own.
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Beyond the water lies a chamber with a many-headed legend.
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The dunes move. Pieces of an ancient life come to light.
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The crater filled with ocean. Villages stayed on its rim.