Fiji travel guide

Getting there

Nadi International Airport (NAN) on Viti Levu is the main gateway, with direct flights from Australia, New Zealand, the US and Pacific neighbours. Suva's Nausori Airport handles some regional and domestic flights.

Best time to visit: May–Oct – dry season with cooler, sunny days.

Tougher months: No bad time – but December to March is hot, humid and wet, and the cyclone season runs from November to April.

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Average daytime highs in °C; dots show how rainy the month is (one dot dry, three dots wet).

Time zone: Pacific/Fiji. Compare with your local time.

Visas: in our passport dataset, 112 of 198 other passports can enter Fiji without arranging a visa first (visa-free or visa on arrival), 0 need an e-visa or electronic authorisation, and 86 need a visa in advance. Check your passport.

Background: Visa policy of Fiji (Wikipedia).

Official advisory: Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (U.S. Department of State, updated 2024-12-02). Read the advisory.

Source and more: Fiji travel facts on RoamSun

Stay

Most trips to Fiji are based around Nadi & Denarau, Mamanuca Islands or Yasawa Islands. Pick a base for your main interest, then add day trips rather than moving hotels every night.

Typical daily budget: about US$50–80 for a backpacker and US$140–260 mid-range, per person.

Source: RoamSun Fiji page · Browse hotel guides

Connect

Plug types: I. Voltage: 240 V. Check your own devices on the plug and currency checker.

Calling code: +679.

Mobile data: read the travel eSIM setup guide before you fly so the plan is installed and ready on landing.

Source: Advinne eSIM guide · RoamSun

Do

• Nadi & Denarau (Viti Levu · gateway): The main arrival point, with markets, a famous Hindu temple and easy boat transfers to the islands.
• Mamanuca Islands (Islands · beaches & resorts): Close to Nadi, with powdery beaches, clear lagoons and easy snorkelling and day trips.
• Yasawa Islands (Islands · backpacker beaches): A long chain of dramatic islands with budget-friendly eco-resorts and manta ray snorkelling.
• Coral Coast (South Viti Levu · coast): A string of beaches, villages and resorts, with the Sigatoka dunes and cultural shows nearby.
• Suva (Capital · city life): Fiji's bustling, multicultural capital with the Fiji Museum, markets and colonial buildings.
• Taveuni (Garden Island · nature & diving): A lush, mountainous island with waterfalls, rainforest hikes and world-class soft-coral diving.
• Levuka (Ovalau · historic town): Fiji's first colonial capital, a UNESCO-listed port town with a sleepy, old-world atmosphere.
• Pacific Harbour (South Viti Levu · adventure): Base for shark diving in Beqa Lagoon and river rafting in the highlands.

Things to do

• Island-hop the Yasawas. Hop between rugged volcanic islands and palm-fringed beaches on the daily catamaran from Nadi.
• Snorkel with manta rays. Swim alongside giant manta rays in the channels of the Yasawa Islands during the cooler months.
• Join a kava ceremony. Sit cross-legged in a village and share bowls of earthy kava (yaqona) to welcome you as a guest.
• Dive the soft corals. Explore the Rainbow Reef and Great White Wall off Taveuni, famed for kaleidoscopic soft corals.
• Shark dive at Beqa Lagoon. Watch bull and reef sharks up close on one of the world's best-known shark dives.
• Raft the Upper Navua River. Paddle through steep canyons and waterfalls in the rainforested highlands of Viti Levu.
• Visit Sri Siva Subramaniya Temple. Admire the colourful Dravidian architecture of Nadi's great temple, often described as the largest Hindu temple in the Southern Hemisphere.
• Walk the Sigatoka Sand Dunes. Trek across giant coastal dunes where archaeologists found Lapita pottery fragments.

Source: full Fiji guide on RoamSun

Eat and drink

• Kokoda – raw fish in lime and coconut cream
• Lovo – food cooked in an earth oven
• Rourou – taro leaves in coconut milk
• Fiji curry – Indo-Fijian curry with roti

Source: RoamSun Fiji guide

Money and safety

Currency: Fijian dollar (FJD). Currency and plug checker.

Tipping: Not expected; resorts may have a staff Christmas fund.

Emergency numbers: 911 emergency · 917 police.

• The Fijian dollar is the local currency; ATMs are found in towns but are rare on outer islands.
• Cards are accepted at resorts and larger businesses, but carry cash for buses, markets and village visits.
• Fiji is generally safe, but avoid walking alone at night in Suva and Nadi town and keep valuables secure.
• Dress modestly in villages – cover shoulders and knees and remove hats.

Source: RoamSun Fiji facts