7 nights/10 dive package + 2 free dives
US$2,100 pp
Oceanfront Bungalow
3 cottages widely spread out
spacious private bathroom
outdoor shower
lounge chairs and hammock on porch
The restaurant
Personalised meal plan
Fresh fish, seafood, wild pork, chicken or beef
Vegetarian options from local gardens
Scuba diving on Rainbow Reef
Waterlust Fiji has dived many times on Rainbow Reef and firmly believes the best diving is achieved by paying close attention to expert advice on the timing of the currents. Most of the dives are soft coral drift dives and if the current is not running the corals are not in bloom, the fish are not feeding and the experience will be boring. Viani Bay is a recommended operator who dives the 30 sites of the Rainbow Reef according to the currents to get the most for their divers.
The restaurant caters for your specific preferences offering fresh fish, other seafood, wild pork, beef, chicken and lamb. Locally grown vegetarian options are also available. Filtered drinking water and herbal teas are offered through the day.
Gourmet Fiji sea salts are served with meals
Bungalow constructed from fallen vesi and coconut timber. The 3 bungalows span 45 square metres and offer a spacious private bathroom and open air shower and a large covered porch area with lounge chairs and a hammock.
US$2,100
Viani bay has a beautiful microclimate with lots of sunshine and little rain. Water is sourced from a local spring. The surrounding gardens are filled with fruit trees, tropical plants and coconut palms.
Viani Bay actively nurtures Rainbow Reef by operating a small nursery in an area of the bay. The staff regularly clean the disc corals and replant them on to the outer reef when they are large enough.
During your vacation at Viani Bay dive academy you will be invited to assist with the cleaning of the corals and offered the ability to learn more about growing corallings to replenish the reef.
The Great White Wall on Rainbow reef is a huge underwater wall covered in white soft corals that appear lilac in the blue of the ocean. The dive begins at around 12 metres deep as you enter a large tubular cav covered by sea fans and corals. As you emerge from the cave at 23 metres the full glory of the wall(which drops down to 100 metres) appears. Purple and yellow soft corals, colourful fish and white dendronepthya strewn ledges entice. Drift along the wall before ending at a beautiful garden of colourful fish and corals.
Rainbow Passage is a drift dive of maximum depth of 25 metres which has a variety of soft coral bommies teeming with anthias, There are seawhip colonies to explore and gorgonian fans. Expect schools of fusiliers and snapper and ocassional sharks and barracuda, The dive ends at a large expanse of fire coral bustling with damselfish and anthias.
The Zoo is a very busy site for fish schools. Barracuda, sharks, trevally and other pelagics can be seen in the blue water and on the other shoulder there are soft and hard corals, anemones and clownfish and a full range of tropical fish.
Cabbage Patch is a slope dive which focuses on a large expanse of cabbage coral (Turbinaria reniformis) also known as yellow scroll coral. These huge corals form whorl shapes as the new corallites seek sunshine to allow their symbiotic zooxanthellae algae to photosynthesise. Much of the cabbage coral is over a metre in height. The whorls are home to soldierfish and butterfly fish who hide amid the layers. Fusilier schools and other reef fish circle the site.
The dive is a spectacular array of purple and pink dendronepthya fizzing with small fish. Whips, red gorgonian fans and black sun coral intertwine with the purple soft corals. Trevally, reef sharks, basslets and fusilers can be expected to join you on your dive.
Jerry's Jelly slopes from 5m to 18m which the iconic 'jelly' coral stack sitting around 12 metres in depth. A boulder coral sits on top of the stack with white soft corals dangling vertically from the ledge. Pink, red and yellow soft corals have populated the inner walls and floor of the bommie. Fish life is prolific from nocturnal red soldierfish hiding in the shadows to sweetlips, anthias, parrotfish and garden eels in the surrounding sea bed.
Viani Bay Resort and Dive Academy offers a substantial discount for booking the whole resort - 8 guests - perfect for a small club or group of friends wanting the best of Rainbow Reef.
Waterlust recommends for customised , totally private diving on Rainbow Reef
Inclusions | ||
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7 nights in oceanfront accomodation | all dives times to perfection with the current | |
all gourmet meals | 2 free unguided shore dives | |
2 dives per day | boat transfers too and from Taveuni airport |
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