Tourist Attractions & Monuments Fiji

To win your place of residence in the Archipels and Yasawa archipelagos, or for an unforgettable overview of these islands.

It is a very nice little botanical garden with many rare species of orchids. It is the botanical garden of the late actor Raymond Burr(Perry Mason), who opened it to the public. The tour takes 45 minutes, but the assistance of a guide is often disappointing - he reduces his help to listing the names of the flowers. One should not miss the beautiful collection of orchids, numbering 2,000 on a surface of 20 hectares, which makes it the largest collection in the world.

Previously founded in the Old Town Hall in 1904, the Fiji Museum as we know it today opened in 1955 in Thurston Gardens. The museum houses countless exhibits on the history of Fiji. You'll see artifacts that are over 3,700 years old. Bones, skulls, whale teeth, weapons of war, relics, pottery, photos and an impressive canoe among many others, the drua, from the early ^nineteenth century... A small anthropological trip that allows to discover more about the rites and cultures associated with the Pacific world.

It is a very pleasant walk, in the middle of the tropical vegetation, to meet the birds mainly, but not only. There are also the rarest iguanas in the world and a nursery of young turtles, before they reach 60 kilos as adults... A visit to be made, if possible, at meal times of the animals, to have a chance to feed them yourself. You will leave impressed by the incredible colors of the parrots. A nice visit to make with your family, the children will not fail to be amazed!

5 min by taxi from Somosomo, then 15 min walk to reach these natural slides drawn in rocks and fed by a waterfall! It is better to wear shorts than a bathing suit, because you can damage it. Once down the first fears and retombée the amazement that the children of the village are tubers, as well as the fous on these slides, you will be able to stop in your turn!

In 1905, at the request of the governor of the time, Sir John Thurston, work began on a mound to create a botanical garden. The project manager was John Horne, the botanist of Mauritius. Rearranged and enlarged in 1913, the garden was embellished with the Clock Tower in 1918, erected in honor of the first mayor of Suva, G. J. Marks. In 1916, the garden got its official name of Thurston Garden, in honor of its founder.

It was here that Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith landed in 1928. Kingsford was the forerunner of commercial aviation, with his plane, the Southern Cross, in which, on May 31, 1928, he made the first flight across the Pacific. This flight took him from California to Brisbane, Australia, via Hawaii and Fiji, and lasted 8 days! For the record, this public garden is named after Prince Albert of Saxe-Boburg-Gotha, husband of Queen Victoria, and continues to host many cultural and sporting events.

" The sleeping giant "is the name given to the mountains of the Sabeto Valley located north of Nadi and whose shape resembles a man lying on his back. We see, profile, its peaceful face, and then its extended body carved by the mountains. To go to the heart of these mountains and tickle the one who sleeps… but also to discover Nale Sutale, a tiny village whose inhabitants are absolutely charming, ask either Green Turtle (Tel. 672 8889) for $ 145 F or Fiji Eco Tours (Tel. 672 4312).

It is the largest Hindu temple in the southern hemisphere. It is divided into three parts dedicated respectively to the deities Shiva, Ganesh and Murugan. Refurbished at the beginning of 2006, the temple looks like a rainbow in the middle of the city, so bright and colorful it is. In addition to its architecture, we admire the paintings of the ceiling lights. Most of them are due to Sreekandu, a student of Fine Arts from India who came here to exercise his talent in early 2006.

The area is also called the "salad bowl" because only fruits and vegetables grow here. The Sigatoka Valley is deeply eroded by limestone outcrops along its banks. It was a major settlement area centuries ago, its configuration making it a very protected area and therefore easy to defend. The Tavuni Hill Fort is a fine example of the fortified hills that once lined its banks. Most importantly, its river provided a means of communication between the inland and coastal inhabitants.