DIVE LOG AUSTRALASIA ISSUE 413 AUGUST 25

Return to Volivoli

Article and photos by Dr. Terry and Cathie Cum mins.

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Authors enjoying a ‘glass-out’ sunset

Y ou may wonder why Fiji is so popular with us when our backyard is the Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea. Clearly, Fiji has remained on divers ‘bucket list’ for decades having some of the most amazing diving on the planet and as the soft coral capital of the world. Additionally, and especially for Australian and New Zealand-based divers, Fiji is super easy to access with Fiji Airlines operating direct daily flights from several international airports through their fleet of high quality aircraft and those of partners like QANTAS.

More recently, Fiji Airlines commenced return flights from LAX to Cairns via Nadi so we can be in Nadi in just over three hours, while US-based divers can do a ‘magic double’. For example, Volivoli and Mike Ball Dive Expedition have announced a joint package where divers can experience the virtues of both these premium dive operators on a single trip to the South Pacific. Groups and dive clubs can book in Australia through Diveplanit (www.diveplanit.com) and north American divers can book through Volivoli’s US sales office. So why do we go back to Volivoli? A few years ago we visited Volivoli Beach Resort located at the very tip of Viti Levu, Fiji’s main Island, for the first time. This was after hearing much hype of how good it was. It immediately became one of our favourite dive destinations mainly due to the quality of the dive resort, the 390 different species of coral, 1,200 fish species and the spectacular diving to be found in the Bligh Waters Vatu-I-RA Conservation Park

Making friends with a Milne Bay Walking shark

Wall diving at Volivoli

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