DIVE LOG AUSTRALASIA ISSUE 413 AUGUST 25

Pipe Fish

Trumpetfish

Volivoli has a variety of meal plans. We took advantage of the full-board plan as part of our booking and were not disappointed. Do not expect to lose weight! There are two theme nights weekly (i.e. Fijian cultural and a Beach BBQ with a traditional Kava drinking ceremony). One of the many nice things about Volivoli is the Darling family members (i.e. owners for over 20 years) and key staff often take the time to mix with guests before and/or after dinner which makes you feel right at home whilst gathering all that extra insider knowledge about the resort and the dive sites - a real blessing. Don’t leave your non-diving family, kids, friends and partners at home! Volivoli has a wide collection of non-scuba diving activities such as snorkelling, dolphin watching, fishing, kayaking and in-house Meanwhile, Soni’s ‘Island Discovery’ packages include hikes to waterfalls, ‘Snake God Cave’ and traditional villages. Or you can hire a car through the resort and do your own thing. The resort is somewhat wheel-chair friendly and although built on a hill, uses golf charts and ramps to make moving around comfortable. With eight SSI Certified instructors on staff, Volivoli is also an ideal place to do entry level and speciality courses. Volivoli’s diving is hosted by their affiliate ‘Ra Divers’. Their five purpose-built, super quick dive boats have first aid and oxygen equipment on board and have great crews/guides that provide detailed dive briefings. They take divers all year-round to over 80 world-class dive sites in nine different regions. It is just 12 minutes to house-reefs from the resort and an hour to the Bligh Waters Vatu-I-RA Daulomani Spa which gives a 15 minute complimentary foot massage to all guests.

Conservation Park. Additional diving, including night boat dives are available upon request. We completed Nitrox 32 dives at 18 different sites during our stay with maximum depth of 30mts. Except for our muck dive, we did right off the beach at the resort – chasing seahorses, we had 10 to 30 m plus visibility and relatively calm seas throughout our visit. Dive durations were mostly over an hour for us a total of 988 minutes underwater, so we were able to confirm the quality and variety of diving

Terry and Cathie living the dream at Volivoli

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DIVE LOG Australasia #413 - August 25

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