Beaches in Fiji
2 beaches · 2 beach worlds
Three hundred and thirty islands, of which around a third are inhabited, split between high volcanic islands with dark sand and low coral ones with white. Most beach travel happens in the Mamanuca and Yasawa chains west of the main island, which are reached by a catamaran that runs up the group like a bus route. Land tenure is the fact behind everything here: around ninety per cent of Fiji is iTaukei land, held communally under customary title and leasable but not saleable, which means most beaches belong to a village rather than to a state or a company. Small fees for access, parking or activities are normal and go to the community. There is no general public-access law of the Hawaiian kind; in practice visitors are welcome, and the arrangement rests on custom. Practicalities: the Yasawa and Mamanuca chains are reached by catamaran from Port Denarau on a daily schedule, most island accommodation runs on generator power at set hours, and connectivity is patchy outside the main island.
The two are different kinds of shore. The sand is coral sand throughout. Together they account for 2.2 km of shore. · computed from the 2 records below
