iBike Fiji Launches Fiji’s First Multi-Day E-Bike Tour

A 9-day, 154-kilometre journey through Vanua Levu’s villages, rainforests and reef, with

2026 departures now open.

Fiji has long been shortlisted for the beach holiday. The resort. The honeymoon. What it has rarely

been credited for is the road less cycled: red dirt tracks through sugarcane country, coastal paths

that hug the edge of Vanua Levu’s rugged coastline, village lanes where children wave from the

roadside and the smell of woodsmoke drifts through the morning air.

That is changing. iBike Fiji has launched Fiji’s first (and only) multi-day e-bike tour, a 9-day, 8-night

guided journey that takes small groups of up to six guests deep into a Fiji most visitors never reach.

T H E J O U R N E Y

The inaugural tour took place in November 2025, covering 154 kilometres across two islands.

Starting on Viti Levu before moving to the remote and largely undiscovered Vanua Levu, the route

winds through coastal villages, dense rainforest interiors, working farms, and rural communities

before finishing at Nukubati Island, a private eco-resort with exclusive access to the Great Sea Reef,

one of the longest barrier reefs in the world.

Premium off-road e-bikes make the terrain accessible without taking away the challenge or the

reward. The daily pace is deliberately unhurried, built to let guests absorb the landscape and the

people rather than race through them.

M O R E T H A N C Y C L I N G

The itinerary was designed in partnership with the Duavata Collective, a group of sustainable tourism

operators including Muanivatu Trails, Kokomana Farm, and Nukubati Island Resort. Together, the

partners have woven a set of experiences into the tour that genuinely connect guests to Fiji’s land

and culture:

• A tour of the Kokomana cacao farm, where organic chocolate is grown and processed

sustainably

• A herbal medicine walk guided by local knowledge

• Snorkelling in the waters of the Great Sea Reef

• A kava ceremony and evening with village hosts

• A private waterfall, a sunset cruise, and accommodation ranging from a boutique island ecostay to an authentic village homestay

W H A T G U E S T S S A I D

“Memorable and not something we could have undertaken on our own. We were very

impressed with the sustainability focus and the opportunity to see the real Fiji.”

“An incredible product: a combination of flexibility, culture and beautiful scenery. I

genuinely hope more travellers get to experience this.”

W H Y T H I S M A T T E R S

Global demand for active, purpose-driven and culturally meaningful travel is rising sharply. Multi-day

bike tourism is one of the fastest-growing segments in adventure travel, and Fiji’s combination of

natural landscapes, warm hospitality and strong community ties gives it a rare competitive advantage

in this space.

Critically, this model distributes economic benefit directly into remote communities rather than

concentrating it in resort corridors. Guests spend money with local guides, village hosts, small farms

and independent accommodation operators: people who rarely see a share of mainstream tourism

revenue.

“By travelling slowly and respectfully through communities, visitors engage with Fiji in a deeper, more

human way,” says Brad Campbell, Director of iBike Fiji. “This model spreads economic value into

remote areas, supports local businesses, and gives travellers an experience that stays with them

long after they leave.”

2026 DEPARTURES

Following the success of the inaugural tour, iBike Fiji will run multiple departures in 2026, with

additional routes and experiences in development. Pricing starts from AUD $4,400 per person and

includes 8 nights’ accommodation, return flights from Nadi to Labasa, all transfers, a premium e-bike

and safety equipment, a local guide, dedicated trip host, support vehicle, most meals, and all

activities.

Group sizes are capped at six guests per departure. Availability is limited.

A B O U T I B I K E F I J I

iBike Fiji is an e-bike tour company based in Nadi, Fiji, operating under Land and Sea (Fiji) Pte Ltd.

Founded with the conviction that Fiji deserves to be explored at a slower, more considered pace,

iBike Fiji offers guided cycling experiences across the islands, from half-day city rides to Fiji’s first

multi-day e-bike tour. The company works closely with local communities, sustainable operators and

the Duavata Collective to ensure tourism has a measurable, positive impact in every place it visits.

Website: www.landandseatours.com.fj

A B O U T D U A V A T A C O L L E C T I V E

Duavata is a sustainable tourism collective with over 20 members. It represents a collective voice of

like-minded operators in Fiji who believe tourism should enhance cultural heritage and the

environment. Each members operates indvidually but the collective works together to create

bespoke itineraries with the aim to allow travelers to move consciously through Fiji experiencing the

country in a unique way. They work closely together with Adventure Travel Trade Organisation

through their close partnership.

Website: www.duavatasustainabletourism.org

TOUR

Tour length: 9 days / 8 nights

Distance: 154 kilometres across two islands (Viti Levu and Vanua Levu)

Group size: Maximum 6 guests per departure

Pricing: From AUD $4,400 per person (all-inclusive)

Departure dates: Multiple 2026 departures available. Contact us for schedule.

Accommodation: Mix of private island eco-resort, boutique lodge, budget hotel, private villa and village

homestay

Imagery: click on this link

MEDIA CONTACT

Lot Wefers Bettink | Manager, iBike Fiji

Email: ibike@landandseatours.com.fj

Phone: +679 233 6272  

FIJI HEALTH ALERT: DANGEROUS BOX JELLYFISH SIGHTED – TAKE PRECAUTIONS

 HEALTH ALERT: DANGEROUS BOX JELLYFISH SIGHTED – TAKE PRECAUTIONS

The Ministry of Health & Medical Services, with the Ministry of Fisheries, are urging Fijians to take precautionary measures when out at sea with the presence of Box Jellyfish - a poisonous and venomous jellyfish.

The Ministry of Health & Medical Services is concerned after a number of patients have been presented to the Ministry's Hyperbaric Unit with breathing problems after being out at sea.

Members of the public are urged to take proper heed of this advisory and to visit your nearest healthcare facility should you have any signs and symptoms.

#FijiNews #GovernmentNews

Discover Fiji’s Wild Side in the Great Southern BioBlitz 2025! 🌏

Join us from 24–27 October 2025 as Fiji takes part in the Great Southern BioBlitz (GSB25) — a global event to record as many species as possible in just a few days!

You can take part by becoming a citizen scientist — simply explore your home, garden, backyard, or any nearby area, take photos of any plants, animals, or fungi you see, and upload them to iNaturalist.

🐾 How to Join:

1. Download the iNaturalist app on your phone and sign up.

2. Join the project: Great Southern BioBlitz 2025 – Fiji.

3. Take clear photos of the triple F's - fungi, flora, and fauna (terrestrial and/or marine) you see from 24–27 October 2025.

4. Upload your observations to the "Great Southern BioBlitz 2025 – Fiji"  project on iNaturalist by 10 November 2025.

Why It Matters:

• Help scientists learn more about Fiji’s biodiversity
• Contribute data that supports conservation and research
• Discover the amazing species living around you!

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Let’s work together to record and celebrate the beautiful biodiversity of Fiji. Every observation counts!

#GSB25 #FijiBioBlitz #CitizenScience #iNaturalist #BiodiversityFiji

Check out where others are recording species for the 2025 Great Southern Bioblitz!

Where adventure meets soul: Fiji for the curious traveller - Sharon Stephenson

 

Should you find yourself in Fiji on a weekday between 6.30am and 2pm, here’s what you should do. Point your rental car south, putting 60km between yourself and Nadi, until you reach Sigatoka. Scoot a little further along the Coral Coast and you’ll arrive at Bula Coffee.

Here, tucked between a thick clot of coffee trees, you’ll find Luke Fryett. Originally from Tauranga, Fryett started Fiji’s first coffee business almost by default.

“I’d been visiting Fiji for years and discovered what I thought were cherry trees but were actually coffee trees growing wild in the highlands,” says Fryett. “The beans weren’t being used and although I don’t have a background in coffee, I realised we could do something with them.”

Roll the clock forward 14 years and Bula Coffee now uses beans from around 5000 growers across Fiji, most of them women. Not only has the business helped support women’s co-operatives and taught local farmers how to plant, prune and process their coffee crops, it’s also funded university educations and a boat to transport village kids to school.

Saying Fiji is popular with Kiwis is a bit like saying Liam Lawson is a fast driver. Alongside so many others, I’ve often escaped winter with a well-earned flop and drop holiday in this archipelago of 300+ islands strung across the Pacific like a necklace.

But there’s another Fiji beyond the cruises and increasingly ritzy resorts. On a 16-day Intrepid Travel tour of Fiji and Samoa, I discover that getting off the beaten track can be just as rewarding as drinking cocktails while staring at a sea so blue it looks AI generated.

Once caffeinated at Fryett’s waterfront cafe, we drive to Sigatoka Sand Dunes National Park, Fiji’s first national park. The heat is so thick we could almost lean on it, so it’s a relief to wander through shady mahogany forests to the dunes where, it’s rumoured, the Fijian rugby team often trains.

Sadly there’s no sign of rugby players today, just 263ha of sculpted sand and a windswept coastline where the Pacific meets the land in dramatic style. One of Intrepid’s core pillars is benefiting local tourism providers and on a whitewater rafting trip of the Upper Navua Gorge, we do just that.

Rivers Fiji was started in 1998 and the company has subsequently created a conservation area alongside the river. As local guide Semi Naivalu expertly steers us through a dramatic landscape which appears to have borrowed its blueprint from Jurassic Park-towering gorge walls, thick rain-forest and endless waterfalls – he tells us how the venture has generated more than FJ$1 million (NZ$744,920) for communities along the river. For this whitewater rafting novice, it’s also a lot of fun.

We tick off another Intrepid value – a deeply personal encounter with local communities - at our next stop, Naga Village. Deep in Fiji’s heartland, where few tourists seem to tread, is this village of 100 or so people, who open their kitchen and their hearts to us.

I wasn’t expecting to be served such a delicious meal out in the middle of nowhere. More fool me because the generous spread, which reflects Fiji’s multicultural makeup, includes taro and meat from the lovo (hāngī) as well as spicy dahl, rice and roti.

Full and happy after a traditional kava ceremony, we roll out mattresses to sleep marae - style in the village hall. It’s so surprisingly comfortable that it’s hard to spring out of bed at dawn to hike to Nabutautau Village – an 11km route that follows goat tracks used by local farmers through grassland and rainforest.

We do three river crossings, scramble over boulders as big as my car and rappel down a cliff - face before finishing with a near vertical path.

Baked by the midday sun, it’s one of the hardest treks I’ve ever done. But the reward of a swim in the clear river, a late lunch at Nabutautau Village, and the kind of untouched scenery you only get in travel brochures, more than makes up for it.

After decadently long, hot showers, we’re ready for some urban action. If you’re visiting Suva, and there’s every reason you should, definitely seek out Peter Sipeli.

The multi-talented poet, artist, gay rights activist and all-round nice guy started his company, Guided Walking Tours of Suva, in 2022. His 2.5 hour tour of the capital and Fiji’s largest city is, stresses Sipeli, a decolonised tour.

“I’m not interested in talking abut the colonial history of Suva but in the Fijian and Indian experience,” he says. We start our tour at the gloriously chaotic bus terminal, used by more than 10,000 passengers a day, to the Suva Municipal Market. Here on the ground floor, locals snack on boiled fish and cassava before heading to work.

“You should see how busy this place is on a Saturday,” says Sipeli of the market which opened in 1932. At the downstairs produce market we pass stacks of tropical fruit and vegetables such as yams, taro, coconut and the biggest mangoes and pawpaw I’ve ever seen.

Bundles of yaqona root, which is shredded and soaked in water to create Fiji’s favourite drink, kava, are piled near fragrant spices that form the backbone of Indian cooking.

We walk through Suva’s CBD, popping into the compact Reserve Bank to admire the world’s only $7 note, issued to commemorate Fiji’s first Olympic medal when its Fiji men’s rugby sevens team won gold at the 2017 games, and stroll past gracious government buildings to Thurston Gardens. The site of Suva’s first village, it’s now a lush botanical garden, where Sipeli treats us to one of his poems.

 Thurston Gardens is also home to the compact Fiji Museum, which tells the nation’s story from pottery shards dated 800-900BC to an ocean-going dura, or double-hulled canoe, and the arrival of indentured Gujarati labourers in the late 19th century.

Of particular interest is the 19th century tabua, or whale’s tooth, presented by chiefs to the Methodist Church to atone for the killing of Reverend Thomas Baker, a minister trying to spread Christianity during a time of tribal warfare and cannibalism.

It’s a Fiji far from the social media dream of palm trees and sheets with high thread counts, but when you need a diversion from sun and sea, there’s a whole other side to these stunning islands.

Fact File

• Intrepid 16-day Samoan and Fiji Adventure, from NZ$9819. See: intrepidtravel.com
• Getting There: Air New Zealand and Fiji Airways operates daily nonstop flights from Auckland to Nadi, and from Wellington to Nadi on Fiji Airways. See: airnewzealand.co.nz; fijiairways.com
• Carbon footprint: Flying generates carbon emissions. To reduce your impact, consider other ways of travelling, amalgamate your trips, and when you need to fly, consider offsetting emissions.

The writer was hosted by Intrepid Travel

https://www.thepost.co.nz/travel/360790298/where-adventure-meets-soul-fiji-curious-traveller

Nukubati Partners with National Geographic Pristine Seas to Showcase the Great Sea Reef and Fijian Community Leadership

Nukubati Partners with National Geographic Pristine Seas to Showcase the Great Sea Reef and Fijian Community Leadership Local ownership, community connections, and dive leadership highlighted in global expedition. Macuata, Vanua Levu, Fiji [18th August 2025] 

Nukubati Island Resort is proud to announce its partnership with National Geographic Pristine Seas during their expedition to the Great Sea Reef (Cakaulevu), the world’s third-largest barrier reef system. 

The Pristine Seas team, led by renowned explorer and underwater cinematographer Manu San Félix, is in Fiji documenting the health, biodiversity, and importance of Cakaulevu. Nukubati was honoured to host and support the expedition, contributing its deep-rooted community connections, local knowledge, and conservation leadership. 

As one of the few locally owned and Fijian-led resorts in Fiji, Nukubati played a key role in facilitating community interviews with traditional leaders and fisher communities, ensuring their voices and stories are at the heart of this global conservation effort. “Our strength has always been in our people and our community networks,” said Jenny Leewai Bourke, owner of Nukubati. “Hosting National Geographic Pristine Seas is not just about showcasing our pristine environment, but also about amplifying Fijian voices, traditional knowledge, and the importance of local stewardship in protecting the Great Sea Reef.” 

Nadarivatu: Hiking and Eco-Tourism in Fiji’s Highlands - Story & Photos by Jean-Pierre Royer

 Nadarivatu: Hiking and Eco-Tourism in Fiji’s Highlands

Story & Photos by Jean-Pierre Royer

Forget the white sandy beaches and cocktails under palm trees. If you dream of an escape off the beaten path, Nadarivatu is calling. Perched at more than 800 meters above sea level in the heart of Viti Levu, this highlands area reveals a Fiji you didn’t know existed. A place where the air is fresh, ancestral legends echo through the hills, colonial history lingers, and adventure in nature unfolds.

Fiji – a place of beauty from the seat of a bike - iBike FIJI

 

Brad Campbell shares that what makes them unique is that almost all activities around Nadi (and Fiji in general) are water-based, for obvious reasons. Pictures: SUPPLIED

ADVENTURE is at the core of iBike Fiji — a family-run business born from a love of exploring the diverse landscapes of Fiji, from its lush hills to its vibrant coastline.

Brad Campbell is an American who moved to Fiji in 1998, and lives on the Coral Coast with his wife and family.

Finding paradise - author Robert Kay shares tales of South Pacific paradise Fiji

 

Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with author Robert Kay about his forty year odyssey that led him from the SF Chronicle to Tahiti and onward to the islands of Fiji.

Robert Kay started writing for the San Francisco Chronicle in 1975. One thing led to another and following a stint as a bartender in Tahiti, he secured a job as a South Pacific tour guide.

Courtesy Robert Kay

Author Robert Kay

Smitten by Fiji, Kay wrote the seminal travel book, Lonely Planet Guide to Fiji--history, economy, government, geography, and culture, points of interest on each of the major islands, and recommends hotels and restaurants. Kay subsequently co-authored, Suva—a History and Guide.

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Dramatic waterfall in Fiji

Courtesy Robert Kay

Book cover: Suva a History and Guide

Fiji Tourism

Fiji islet

Come along and join correspondent Tom Wilmer for a visit with author and adventurer Robert Kay for an exploration of Fiji.

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