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 Location:
Located on the island of Matangi, 6 miles off the coast of Taveuni.
How
to Reach the Property:
From Nadi International Airport it is just over an hour flight to the
airport on the island of Taveuni. Upon arrival you will be met and provided
with a ground transfer to the boat launch area. From here you will take
a short 20 minute boat ride to the resort.
Hotel
Description:
This tropical island retreat is located on a 240 acre privately owned
island. The resort is the only thing on the island. There are no cars,
no roads, no villages, and no rush. Forming a horseshoe shape around an
extinct volcanic crater, with a dramatic elevation, Matangi offers secluded
white beaches, spectacular tropical gardens and vast turquoise waters.
With only 14 bures, the resort never has more than 28 guests. Scuba diving
at Matangi is effortless. The experienced dive masters have been diving
these waters for many years and know when and where to take divers so
they can have that unique Fiji scuba dive experience in the "soft coral
capital of the world". The island hosts a variety of topical fruits such
as papayas, pineapples, bananas, avocados, mangoes, lemons and limes.
Local vegetables such as breadfruit, taro, and a variety of other homegrown
vegetables make their way on to your salad and dinner plates. Matangi
Island Resort is truly a family run operation as the island has been the
Douglas family home for five generations. If privacy is what you enjoy,
you can spend a romantic day in Horseshoe Bay on your own deserted tropical
beach where you can picnic, snorkel and relax. The beach is yours for
the day!
Accommodations:
14 intimate traditional Fijian style bures are tucked between the island
cliffs and the aquamarine waters of Fiji's Tasman Straits. When you arrival
you will scarcely notice the resort's bures hidden among the many trees
and gardens along the beach. There is a central resort area where the
dining bure and activities center is located. Each bure has a deck facing
the ocean, bedroom/sitting area with queen or king size bed, ceiling fan
and a large separate bath. Units have a mini-refrigerator and tea/coffee
maker.
4
Standard Bures - These bures were some of the first ever
built at the resort. Three of these units offer a dividing wall offering
separation between the bedroom and the sitting area. Ideal for guests
seeking separate, more private sleeping arrangements.
7
Deluxe Bures - These bures are larger than the standard
units and offer a king size bed.
3
Treehouse Bures - Perched 30 feet above the ground amongst
the Pacific Almond Trees these units offer an amazing view. The large
living and bedroom areas are comfortable and very private. Two of the
treehouses feature outdoor, river-rock showers. Their large verandahs
have fantastic views to the beach and ocean beyond where you can watch
spectacular Fijian sunsets. These bures are not only great for a honeymoon
getaway, but are ideal for that special anniversary, birthday or simply
a romantic retreat.
Restaurant:
The traditional Fijian lali drum announces the meal service. Meals are
service from the Dining Bure. The kitchen prepares a variety of styles
of cuisine including European, American Indian, Chinese and Fijian. Buffet
meals are occasionally served and may include a Fijian night.
 Facilities:
Internet, telephone, fax services, PADI dive center, babysitting services,
boutique and an "over the water bar", great for an evening cocktail and
watching a spectacular sunset!
Activities
- complimentary:
Snorkeling, sailing, windsurfing, sea kayaks, hiking and volleyball.
Activities
with cost:
Scuba diving, light tackle fishing, trip to Bouma Falls and Village visit.
Diving:
Many dive
experts consider the northern are of Fiji to be some of best diving in
the world and Matangi is right in the middle of it. Most dive sites are
within 20 minutes by boat. The current that predominate in this region
are what supply the nutrients to the exquisite soft corals for which the
north of Fiji is famous. Dive staff picks the day's dive sites based on
the tidal flow. PADI and S.S.I. Certification courses are offered at the
resort.
Dive Sites:
1+ MILES WEST
NIGEL'S
WRECK
Description: A great site for snorkeling
or a shallow dive.
10+
MILES DUE EAST
MOTUI I AND II
Name
of Dive Site:
GREAT YELLOW WALL
Description: An atoll 10 miles off
Matangi with a vertical wall drop off starting around 15 feet. Visibility
can be 100+ feet. Famous for its abundance of yellow soft corals, also
present a variety of hard corals, fans, whips and basket stars. Likely
to see sharks, barracuda, blue-fin trevally, tuna and mackerel in the
blue whilst on the reef you can see black spotted toad fish, Vlamings
unicorn fish, surgeonfish, fusiliers, butterfly fish and many species
of damsel. Easy to find nudibranchs on the wall at any depth.
For photographers:
Wide angle macro
Name of Dive Site: EDGE
Description: An atoll 10 miles off
Matangi. A vertical drop off from about 30-1000+ feet. It has a combination
of hard and soft coral, anemones, clown fish, unicorn fish, groupers,
fusiliers and occasionally white tip sharks.
For photographers:
Close-up macro
Name of Dive Site: GOLDEN DREAM
Description:
A vertical drop off 15-1000+ feet with a mild current which opens
up the Golden soft coral. Beautiful anemones and clown fish, occasionally
schools of barracuda.
For photographers: Wide angle and
video
Name of Dive Site: NOELS WALL
Description: An atoll 10 miles off
Matangi Island with a vertical drop off 30-1000 feet with cannons and
swim-through's at 30 feet. Spectacular colors with purple and white
soft corals, red encrusting algae and bright yellow ascidians. Memorable
site in that it offers the best of both worlds - a great detailed wall
dive with nudibranchs, hard and soft corals, feather and sea stars and
abundant reef fish as well as the pelagics swimming past throughout
the dive, including trevally, barracuda and bronze whalers.
For photographers: Wide angle and
video
8+
MILES DUE EAST
Name
of Dive Site: FRANKS PLACE (aka - Corner)
Description: A short wall between
90-110 feet which gently slopes up to the reef crest at 25 ft. Great
site for a diversity of hard corals in healthy condition. Striking abundance
of fish, in particular damsel, surgeons, triggerfish and large schools
of three-stripe fusiliers.
For photographers: Wide angle and
video
Name of Dive Site: MOTUI 1
Description: An atoll 8 miles off
Matangi Island with wall dives, depths ranging from 15-1000 feet as
well as shallower and current protected basins at around 30-45 feet.
Soft corals, sea whips, gorgonians and basket stars off the wall whilst
greater hard coral cover, feeding parrot fish and goat fish on top off
the reef. Peacock grouper, big-eye bream and various species of squirrel
fish hide amongst the ledges and ring-eyed hawkfish can readily be seen
perched in branching Pocillopora coral heads.
For photographers: Wide angle and
video
9+
MILES DUE EAST
Name
of Dive Site:
MOTUI II
Description: Approximately 500 feet
in distance from Motui 1 with almost the same reef structure, whereas
Motui II has more beautiful hard coral at the top of the wall. Abundant
surgeon fish and schooling fusiliers. Long sea whips, nudibranchs and
flatworms are often seen.
For photographers: Wide angle and
video
Name of Dive Site: CROSS CHANNEL
Description: Vertical wall from
15-150 feet then sloping off to 1000 feet. Around 100 feet predominantly
black coral, sea whips, ascidians. Above 45 feet start to see hard corals
(Pocillopora, Diploastrea and massive blue Porites). Fish most abundant
shallower than 60 feet, including long-nose hawkfish in gorgonian fans.
Common to see large schools of blue and gold fusiliers, yellow chromis,
as well as the fire and two-tone dartfish. Mandarin goby also present.
Variety of soft corals, often hosting brittle stars and keep an eye
out for the giant clams in the shallows.
For photographers: Wide-angle video
14+
MILES DUE EAST
Name
of Dive Site: MOTUI
LAILAI
Description: An atoll 14 miles off
Matangi with depths ranging from 10-200ft plus. Has a gradual slope
with tunnels penetrating into the reef. The top of the reef has a wide
variety of hard corals and fish including sweetlips, eagle rays and
clown triggerfish.
For photographers: Wide angle and
video
14+
MILES DUE NORTH - DAY TRIP ONLY
LOCATION: RINGGOLD GROUP OF ISLANDS
Name
of Dive Site:
RINGGOLDS
Description: Vertical wall on the
Ringgold's atoll to depths over 200ft. Great dive to see schools of
pelagic fish; tuna, mackerel, white tip sharks and barracuda.
For photographers: Video
Name of Dive Site: RARANITIGA
Description: A shallow and sheltered
dive behind Raranitiga Island. Great for macro, many different nudibranch
species, also memorable for the stone fish and shrimp gobies.
For photographers: Wide angle macro
Name of Dive Site:
RARANITIGA PASSAGE
Description: A steep slope to depths
of about 100 feet. A combination of hard and soft corals, sea fans,
feather stars and anemones. Lots of nudibranchs, triggerfish and surgeon
fish. Look out for the painted rock lobster, schooling batfish and scorpion
fish also have been seen at this site.
For photographers: Wide angle and
macro.
Name of Dive Site: CINDIES
Description: This site is also part
of the Ringgold's atoll. Best to dive from 80ft and shallower. The huge
schools of fusiliers are simply spectacular. Likely to see large groupers,
sweetlips and clown triggerfish. A mixture of plate, branching and massive
coral formations.
For photographers: Wide angle
Name of Dive Site: JO'S REEF
Description: Vertical wall on the
Ringgold's atoll. Great diversity of hard corals and in healthy condition.
Titan and clown triggerfish are common, rabbit fish and parrotfish also
abundant.
For photographers: Wide angle macro
QAMEA
5 MILES+ DUE WESTALONG QAMEA COAST - BETWEEN TAVEUNI/QAMEA
Name
of Dive Site:
STILL WATERS
Description: A submerged reef off
the coast of Qamea with depth range of 15-100 ft. Predominantly a soft
coral dive and beautiful structural architecture of the reef with arches
and overhangs. Common fish are damsels, anthias, dottybacks, fusiliers,
anemone fish, squirrelfish and big-eye bream. May also see corris, boxfish,
nudibranchs and schooling barracuda.
For photographers: Mainly wide angle,
also good close up and macro.
Name of Dive Site: ELBOW
Description: Drop in behind the
shelter of the headland then as you swim around "the elbow" let the
current drift you along the gentle slope which extends to 120+ feet.
Combination of reef fish and pelagics. Abundant titan trigger, schooling
pyramid butterfly fish and fusiliers with the occasional mackerel and
spotted eagle ray. The shallows are teaming with different species of
anthias, chromis and damsel fish, including the particularly attractive
Johnston damsel (Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus).
For photographers: Wide angle macro
and video
Name
of Dive Site: HALF-WAY REEF (fish patch)
Description: A submerged reef exactly
half way between the two islands Qamea and Taveuni. Beautiful hard and
soft corals and a good variety of reef fish including trumpetfish and
different species of squirrelfish.
For photographers: Wide angle and
video.
Name of Dive Site: GORGONIAN GARDEN
Description: This reef has a vertical
drop off with depths ranging 15-200 ft, it has a variety of sea fans
and soft coral, anthias, basslets, damselfish, sweetlips and the occasional
trevally.
For photographers: Wide angle and
video
Name of Dive Site: SEVEN PEAKS
Description: Named after the seven
coral peaks between which the dive is navigated. A stunning and exciting
dive for the diversity of topography and marine life. A huge variety
of fish species, notably the titan triggerfish, brushtail tangs, princess
damsel, blue-lined surgeonfish, and the peacock grouper. Three spot
dascyllus can be found amongst the Acropora heads. Patches of spectacular
soft corals saturated by anthias and basslets. In the channels between
the peaks, sightings of white tips, bronze whaler sharks, mackerel,
banded sea snake, blue-spotted ray, giant clams and beautiful cowries.
For photographers: Wide angle and
video
Name of Dive Site: FISH PATCH (Barracuda)
Description: Great hard and soft
corals and teaming with fish life. All families of reef fish, lots of
feeding parrotfish and goatfish, flagtail grouper, unicorn fish, wrasse
and white tip sharks are very common. The occasional barracuda and trevally.
For photographers: Wide angle and
video
Name of Dive Site: VATUIRI
Description: A gentle slope to about
70-80 feet. A nice variety of hard and soft corals and sea fans. Lots
of surgeon fish and snapper. Nudibranchs are also common.
For photographers: Wide angle and
macro
SOMOSOMO (TAVEUNI/VANUA LEVU 25+ MILES DUE
WEST - DAY TRIP ONLY
Name
of Dive Site:
RAINBOW PASSAGE
Description:
A submerged reef with depths ranging from 15-120 feet, it has
a variety of soft corals with large bommies at the end of the dive.
Fish life include a variety of pelagics including barracuda, travally,
mackerel, white tip sharks, occasional leopard sharks. Also stone fish,
clown fish, long-nose hawkfish, damselfish and a variety of butterfly
fish.
For photographers: Wide angle, macro
and video
Name of Dive Site: RAINBOW PASSAGE
II
Description: A submerged reef with
depths ranging from 25-120 feet on a gradual slope. Mainly a soft coral
dive with sweetlips, butterfly fish, angelfish and squirrel fish.
For photographers: Wide angle and
video
Name of Dive Site: RAINBOWS END
Description: A submerged reef on
a gentle slope with depths ranging from 35ft to 90ft. A soft coral dive
teaming with anthias, basslets and butterfly fish. Moray, garden and
blue ribbon eels can be found here. Look out for the potato cod, schools
of giant trevally and sharks.
For photographers:
Wide angle, macro and video
Name of Dive Site: WHITE WALL
Description: The tunnel from 30-60
feet leads you to the outer reef wall which drops to over 240 feet.
Below 70 feet the wall is covered with white soft coral giving it a
completely white appearance. Long sea whips extend out from the wall,
long nose hawkfish sit amongst the soft coral heads. On top of the reef
there are spectacular overhangs, a number of tunnels to swim through
and beautiful soft corals. A very exciting dive.
For photographers: Wide angle, macro
and video
Name of Dive Site: MINI WHITE WALL
Description: A submerged reef with
a mini wall with a depth range 30-100 feet covered with mostly white
soft coral. There are also a large variety of other soft corals. Leopard
sharks, barracudas and trevally often seen. Also look for stone fish,
nudibranchs including the Spanish dancers.
Name of Dive Site: PURPLE WALL
Description:
It has an outer wall with the reef top at 20 feet dropping to
over 200 feet. The wall is covered with purple soft corals, sea whips
and large gorgonian fans. Trevally, mackerel, barracuda and white tips
are quite common, manta rays less frequent. Also a variety of nudibranchs,
anthias and fusilers.
For photographers: Wide angle and
video
Name of Dive Site: ANNIE'S BOMMIES
Description: A submerged reef with
large bommies allowing divers to weave between them with depths ranging
from 15-70 feet. The site has a variety of both soft and hard corals,
anthias, fusiliers, moray eels, leopard sharks, stingrays and pipefish.
For photographers: Video
Name of Dive Site: ZOO
Description: Depths ranging 30-300
feet with an average visibility of 70-80 feet. Moray eels, manta rays,
potato cod, trevally, mackerel and sharks present. Nudibranchs and flatworms
are quite common.
For photographers: Wide angle macro
and video
Name of Dive Site: YELLOW TUNNEL
Description: A narrow vertical tunnel
you enter at 75ft which rises up to 45ft and is lined with yellow soft
corals. An amazing experience to swim through, great photographic opportunities
and finish the dive on the top of the atoll with trumpet fish, clown
triggerfish and butterfly fishes.
For photographers: Wide angle and
macro
Name
of Dive Site: CABBAGE PATCH
Description: A single large patch
of cabbage coral over 50 feet across at 30-60 feet. Squirrelfish and
damsel fish swim amongst the coral. Surrounding the coral patch, there
is plenty of active life on the sandy bottom with shrimp and gobies,
pipefish, lizardfish and sand divers.
For photographers: Wide angle macro
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