Matava Resort is remote, isolated and only accessable by boat. Surrounded by dense primary and secondary tropical and sub-tropical rainforrest, several village trails lead off the resort grounds providing ideal walks for ornithologists.

Guides are not necessary though advisable if you wish to travel deep into the bush.

Many birds can be seen within the resort grounds. All but one of the following pictures of land birds were taken by me, wandering around the resort with a little digital camera over the past few days.Continue Reading …

“…there seemed to be something deep and spiritual about Fijians; perhaps this came from their closeness to earth, to water…”

S. Dobey, St. Columban’s Mission SocietyContinue Reading …

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The avifauna of Fiji is the richest in West Polynesia. Numerous families reach the furthest east of their range, and the island is home to several endemic species and genera, as well as sharing several more endemics with its close neighbours Tonga and Samoa.Continue Reading …

Natural forests of varying quality today cover c.44% of the land area of Fiji with a further 7% covered by softwood and hardwood plantations (D. Watling in litt. 1995). On most islands nearly all accessible forest has either been logged or is committed to logging concessions (A. Lees in litt. 1993), and Taveuni is the only island with extensive relatively undisturbed forest.Continue Reading …