Biausevu Waterfall (Savu Na Mate Laya Falls)

Although there are organized tours picking you up at your resort to get here (at least I know the Hideaway Resort offered this), we were able to reach the trailhead of the Biausevu Waterfall on our own by self-driving (see directions below) since we had already hired a car to have the freedom of roaming the entire island. Once we reached the car park area and trailhead, we paid an admission fee (I don't recall how much it was though), and then hiked for roughly 30 minutes each way (our GPS records indicated that it was roughly 3.3km round trip).

The hike was a pleasant and mostly flat jungle walk involving numerous creek crossings (we counted 9 but there might be more since we lost count along the way). So like most tropical destinations, wearing water shoes or sandals was a good idea. About the only annoyances about this excursion was mugginess (the air tended to be more stifling within a jungle) and always had mosquitoes waiting for us to stop so they can get our blood.

We were here in the beginning of the Wet Season in late December, but the falls had a nice satisfactory flow. I'm not sure if this one flows year-round or not, but as far as we were concerned, we think this one is one of the more reliable waterfalls in Viti Levu.

Directions: From the Pacific Hideaway Resort, we drove about 10km east on the Queen's Road (which is the main developed part of the circle island road). Then, we had to drive inland along an unsealed road for about 15 minutes or so (our GPS records indicated it was about 3km) to a well-signed car park in front of a long pink house. A lady walked out of the house to greet us and collect the fee to support maintenance of the trail as well as the village itself.

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The pink house and car park

The Savunamatelaya Waterfall sign

Julie on the first of many stream crossings

At this point of thie hike, Julie paused (and braved the mozzies) because the water felt so good

Julie up ahead about to cross yet another stream; we definitely lost count at this point

At the Biausevu Waterfall at last!

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• December 28, 2005

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