Looking back on this excursion, we had to go on quite a bit of adventure while improvising with the transport situation because it turned out to be very nontrivial to reach. For starters, we needed to arrange for transport in Lautoka (we arranged it at the Lautoka Hotel) because the access road turned out to be a rough and muddy 4wd road requiring high clearance. There was no way our rental car would've made it. Plus, we didn't even know the way there as there we no signposts indicating where we should be going.

Once the helpful receptionist made the call to a local willing to transport us for a fee, we waited out the arrival of the driver (took maybe a half-hour or so) before we were on our way. About an hour later, we made it to the village of Abaca (pronounced "am-BAW-thuh"). Given how remote this place seemed, we asked the driver how many visitors they get here, and he said that 2500 people visit annually though only there are only 80 residents.

After agreeing to a meeting time (so he could pick us up) and paying the park fee, we self-guided ourselves on the hike, which wasn't easy. After navigating some very slippery and steep sections while gradually climbing along the trail for about 50 minutes, we reached the base of the Savu-i-one Waterfall. There were lots of wet plants brushing against our clothes (wetting them big time) as well as lots of insects including the everpresent mosquitoes and even what looked to be wasps.

Even though we turned around at the falls, it looked like the trail precariously crossed the stream between tiers of the falls before going up some slippery rock steps to traverse the embankment on the other side of the stream. It didn't look easy nor did we feel like risking a slip and fall over one of the lower tiers of the falls.

But had we continued, it would've formed a complete loop returning to Abaca in a similar amount of time.