Waitavala Water Slide

I ended up walking along the main road before turning inland on a local road. During my walk, a local offered to give me a ride to the waterfall. I know you're not supposed to get in the car with strangers, but I took him up on his offer, and he was genuinely friendly as he did what he said he would do. He even offered for me to have tea at his house after I was done visiting the Waitavala Water Slide.

Anyways, he shortened my walk considerably, especially taking the uphill part of out of the excursion. That was real nice of him.

As for the falls, I didn't do much other than take photos from near the bottom. Besides, I wasn't the type of guy who'd be climbing up to the top and sliding down rocks even if the weather had been good. Now I do have to warn that if you do plan on to partake in this activity, realize that many people ended up with bruised bums and tailbones. So you're doing this at your own risk. Also, I read that it's not a good idea to bring any money or valuables if you're getting wet because there have been known incidents of theft.

On the return, I followed a steep and slippery descending muddy road (I don't see how any vehicle could've climbed this so I reckon it's only for descending) past a village. I encountered a lot of young local males who surrounded me and I wasn't sure if I was going to be mugged or not, but they ended up being friendly (I still contend that Fijians were amongst the friendliest people we had ever met in our travels). This road eventually rejoined the main road (so I ended up ultimately doing a loop), and I believe the whole excursion took me around 90 minutes to do (including the help I got from the local).

Directions: Even though it's possible to drive here, we stayed at the nearby Garden Island Resort so I just hoofed it, and will describe how I walked to the Waitavala Water Slide.

First of all, I walked north on the main road from the resort in Waiyevo for a few minutes. Following the map, I ended up turning right into an unsealed road near a bus stop. I then took another right at a fork in the road (by this time I was helped by the local), and then a left as the road approached the creek (the local dropped me off here just before the road briefly descended to the creek).

At this point, I saw a sign for the water slide and its trail nearby the creek. Then, I followed the muddy road beyond the creek, which circled back past a village and eventually returned to the main road in a loop (as mentioned above).

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Another look at what seemed to be the main part of the Waitavala Water Slide

Arrived just in time to witness a gorgeous sunset on New Year's Eve

Also arrived just in time to witness this New Year's Eve traditional Fijian Meke

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