Activities

We have many activities available at Crusoe’s Retreat and you are able to be as active or laid back as you want. Complementary activities include:

Snorkeling from the beach and daily seafari boat trips in the lagoon
Glass bottom boat reef tours
Mangrove Jungle boat trips
Sea kayaking
Beach volleyball
Tennis on our grass court
Hand line and beachfront fishing
Guided nature walks
Traditional basket and hat weaving
Fijian cooking demonstrations

Entertainment

Each evening you can enjoy our “Bula Hour” welcome that signals the start of happy hour at the Frangipani bar. Our Fijian band serenades guests while they dine and throughout the evening. After dinner there are often typical Fijian entertainments such as a kava ceremony, Meke Dancing or the long time favourite of frog and crab racing!

Tours

Crusoe’s Retreat Tour Desk

Because of our fantastic location on Fiji’s famous Coral Coast, we offer some wonderful excursions and tours to some of Fiji’s finest sites and activities.  Crusoe’s Retreat has a dedicated Tour Desk managed by our helpful and friendly colleague Joe who can arrange the following tours for you.

 

Shopping and City sightseeing

Suva Shopping trips
Monday & Friday
Depart @ 9.00am and return at 4.00pm
FJD$35.00 per person return

Sigatoka Shopping trips
Wednesday
Depart @ 9.00am and return at 3.00pm
FJD$35.00 per person return.

 

Pacific Harbour

The Arts Village, Cultural Centre & Marketplace. Pacific Harbour
Daily tours depart at 9.00am and return at 2.00pm
FJD$99.00 per person including transfers. Open 7 days a week

Jetski Safari Fiji Adventure Tours
Operates daily from Pacific Harbour
Depart Crusoe’s 7.45am return 2pm
Four hour jetski tour including lunch and snorkeling at Beqa Island
F$510 total cost for two adults sharing a jetski, including transfers to Pacific Harbour

While you are at Pacific Harbour you can also play a round of golf, relax in the cafe, shops and restaurants.
Pacific Harbour is a nice day out and only 30 minutes drive away.

 

Cultural and soft adventure

The Jewel of Fiji day tours
Operates 6 days a week River rafting, Canoeing and Cultural experiences
Depart Crusoe's at 9.30am and return at 5.30pm

Sigatoka River Safari
Operates 6 days a week
A morning or afternoon tour, by jet boat on the beautiful Sigatoka River to a Fijian Village
The morning tour departs Crusoe’s at 9.00am and returns at 1.00pm

The Sigatoka Cave Tour
Operates every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday
Depart Crusoe's at 8.30am and return at 5.00pm

The Biausevu Waterfall Tour
Monday, Wednesday & Friday
Depart Crusoe’s at 8.30am and return at 4.00pm

Rivers Fiji, Rafting & Kayaking Adventures
Every Monday, Wednesday & Friday
Departs Crusoe's at 7.30am and return at 6.00pm. 

 

Other options
There are many other tours that can be arranged from our tour desk including day island cruises, visiting the Sleeping Giant Gardens, Kula Bird Park, Sigatoka Sand Dunes, Tavuni Hill Fort & Kalevu Cultural Centre.  Please visit with Joe when you are at the resort.  He will advise you the tours available on the days you are staying and he will make all the arrangements for you so you have an easy and fun time.

 

PADI Diving

Dive Crusoe’s is based at Crusoe’s Retreat, and is a Fiji diving operation that reflects the uniqueness of the Crusoe’s Retreat setting.

There are more than 20 excellent dive sites within minutes of the resort. The sites vary in standard from beginner to advanced, and the range of marine life and corals is amazing. The dive sites we visit are in excellent natural condition and are not crowded with large dive groups from other resorts.

We typically take out groups of up to six divers but will take out individuals as well for one on one diving with the dive master. For those divers who also want to visit other dive sites around Fiji such as Beqa Lagoon, we can arrange this for you through our resort tour desk.

Our highly qualified local dive crew is led by Don Woods, a Master Scuba Diver Trainer and one of the most experienced divers in Fiji. Our aim is to provide you with a friendly world class diving experience, in a beautiful and safe location.

Our focus is on safety and ease of use. We have a well maintained, twin engine, covered dive boat. The dive gear is in excellent condition and we take pride in offering an enjoyable and professional PADI approved diving experience.s

The combination of staying in this lovely Fijian resort with you own Bure accommodation and diving with the Dive Crusoe’s team makes for a wonderful tropical Fiji dive holiday.

Courses

 

All PADI dive courses are available, up to and including dive master.

DIVING

VITAWATAWA CHANNEL/ the way across

Begins at a shallow mooring ( 6 metres ). Home to lionfish, giant cod, trumpetfish, schooling baitfish and juvenile batfish. Turtles can be seen here. Moving with the flow; anemonefish colonies brighten the rocks and are great for photography. As we drop onto the channel floor at 12 to 14 metres white tip sharks and shovel nosed rays can be seen. Traversing the channel we can see blue spotted rays exploding from the sand. Barracuda and huge schools of unicorn fish appear. Large titan triggerfish build copius nests in the channel floor.

The eastern side of the channel is home to many resting leopard sharks and white tips are omnipresent. These provide excellent photographic opportunities. As the current picks up bronze whaler sharks can be seen. Huge nurse sharks lie in caves on this side of the channel. The dive ends on the outside wall where myriads of small colourful coral fish can be seen.

This is only one of the dives available in Vitawatawa. The level of dives here range from novice to advanced depending on profile and current.

SHARK POINT

A sheer wall running northwest meets another wall running north. The current runs usually from south to east. As the current strengthens so does the action.
Schools of tuna can suddenly surround the dive boat. A large hammerhead shark can be spotted cruising lazily near the surface. A sudden splash will alert you to a manta ray leaping……..and this is all before you actually enter the water! Schools of barracuda hundreds strong can appear beside you underwater. Trevally of all types abound here.

Schools of parrot fish and snapper are seen. Large maori wrasse haunt the top of the wall. Angelfish of all types flit in and out of coral formations. There are even anemone colonies of all colours with attendant clownfish, porcelain crabs and popcorn shrimp.

However the sight to enthrall are the feeding bronze whaler sharks. They cruise in the current at the point. The greater the current the more sharks you see……an adrenalin buzz that will draw you back to enjoy again.

The site begins at 12 metres and drops away dizzily to 50 metres. Level is from advanced to very experienced depending on current, profile and action.

THE DUNGEON/ so named for it’s colours and sea life.

This dive begins on a coral wall bottoming out at 12 metres. Here we can see maori wrasse, turtles, schools of moorish idols and clown triggerfish. Giant clams live here as do different types of clownfish. The site deepens on the southern side and drops into the abyss. Here the wall steepens and curves. Schools of manta rays have been seen here.

On a bommie at 18 metres live large toadfish, grouper, lionfish and many cardinal fish. Huge nurse sharks and whitetip sharks are seen here. Eagle rays cruise the wall. The wall is festooned with whip corals and their attendant whip gobies, gorgonian fans, soft corals and bright yellow sponges. Black coral grows here inhabited by long nosed hawkfish. Very large moray eels are seen here and turtles rest on alcoves in the wall.

The levels for this dive are novice to advanced depending on surge or profile.

HANGING OUT/ it’s what we all do here

Drop into deep blue ocean and swim into a sheer wall with large soft corals and gorgonian fans. Here we see nurse sharks that lie at depth. As we cruise the wall the depth drops away to darkness. We come to a right angled curve in the wall and swim over a sandy bottom where schooling eagle rays can be seen. The down current must be treated with caution here. We arrive at a bommie circled by white and black tipped sharks. We can see prolific fish life including turtles who choose to rest here.

Hang arround the bommie to watch the action before moving on to seek out painted crayfish and turtles.

This is for advanced divers only.

SCARY DEEP/ it can be!

A sheer wall. Beautiful gorgonians with chrinoids attached. Large stingrays are seen here. Anemonies and clownfish live at twenty metres.

The highlight is the cave at thirty five metres. Inhabited by very large fish. The beautiful golden cowrie has been found here. This is for advanced divers only.