Major Tourist Attractions in Nadi
May 23,2007 00:00 by newsdesk

Diving
Nadi-based dive companies are located at the major resorts and on the main street of Nadi, and use Mamanuca diving locations.


Fishing
Resorts offer big game, light tackle and hand-line fishing.


Mountain biking
Wacking Stick offer excursions through the Sleeping Giant mountains to the north-east of Nadi.


Golf
Denarau Golf and Racquet Club, on Denarau Island, is an 18-hole championship course with compulsory golf buggies, restaurant, bar and golf shop. The nearby Nadi Airport Golf Course is a less expensive, local alternative. The Fiji Mocambo, near the airport, has a nine-hole practice course.


Gyms
Some hotels have their own inhouse gyms for guests. The alternative is the Bodylife gym at Namaka, the Kennedy Gym on the main road to the airport, or the gym at Ocean’s Edge Resort.


Tennis
The resorts provide tennis courts, Denarau Golf and Racquet Club has 10 floodlit tennis courts, or try the Navakai Tennis Club just before Nadi town.


Trekking
Day walks through to 10-day treks commence from Nadi taking trekkers into the mountains behind the city. Abaca Village, Batilamu Trek and Nausori Highlands all have day and overnight treks.


Village visits
There are day tours to Viseisei, Abaca and Nalesutale villages. Seaspray day sail visits an island village. There are no visits on Sundays.


Garden of the Sleeping Giant
Just 10 minutes north of Nadi Airport, the garden was established by US actor Raymond Burr and has fantastic tropical gardens and orchids.


Viseisei Village
This is where the first Fijian people landed and established themselves. Regular tours to the village begin at Nadi.


Sri Siva Subrahmaniya Swami Temple
This is the largest and finest South Indian temple of its kind in the South Pacific. You may visit during the day, but shoes must be removed. No smoking or photography is permitted and you must be sober.


Sabeto’s Outback and Mud Pools
Half and full-day excursions with Viti Eco Tours include a Fijian village, kava ceremony, the Sleeping Giant range, cave tours, Nadi Bay and the Look Out Point to Mamanuca/Yasawas.