My Home – Mana Tadra (Magic Dream)

You don’t need to be a fully fledged diver to enjoy Taveuni’s fantastic corals and the underwater wildlife, and you don’t have to go to far offshore either. Simply grab some basic snorkeling gear and away you go ! With minimum effort you’ll enter a peaceful aquatic wonderland full of colour.

My friends Claude and Danielle created a pearl farm (from scratch !) on the north-eastern side of the island. They run regular tours of the farm, and it’s a great place for us to get together once in a while for a social, snorkel and sail.

Taking the boat out with a bunch of good mates is a great way to spend the day, or a whole weekend. Along the way there’s plenty of fantastic scenery, snorkel spots, and maybe a secret beach or small island to get Castaway.