Matava Eco Resort
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Find your spirit of adventure as you experience the magnificent beauty of a remote unspoiled tropical Fijian Island. Plunging volcanic rain forest slopes meet azure coral lagoons and the Great Astrolabe Barrier Reef, a rare untouched slice of nature unfolds before your eyes. No roads, no noise, no stress. Traditional thatched Fijian Bures hug the jungle fringes. Private sun decks gaze over turquoise lagoons. Solar powered lighting, solar hot water and no carbon footprint.
+ Location + Access
Domestic flight from Nadi to Kadavu
Charter flights from Nadi to Kadavu
Charter seaplanes with Pacific Island Air
Travel by Ferry from Suva (once a week)
Upon arrival at the airport you will be met by one of the resort’s boatmen who will load you and your luggage into a truck for a 5 minute ride to a guest transfer boat. The truck may stop for a few minutes along the way to collect some resort supplies. The boat will be waiting at anchor in a small calm mangrove bay.
+ Accommodations
Oceanview Bures
Scattered on a slight hill beside Matava for privacy and easy access to the main bure complex. Built in traditional thatched Fijian style with polished timber floors, louver windows, Queen timber beds, locally farmed mahogany furnishings and en-suite bathrooms. Fully insect-screened windows open to a private sun deck with lagoon views. Solar power provides hot water and lighting; mains power is available in evenings for device charging and summer ceiling-fan use. Surrounded by tropical gardens and rainforest, the Oceanview Bures offer private accommodation from one-Queen rooms to family bures with a Queen plus one or two singles.
Honeymoon Bures
Scattered across the hill behind Matava for privacy and views, the thatched Fijian-style Honeymoon Bures feature polished mahogany floors, king beds, airy louvre windows, private en-suite bathrooms and expansive sun decks. Full-length picture windows and private decks face the lagoon and Great Astrolabe Barrier Reef. Nestled in rainforest and tropical gardens, they offer secluded Pacific Ocean vistas. Solar hot water and lighting are provided; mains power is available evenings for charging and summer ceiling fans.
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Each day you’re treated with a variety of distinctive and delicious hand crafted gourmet meals that reflect local produce and seasonal delicacies.
Breakfast: Enjoy a continental buffet breakfast each morning including fruit, cereals, freshly baked muffins and more, plus chef’s surprise hot dish that might be an old favorite
Lunch: Feast on tasty Tacos, light sun dried tomato pasta salads and Foccacha bread or perhaps a delicious tomato and corn soup garnished with herbs from the organic garden and served with salad, freshly baked breads and hand picked fruits.
Dinner: Dinner at Matava is truly an experience where the kitchen staff will try to impress you with latest and greatest creations using the organic produce from our garden. Every day fresh food and produce is brought from the organic garden and the kitchen goes to work making sauces and meals from scratch, hand rolling pasta, presenting only the best cuts of meat and the freshest of seafood.
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Manta Reef dive and snorkeling
Scuba Diving
Sport and game fishing
Trekking
GT Popping + deepwater jigging
Birds + Birdwatching
Kava / Yaqona Drinking
Village Mekes
Ocean Kayaking
Surfing
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The Bamboo Spa
Mad Fish Dive Centre:
Mad Fish Dive Centre is Matava’s on-site PADI 5-Star centre. They dive the Great Astrolabe Barrier Reef for all levels, offering sites 20–100 m deep with varied currents and visibility, abundant colorful corals and marine life.
Sustainability:
Use locally owned infrastructure for accommodation and transport.
Spread the financial benefits amongst local people and operators.
Provide employment and leadership opportunities for local people.
When recruiting our staff and crew, we assess their environmental credentials and then train them to our own standards.
Respect local customs and culture.
Provide safe trips for Matava, Mad Fish and Bite Me staff, crew and guests.
Educate guests and local people about how we travel.
Limit the negative impacts to daily lifestyles of local people not involved with Matava adventuresand expeditions
Issue our guests with clear guidelines on responsible tourism. These cover a variety of issues from litter and waste disposal in remote areas, to begging and artefacts. We encourage customers to buy local crafts and support local skills, but never to buy products that exploit wildlife or the harm the habitat.
Limit the physical impact of trips in all destination communities – particularly sensitive natural and cultural environments.
Provide support to organisations and local communities around Matava and visited by Matava expeditions and adventures.
Provide fun enjoyable trips to Matava guests.
Provide opportunities for guests to interact with local people.
Actively discourage the participation of Matava in activities which exploit animals – wild or domestic.
Use local operators that adhere to Matava ‘s Responsible Travel
Philosophies and provide the best possible service to Matava guests and staff.
Support and encourage fair employment practices.
Give our guests the best possible value.
The information contained on this website is accurate to the best of our knowledge. All rates and availability are subject to change. Please contact our team for more information.