Cross Cultural Encounters | Fiji Sunshine Tour For USA 2025
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Fiji Sunshine Tour For USA 2025

Fiji Sunshine Tour For USA 2025

Cross Cultural Encounters creates unique, immersive educational experiences in the South Pacific. Through our experiential learning opportunities, we strive to bridge cultural divides and help create acceptance and understanding for students of all ages.

Cost

$1750.00USD per person (based on twin share)
Deposit : $475.00
Balance due by 1 MAY, 2025.

Saturday, 2 August 2025

Depart the USA.

 

Sunday, 3 August 2025

In Transit

 

Monday, 4 August 2025

5:50am
Flights arrive in Nadi Fiji from USA

You will be met at the Nadi International Airport by your leaders, Shelia and Lavenia. They will be waiting just outside when you pass through customs. Shelia and Lavenia will accompany you throughout the scheduled itinerary.

8.00 am
Departing from the airport, we will travel to your accommodation at the First Landing Resort and Villas in Viseisei Village about 30 minutes away.
Store luggage and take a tour of the Viseisei Village.

12.00 noon
You will have the opportunity to eat lunch (included in the program). After lunch, there will be three options from which to choose.

    1. Visit the mud pool in Sabeto;
    2. Relax by the pool; or
    3. A walk down to the marina.

3.00 pm
Meet for a group discussion of our program, examining what we each want to achieve and setting our expectations.

6.00 pm
Dinner – Included in the program
Enjoy your first evening getting to know one another. There is the likely possibility that we will have participants from Australia, New Zealand, and the USA.

 

Accommodation Details:
First Landing Resort and Villas, Lautoka, Fiji Island
Phone: (679)-6666171
Check in 4 August; Check out 5 August

 

Tuesday, 5 August 2025

8.00 am
Hot Breakfast – Included in the program

9-11am
Meet at reception for Check out and Departure. Transferred to the Foundation IntegratedEnterprises & Development (FRIEND) HQ, Tuvu, Lautoka. A small presentation will be given. FRIEND is a homegrown community development NON-Government Organization based in Lautoka.

2.00pm
Flight to Suva and transfer to hotel

4.00pm 
On arrival at the Peninsula Hotel we will check in.

6.00pm
 Meet with some local Fijians to have a more informal discussion and get some answers to your questions about life in Fiji.
Your evening is free so relax and have a casual dinner (at personal expense)

 

Accommodation Details:
Peninsula Hotel
Check in 5 August; Check out 6 August 

  

Wednesday, 6 August 25

8.30am
Hot Breakfast at the Peninsula restaurant – Included in the program 

9.00am
A visit the National Museum of Fiji to learn more about this fascinating country
Free time to take a walking tour of the market area in Suva. Be it fresh produce, fish, or souvenirs you will find it here.

12:00pm
Lunch at own expense

2.00pm
Departure for our trip to a remote mountain village called Sote Village. We will be picked up from our hotel and taken to Nasouri town and given the opportunity to have a look around and shop for snacks before we depart in the village vehicle, a truck/troop carrier which is the only transportation used for Sote Village.

All meals while we are at the village will be provided by the local people. It will be basic, traditional Fijian food consisting of fresh produce and various meats and curries.
You will have your choice of breakfast and lunch supplies available in Vale Mana that you can prepare as you desire.

5:00pm
On arrival in the Village there will be a traditional welcome ceremony called an iSevusevu

6:30pm
Dinner will be provided for participants in Vale Mana this evening.

 

Accommodation Details:

Sote Village
While at the village we will sleep in a private house, Vale Mana.  The accommodation is only for our participants with kitchen facilities and indoor plumbing.  The bedding will consist of blow-up mattresses in a communal room.

Check in 6 August; Check out 9 August

 

Thursday, 7 August 2025

8.00am
Breakfast – Included in the program

9.00am
We will have a short tour of the Village and a tour of the local primary school.

This morning, we will commence our service project. This project will be decided with Shelia and Lavenia and based on the expertise of the participants and the needs of the village. We envisage more than one project.

12:00pm
Lunch provided

Following lunch, we will take part in a local Kava tour. These tours are provided by the people of Sote Village who are new to tourism. Please provide flexibility, patience, support, and even perhaps some prodding for information.

6:00pm
Dinner with Families

 

Accommodation Details:
Sote Village
Vale Mana

 

Friday, 8 August 2025

8.00am
Breakfast – Included in the program

We will continue with our projects today

12:00pm
Lunch provided

Following Lunch we will take part in a local Mat Weaving tour.

6:00pm
A communal Dinner will be provided. Following dinner, the village will hold a Meke (a cultural song and dance show) for us. The villagers love to entertain and will dance for as long as we want to stay.

 

Accommodation Details:
Sote Village
Vale Mana

 

Saturday, 9 August 2025

8.00am 
Breakfast – Included in the program

9.00am
Formal Presentation to Village and a farewell ceremony

10.00am  
Leave the village.

11.30pm  
Flight departs Suva Airport

12.00pm
Arrive and jump in taxi to Port Denarau

1.00pm  
Catch boat to Serenity Island

1.30pm  
Late Lunch on Island
Free time to explore the island. Snorkel off the beach with Shelia this afternoon

7.00pm  
Farewell Dinner tonight to relive the highlights of the week and say goodbye to our new found friends and beautiful Fiji.

 

Accommodation Details:
Serenity Island
Check in 9 August; Check out 10 August 

 

Sunday, 10 August 2025

8.00am 
Breakfast at Serenity restaurant – Included in the program.

9.30am
Wrap up and discussion of our projects and village visit.

Spend the day on the island swimming, snorkeling or just relaxing.

12.30pm
Lunch at your leisure (not included in the program)

5:00pm
Depart on the last Boat back to Nadi arriving at 6pm

We will transfer you to the Nadi Airport to check in and then you will have time to shop and eat dinner before your 9:40pm flight home to the USA.

 

Accommodation Details:
Serenity Island Resort
Mamanuca Island Group

Program Inclusions

Breakfast – 6
Lunch – 4
Dinner – 5

Accommodation is provided throughout in 3-star venues. Except for the unique opportunity to stay three nights in a Fijian Village all participants in a communal room sleeping on air mattresses.  

All Domestic Transfers included as shown in the itinerary– bus, taxis, truck, airplane, boat

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