06 Jul 2025
Let's start with the positives:
- The village experience was absolutely wonderful. Insightful. Fun. Eye-opening.
- Botanical Gardens are a must. Great walk and great views.
- Mud bath felt a bit kitch at the beginning but ended up being great.
Negatives: The driver / "guide".
Let's start with - there was absolutely no guiding.
"Come here, come here (with a beautifulhand gesture), look this is a bamboo tree, you know bamboo?"
"This is temple, biggest in south pacific"
"Follow signs to lookout - signs with lookout".
Basically everything he shared, we read online on the advert.
Not to mention, chewing so loudly the entire day (6 hours), driving unsafely, had to tell him twice to slow down...
It's so unfortunate, it felt like he's never been on this tour before, or it's his first day, or the owner's cousin...
Whatever it is, if you want guiding, make sure to ask for a real guide, who's knowledge.
This tour cost 250 usd - obnoxiously obnoxiously overpriced.
The next day we took a full day tour, 9 hours, private, for 2, with food, amazing service - paid 200usd.
To avoid.