Levoni Hike

After a stormy night we knew our trip to Levoni was going to be slippery but we hadn’t expected it to be quite as tough as it was.

Break time, thankfully

To set the scene, we were hiking from Bobo’s, on the coast, to the centre of the island before finally arriving in Levoni, a village which sits inside a crater of an old dormant volcano.

Neil and I

Bobo led the way and after making this trip several hundred times before, had no issue with the mud, that was until he stepped to the side of the track to help

Cooling down

Charly pass a slippery section and disappeared into the vegetation, only held by Charly until Neil could assist.

My nice ripped trousers :(

We went up first into the plantations and it was pretty slippery but doable, then we left the track and the rest was Bobo hacking through the forest on what he told us was his secret track.

Nice view

It did resemble a sort of track I suppose. We climbed, descended, slipped, fell over, got knackered, fell some more, crossed the river/s more times that I can remember,

Nice view

taking breaks in the cool water, and then 5 hours later we were there. Not bad for a 3-4 hour trek that Bobo used to be able to do in 1 hour, in his youth.

View down to Levoni crater

Charly and I were totally knackered, Neil not so, but he is a tad fitter, or at least disguising his tiredness very well.

Levoni village

We met Epi, the Levoni host for a fabulous and well needed lunch and to learn the amazing story of Levoni and how it fits in with Fiji. I won’t recall the whole story,

Neil looking good in his sulu!

but it was really interesting and if you want to know the full story you just need to come to Levoni and meet Epi. If it’s been raining take the road, not the hike across the mountain!

Little local house

Epi took us for a quick tour of the village, where there is a stone marker showing the absolute centre of Fiji. After this we took Alvin’s truck back to Bobo’s for some rest and relaxation and more of Karin’s lovely food – this time my favourite freshwater prawns that we saw swimming around in the streams on the walk today. Early night was very much welcome.

Levoni, Fiji