We would like to compliment Daku Resort for their sincere efforts to make our dive vacation on SavuSavu a success.  The Daku staff acted as our liaison with Korosun Divers before we even arrived in Savusavu.  They set up our dive package, confirmed dates, times, and pick-up status.  Once we arrived at Daku Resort, our week of diving was completely organized.  Daku Resorts, their owners and staff are perfect individuals to coordinate this type of vacation; experienced and organized, yet flexible, helpful and fun.

Diving at the Dream House, Savusavu

We dove in the SavuSavu area during one of our weeks in Fiji, and were delighted to see such pristine reefs and so many critters.  The dive master’s desire to show us the best of what SavuSavu area had to offer left us awed at all the underwater beauty.  A number of dive sites had fabulous swim-throughs; especially beautiful when the suns rays flowed in and illuminated large schools of sweepers, squirrelfish, and soldierfish.  There were many dives with impressive colors and diversity of both soft and hard corals.

The variety of brilliant colors of the soft corals became mesmerizing; like looking at the most gorgeous flower gardens.  Our favorite dive site was Dream House.  We saw a hammerhead shark, a school of barracuda, 10-15 large batfish, two white tip reef shark, along with a plethora of beautiful smaller reef fish swimming amongst the corals.

On other dives we saw; anemone fish of all varieties popping in and out of their host anenomes, leaf scorpionfish, popcorn shrimp, lion fish, nudibranchs, shrimpgoby, eels, sea snakes, schools of grouper and sweetlips, turtles, and blue-spotted rays.

To say the least, we had a tremendous dive experience and cannot say enough wonderful things about the Daku Resort staff in creating the perfect dive vacation.

Vicki, October 2008

The diving was fabulous and the hospitality at Daku Resort was superb. Diving couldn’t have been easier. Keni and Eileen made sure coffee and breakfast was available before I left. All I had to do was swan up at the last minute in my bathers and step onto the boat to be assigned my gear. The water was the deepest turquoise blue with visibility ranging from 50-100ft. Diving was relaxed and easy but safety and the protection of the reef were obvious priorities for the Cousteau team.

Diving with the Cousteau team

Whether the micro world of nudibranchs and miniature shrimps is your thing or you prefer the big critters- Hammerhead sharks and Manta rays- diving in Savusavu Bay has something for everyone. Selo, Dan, Ezra and the others know these reefs like the back of their hand. They can find the favourite resting places for the sharks, the sandy bottoms where the Sting rays hide out and only their eyes can be seen and the coral overhangs where turtles might swim past

The names of the dives sites are enticing- Alice in Wonderland, Mystery Reef, Grand Central Station. Towers of corals, pretty swim throughs and beautiful coral walls that drop away to infinity – this place has it all. Large schools of barracuda keep some distance while the Wrasses and Angel fish swim in and out of the soft corals and friendly Bat Fish keep a close watch on your activities- hovering around nearby.

If you are lucky enough to get a day out at Namena Marine Reserve, you are guaranteed an unforgettable experience. In this underwater wilderness there are so many fish that it is a wonder you don’t actually bump into them in the water. There is an enormous array of Gorgonian fans, soft corals, Bubble corals and many more that I cannot name, in every colour imaginable. I wish I had eyes on stalks to take in all the action around me.

Common Lion Fish at Namena Marine Reserve

Back on top of the reef doing a safety stop, was a riot of colours. Anemones form homes for all the variety of clown fish and psychedelic Christmas tree worms pop in and out of their holes. I saw my favourite tropical fish several times- the Clown trigger Fish. Who thought up a fish with black and white spots on its belly and orange lips? I am sure all its friends laugh at it.

It may have been 10 years but I will not let that much time elapse again before I get back into SCUBA gear and go swimming with the fishes.

Margie Welsford, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.