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South from Viti Levu is the fourth-largest island group, the Kadavu Group. It is approximately 100 km south of Viti Levu and accessible primarily by air travel, although ferry access can be arranged. The island of Kadavu is remote and contains little in the way of roads and much of the island transport is by small boat.
It is a great place for bird watchers, trekkers and nature lovers with mountainous passes, rainforests and waterfalls. The business center of Vunisea is the administrative center for the island and has a post office, bank and small store.
Having maintained its strong cultural values the general population leads fairly subsistent lifestyles in sleepy coastal villages dwarfed by mountainous jungles and waterfalls plummeting from the hilltops. The islands deeply indented bays, fringed by coral reefs and mangrove forest provide habitat to a host of birds including the endemic Kadavu musk parrot. Forest openings reveal lizards basking on rocks, and butterflies spiralling skyward in a lazy dance.
Kadavu boasts its own unique species of birds, the Kadavu Honeyeater and the delightfully named Velvet Fruit Dove. Parrots can been seen and heard in the tropical rainforest that surrounds the resort.
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