Bouma National Heritage Park
888 0390. Daily 8-5. F$5/US$2 per person without a guide, F$15/US$9 with a guide.
This vast 37,000-acre rainforest park includes rugged mountains, wispy waterfalls, and more than 100 species of birds. It is a hiker's paradise. The popular Tavoro Waterfalls hike (also known as Tavoro Falls, Bouma Waterfalls, or Bouma Falls) starts from the visitor center near Bouma Village. Baby cane toads hop here and there.
Three sets of waterfalls rain from down into cool pools, one below each. The area around them is an environmental park. The three levels of Bouma Falls are accessible by trail. A flat, 15-minute walk over an old road from the visitors center leads to the lower falls, which plunges 600 feet into a big pool in which visitors can swim. Diving is permitted from a cave ledge. I saw an Indian family in saris and pants frolicking happily. From here, a trail climbs sharply to a lookout with a view of Qamea and as far as the Kaibu and Naitoba islands east of Taveuni. The trail then enters a rain forest to a second set of falls, which some say are not as impressive as the lower cascade.
This vast 37,000-acre rainforest park includes rugged mountains, wispy waterfalls, and more than 100 species of birds. It is a hiker's paradise. The popular Tavoro Waterfalls hike (also known as Tavoro Falls, Bouma Waterfalls, or Bouma Falls) starts from the visitor center near Bouma Village. Baby cane toads hop here and there.
Three sets of waterfalls rain from down into cool pools, one below each. The area around them is an environmental park. The three levels of Bouma Falls are accessible by trail. A flat, 15-minute walk over an old road from the visitors center leads to the lower falls, which plunges 600 feet into a big pool in which visitors can swim. Diving is permitted from a cave ledge. I saw an Indian family in saris and pants frolicking happily. From here, a trail climbs sharply to a lookout with a view of Qamea and as far as the Kaibu and Naitoba islands east of Taveuni. The trail then enters a rain forest to a second set of falls, which some say are not as impressive as the lower cascade.
video c2011 Carole Terwilliger Meyers
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