A wonderful place to visit, Moturiki Island is a small Fijian island, close to Ovalau Island, home to around 650 people in nine villages. On the island are the earliest Lapita culture sites in Fiji, as well as the oldest human skeleton found in Fiji (dating about 700 BC). I travelled over by boat from Kauwai Retreat for a 7km hike followed by a traditional lunch and entertainment at Naicabecabe village.
We got dropped at Nasesara village and headed southeast along a coastal path.
There were an unexpected number of pigsties along the way.
It didn’t take long to reach the Nasauvuki village, home to a large village square / green.
We then headed inland and uphill to this sacred rock.
Before continuing southeast through atmospheric rainforest.
Arriving at an attractive beach at or near low tide.
Back into the bush and past this church.
Finishing at Naicabecabe village where the locals treated us to tasty food, kava, and traditional song and dance.
Once the tide started to return we crossed the flats to get a boat back to Ovalau Island.
