When you join the tribe you can book your week(s) on Vorovoro.
There is currently availability every week of the project until it ends in 2009. However, with the recent vote limiting pre-booked tribe members to 30 at anyone time it is likely that availability during certain times of the year will disappear.
If you aren’t sure about when you might come and have questions about when its busy just send us a quick email (island@tribewanted.com) and we’ll let you know.
If you have just found out about Tribewanted since arriving in Fiji then thanks to a friendly vote from the tribe there are always a few places available on Vorovoro for people like you. Hop on a plane or boat up to Labasa and come and stay. Call or email (island@tribewanted.com) us to confirm availability.
You can easily buy and book more than three weeks on Vorovoro. Simply email us to confirm availability and then we’ll direct you on how to do the rest. The longest period you can pre-book island time is 12 weeks. So far the record is 9!
For all enquiries say Bula to island@tribewanted.com.
It’s hard to know what to bring to the island. If you’ve got specific questions, why not send a message to someone currently on the island?
Help us Ban the Bag! We are working towards keeping all plastic bags and packaging off of Vorovoro, so please consider the amount of waste generated by different items you might bring with you.
Unlike all the “party islands” in Fiji, Vorovoro is about the Fijian cultural experience. We drink kava (grog) rather than mojitos and beer, and we sing songs and chat under the stars on the kava mat (with the local Fijian community) rather than shout at one another in nightclubs.
For the tribe / Fijian community
Clothing
NOTE: Vorovoro can be harsh on clothing, so don’t plan on wearing your Sunday finest! See notes on tribe dress below.
For sleeping
Most tribies sleep in the Great Bure, which has a hardwood floor and lofts. There are also 2 small dorms with bunks raised off the floor. Additionally, there is one slighlty larger, Family Bure with sand floors covered in coconut fronds. And for the adventurous there is a tree house!Additional Costs on Vorovoro
Your tribal membership fee covers the large majority of your stay on Vorovoro. There will be no additional costs on Vorovoro for food or accommodation, as these things are included as part of your membership. The only additional costs that you are likely to run into once you get to Vorovoro are for extra activities, such as reef trips, or trips back into town to do some shopping. The prices attached to these activities are to cover the fuel costs of running the associated boats. These activities can be paid to the island team after the event:
For hygiene and health care
Optional items
Over 300 tropical islands form the South Pacific’s most popular adventure escape. With its desert-islands, coral reefs, lush jungles and jagged mountains, Fiji is a land that leaves you breathless and exhilarated. But it is what is beyond its dramatic and enchanting environments that provides Fiji’s biggest attraction; its friendly, welcoming and energetic people make Fiji a country full of big hearts, wide smiles and exotic culture. It doesn’t take long to feel at home in Fiji.
Fijian culture is very rich in traditional beliefs and many aspects of life today are as they were a hundred years ago. Fijians live within a strict hierarchical system with the village chiefs receiving the respect of all. Fijian chiefs are hereditary titles, mostly through the male lineage, and the ranking of chiefs throughout the country is ordered into a strict hierarchical system of mataqalis, vanuas and yavusas (clans and sub clans).
Village homes are simplistic and doors are seldom closed. Subsistence farming, fishing, gathering firewood for cooking and hand-washing make up the normal days chores in Fijian villages. At night, Fijians will (more often than not) be drinking Yaqona, discussing village affairs and playing guitars. Most village people live without material goods, and many villages have no electricity and running water. Money to buy essential provisions and to pay for school fees is obtained by selling excess root-crops (dalo, cassava and yams) and vegetables at the town markets.
On Vorovoro, all tribe members are welcome (and also encouraged) to get involved with Fijian culture as much as possible. Whether this happens to be in the form of learning the meke (traditional Fijian dance), attending Fijian ceremonies and drinking kava with the boys, visiting the local school, helping to pound and weave new floor mats, taking part in a lovo (Fijian feast), or picking up on some basic Fijian words to use in your everyday conversation on Vorovoro, you will find it to be an extremely rewarding experience. Your respect for Fijian customs and traditions will not only make you a welcome guest in local villages and homes, but add another dimension to your Fijian holiday.
While you may have a choice on your level of involvement in these aspects of Fijian culture, we do expect all tribe members visiting Vorovoro to adhere to standard Fijian village etiquette during your time on Vorovoro or the surrounding villages of Mali. Don’t worry though, staff on the island will explain the basics to you once you get to Vorovoro and will be happy to answer any questions you might have.
Unlike all the “party islands” in Fiji, Vorovoro is about the Fijian cultural experience. We drink kava (grog) rather than mojitos and beer, and we sing songs and chat under the stars on the kava mat (with the local Fijian community) rather than shout at one another in nightclubs.
Vorovoro is a spectacular eruption of land; a short plane, bus and boat ride from Fiji’s international airport. Over 200 acres of cliff-topped jungle and palm-fringed paradise surges out of the crystal blue South Pacific ocean. This island will be the tribe’s home for three years as they write their own adventure story.
Chief Tui Mali and his family have welcomed the tribe to their idyllic and dramatic home, where freshly caught seafood and island-grown fruits and vegetables are served daily.
A few minutes boat-ride north of its calm shores lies the third largest reef in the world – an undiscovered underwater Eden. Close by breaks an off-shore wave that will capture the imagination of surfers and adventurers alike.
This is Vorovoro. We have called this place home since September 2006.
The tribe’s aim is to only make a positive impact on the island environment and the local Fijian communities. This will be set out at each stage of the tribe’s development with the aim to blend those that live and visit the Island seamlessly with its ecosystems and people. To achieve this balance will require careful planning by the tribe, the island team and its elected chiefs, taking into consideration the knock-on effects of every decision. The Chiefs and tribe will be ably advised by a selection of experts in all areas of environmental and community development. For more info on who is involved check out The Team.
Being a responsible global citizen means reducing ones impact and offsetting the rest. Tribewanted is working in partnership with Climate Care to make Vorovoro climate neutral. The biggest impact by far, however, will come from the air travel of Tribe members, and we hope that through Tribewanted.com we will spread a key message – if you fly, offset. Tribe members will also see the exciting potential of living lightly on the earth, and understand some of the some of the sustainable technologies that Climate Care’s projects promote.
Vorovoro, and its extended garden beneath the sea, is as rich with food and resources as you could imagine. Bananas, paupau, coconuts, oranges and limes are just some of the fruits that hang from the trees whilst some of the finest tasting fish you are likely to encounter is caught daily only moments from the shore. A typical Vorovoro meal would include several meaty fish-steaks smoked and marinated in lime juice and served with cassava and coconut milk, followed by pancakes and Island-made jam!
It is an absolute priority that the tribe and the island is a safe and secure place to stay. The island is part of Fiji and therefore to subject to local Fijian law. Health, building and planning inspectors from the Fijian government will approve each stage of the island communities development to assure that it reaches the required national standard. There is a private doctor as well as a public hospital in the local town and all the full-time team on Vorovoro will be first aid trained. There will be a crisis management programme in place to deal with all eventualities. It is a compulsory prerequisite that all tribe members are adequately insured during their stay. With this all in place, Vorovoro will be a happy, healthy and safe place to hang out!
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Vorovoro is a place and experience like no other in Fiji. The ability to live, work and play within a real Fijian community is simply an opportunity that should not be missed. But don’t just take our word for it – read what other travelers have said about their time on Vorovoro!
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