Happy World Tourism Day! This year’s theme, “Sustainable Tourism – A Tool for Development” (while a little wordy) is very close to our heart. Talanoa Treks is founded on the belief that tourism can play a part in supporting sustainable community development… if done in the right way. In 2013, during our talanoa sessions in […]
Marita shares some of her memories of Viliame Katalolo, son of the late Tui Navatusila and an elder from Nubutautau, who passed away in July 2017. ‘My name is Viliame Katololo…..but you can call me Big Bill’. Participating in your first sevusevu ceremony, not understanding much of what is being said and worrying about not
The Savulelele waterfall is one of our favourite places in all of Fiji. A short walk from Nabalesere village in Ra, the waterfall is set within an amphitheatre of high basalt cliffs and accompanied by numerous spouts of water flowing out of the rock face. It is a beautiful place, and also home to the
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Etuate Tesi, Nubutautau’s Turaga ni Koro (village headman), tourism committee member and guide shares his views on sustainable tourism: For me, being involved in the tourism business for the past 3 years has been an experience. It has also taught me a lot of things. One of them is to adjust myself to every situation,
Sustainable tourism and what it means to me – Etuate Tesi Read More »
Selita and Sulueti are tough women. They regularly walk for hours barefoot to get to their farms – so there was no doubting that they have the strength and stamina needed to be a guide. But rural women face many other challenges to guiding with us. During our annual guide training in February 2017 we
This was one of the questions we discussed during a series of two-day guide training courses held in each of our partner communities, with around 80 people taking part altogether. Our guide training course covers a wide range of topics from exploring visitor expectations and how these might differ to the expectations of hikers, to risk assessment, to
Fiji felt very different a year ago. In the immediate aftermath of TC Winston, the resilience and humour of people that had lost so much was simply amazing. Just before the cyclone struck Skyward Media had visited Nabalesere village in Ra to shoot footage for the Fiji Excellence in Tourism Awards, for which Talanoa Treks
Flashback: Nabalesere a year ago… before Winston! Read More »
On the winding road up to Nadarivatu, our gateway to the interior, there’s a rock. The rock sits next to a stream that spills over the road when it rains, and has a large smooth face. Amidst the tangle of debris brought down the stream-that-became-a-torrent someone had written, ‘Winston was here!!’ Ten months on, as
For many Fijian kids who go to school away from home, holiday time means going back to the village to re-unite with much-missed friends and family and catch up on all the news and gossip from the school term.
From 18-20 October, thirteen women from Talanoa Treks’ four partner communities came together to share their recipes, learn, cook, and, very importantly – share in the eating of some fine local kana!
