Rotuma is a small volcanic island about 13 kilometres long, lying around 500 kilometres north of the main Fiji group. Its people are Polynesian, with their own language, and their culture is closer to Tonga and Samoa than to the rest of Fiji. Rotuma was ceded to Britain on its own and then governed as part of the colony of Fiji. Fewer than 2,000 people live on the island, and many more Rotumans live in Suva and abroad. Rotumans have chosen not to open the island to organised tourism, so there are no hotels.
What to do in Rotuma
A visit here centres on village life. Most visitors stay with a family, arranged through Rotuman friends or contacts in Suva, and join in with daily routines. That can mean helping in the gardens, sharing a feast cooked in an earth oven or watching dancing at a celebration. Fringing reefs and the small islets inside them offer snorkelling on calm days. Walking between villages with a local guide makes a gentle hike through gardens and coconut groves. The fara season, around Christmas, fills the evenings with singing and dancing from house to house. Rotuma is the most remote of the Outer islands, and getting there takes planning.
Booking on adventuro
Most visitors pair Rotuma with dives or island stays elsewhere in Fiji. Use the Book here tab to see live dates for those trips, then fit your Rotuma flights around them.
