Fiji travel tips

Is Fiji safe?

1 guide, each rated 1 to 5 with the reason — and two lists per place, where you are comfortable and where to pay attention. Nowhere is called dangerous; the specific thing is what helps.

4.0 average across 1 guide · Safe

Fiji Safe

Fiji is relaxed and violent crime against visitors is rare, though opportunistic theft happens in Nadi and Suva town centres. The genuine risks are water and weather: strong currents around reef passages, and cyclone season from November to April. Village etiquette matters — cover shoulders and knees, remove hats, and bring kava root rather than money if you are invited.

Comfortable: Denarau Island · Yasawa Islands · Pacific Harbour

  • Suva — and Nadi town after dark
  • Reef cuts and currents in the passages, which is what the clinics here treat
  • Cyclone season from November to April, which is a real planning constraint

The ratings are this site's own, from the guides' authors and the corrections readers send in; they are not an index. Read the general advice in travel safety tips.

The guides in Fiji