As we crossed the glistening Somosomo Strait to Taveuni, my eyes were drawn upward to the mountain ridge in its centre, where the tagimoucia hides on and around Des Voeux peak (1,195m).

Flying in to steaming Taveuni Island, passengers joked that ... the church overlooks a soccer field and the Somosomo Strait. As legend tells it, the chief promised his people would become ...

In the translucent blue waters separating vanua levu and taveuni — the second and third ... shallow passage that is the Somosomo Strait. The pressure creates strong currents brimming with ...

The waters surrounding Taveuni island are world renowned for ... a kaleidoscopic coral mass in the tropical Fijian waters of Somosomo Strait. The ocean was clear enough to make out blooms deep ...

Taveuni is surrounded by some of the top diving sites in the world – such as the Somosomo Strait off its west coast, dubbed the “soft coral capital of the world”. Surfers can find their own ...

Andrew Stone checks into Taveuni Palms Resort ... What's in the neighbourhood: The warm waters of Somosomo Strait lie at the bottom of the garden. At high tide it's a 100m swim out to the reef.

Set among the swaying coconut trees, overlooking sandy beaches and turquoise waters, Taveuni Palms is one of the world’s most exquisite luxury accommodation estates – ideal for that special break.