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Neighbourhood guide
Navua, Deuba and

Pacific Harbour

By Kite Pareti

The Navua-Deuba/Pacific Harbour area is an hour’s drive from Suva and
Sigatoka. It has a thriving community of nearly 20,000 residents and is home
to veteran soccer legend Patrick Wise and rugby star Waisea Nayacalevu.
It is a place of pilgrimage for many local families and friends looking for a
welcoming beachside picnic spot.
For many years, the crowning glory of the area was the Pacific Harbour
Arts Village. If you’re an avid Fiji Traveller of a certain age, you would recall
seeing the iconic Dance Theatre of Fiji, led by cultural icon Manoa Rasigatale
in the late 1970s and 80s, perform here.
While the Arts Village is no longer the centrepiece of the area, Pacific
Harbour and Navua have emerged as one of Fiji’s adventure capitals. Here
are some local highlights.

Nakavu
Navua Hospital
Melimeli

River Tubing

Queens Rd Chicken and
Ice Cream Shack
Navua

Pacific
Harbour
Queens Rd
Fiji Arts Centre/Adorn Pacific
Matavuralevu Rivers Fiji Uprising Beach Resort Sandro

The Pearl Resort Vunibau Pacific Ocean Culture

Rovadrau Bay
Queens Rd
Nanuku Auberge Resort
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