Cruising Fiji's Yasawa Islands

By Kerry van der Jagt
Updated May 30 2016 - 5:34pm, first published May 29 2016 - 12:15am
Blue Lagoon Cruises offers various iteneraries through the Mamanuca and Yasawa Island groups.
Blue Lagoon Cruises offers various iteneraries through the Mamanuca and Yasawa Island groups.
Snorkelling in the Yasawa Islands.
Snorkelling in the Yasawa Islands.
A warm welcome from students of Yasawa High School. Photo: Kerry van der Jagt
A warm welcome from students of Yasawa High School. Photo: Kerry van der Jagt
Grassroots tourism at its best on Nanuya Lailai Island. Photo: Kerry van der Jagt
Grassroots tourism at its best on Nanuya Lailai Island. Photo: Kerry van der Jagt
The vibrant marine life of the Yasawa Islands. Photo: Blue Lagoon Cruises
The vibrant marine life of the Yasawa Islands. Photo: Blue Lagoon Cruises
The interior of a double cabin. Photo: Blue Lagoon Cruises
The interior of a double cabin. Photo: Blue Lagoon Cruises

Convention dictates there are two ways to disembark a cruise ship – by tender or gangplank. But there is a third, underused method, favoured by passengers on Blue Lagoon Cruises' Fiji Princess – jump overboard and swim ashore. But only after the captain has tied off to a coconut tree and changed into board shorts.

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