Dean Koga wrote: > For our vacation this summer, my life partner and I would like to go to > the south Pacific for two weeks. Right now our first choice is Vava'u in > Tonga, because humpback whales are there in our summer. We want > to do the > trip on our own, but one guidebook suggests that camping is no longer > permitted in Vava'u. Has anyone on this list been there recently, or > know the regulations? > > I think your problem with camping is the Friendly Islands Kayak Company, www.fikco.com/kayaktonga who are based in Vava'u, and run trips in Ha'apai as well. As the only licenced sea kayaking operator they have camping rights on islands which are otherwise off-limits. Their web site contains information and links that might be useful to you though. Last July we went on one of their Ha'apai trips, see www.voyager.co.nz/~alsjfs/tonga.htm It would be possible to do a private trip here by staying at "resorts" on different islands, e.g. fly to Lifuka, stay at Mele Tonga's for a day or two while exploring Lifuka, Foa and Haano to the north, shift to Diana's on Uoleva, then on to the 'Esi-'O-Ma'afu Homestay at Felemea on 'Uiha. From here you could explore uninhabited islands further south. These "resorts" are fairly primitive and you could probably cook most of your own meals if you wanted to. If you were persuasive at Felemea you might be able to get permission to camp on one of the uninhabited islands. Sorry, but no first hand information on similar possibilities in Vava'u. Allan Singleton Hamilton NZ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Feb 12 2001 - 17:08:24 PST
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