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From Port Denarau · 8 Hours · 2.5 to 3 Hours on Monuriki
Monuriki Island Tour
Cruisin' Fiji's day cruise from Port Denarau to Mana Sand Bar, Monu Cove and Monuriki, the island where Cast Away was filmed, with snorkelling gear and a lovo lunch on the island. Departs 9:00 am.
- 4.8 / 5 686+ Reviews
- 2.5 to 3 hours On Monuriki itself, with lunch on the island, after the stops at Mana Sand Bar and Monu Cove
- 41 km In a straight line from Port Denarau Marina to Monuriki, in the Mamanuca Islands west of Viti Levu
- Free Cancellation
The Experience
What the Day Includes
A full day in the Mamanuca Islands with three swim and snorkel stops, lunch, snacks and drinks. Free transfers from Denarau Island resorts; from other hotels a transport fee applies.
Highlights
- Visit Mana Sand Bar, Monu Cove & Modriki (Monuriki) Island
- Enjoy a traditional Fijian lovo lunch, snacks, drinks and snorkelling
- Experience genuine Fijian hospitality from an authentic local crew
What's Included
- Full-day Mamanuca Islands cruise
- Traditional Fijian lovo lunch, snacks & fresh fruit
- Water, juice, soft drinks, beer & wine (served with lunch)
- Snorkelling equipment
- Life jackets & flotation devices
- Complimentary return transfers from Denarau Island resorts (transport fee payable for pick up and drop off from all hotels / resorts outside of this area)
Not suitable for: Wheelchair users, People over 95 years · Not Included: Free transport from Hotels / Resorts outside Denarau Island (transport available for an additional fee), Towels (please bring your own), Sunscreen (recommended)
Port Denarau to Monuriki, Step by Step
From the 9:00 am departure to the boat back at Port Denarau at about 4:30 to 5 pm.
Pickup or Check-In at Port Denarau
Free pickup from Denarau Island resorts, or check in at Cruisin' Fiji's Booth 6 on the Port Denarau Marina waterfront from 8:00 am. The boat leaves at 9:00 am.
Mana Sand Bar
The first stop, at about 10:00 am: a sand bar off Mana Island for a guided snorkel and a swim, for 45 minutes to an hour.
Monu Cove
About 30 minutes on, a second swim and snorkel stop in a cove of Monu Island, 15 minutes short of Monuriki, for 45 minutes to an hour.
Monuriki, Then Back
About 15 minutes more to Monuriki: 2.5 to 3 hours ashore with the lovo lunch, a guided walk and time to swim. The boat leaves at about 3:30 to 4 pm and is back at Port Denarau at about 4:30 to 5 pm.
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Sand Bar, Cove and Island
The day from the water and ashore: Mana Sand Bar, the snorkel stop at Monu Cove, and Monuriki.
Book Your Experience
Check Availability & Prices
Pick a date on the calendar. Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund.
Plan the Day
The Monuriki Day, One Question per Page
The Cast Away island and what is on it, getting there from Nadi, whether the day is worth it, the other Mamanuca day trips, weather and what to bring, and Survivor filming.
Prices are each page's featured tour: GetYourGuide checked November 2026. Listing prices are per person, in US dollars.
Monuriki, or Another Island Day
The Monuriki day cruise on GetYourGuide and on Viator, against two popular Mamanuca days that do not go to Monuriki. Time, stops, food, transfers and who each suits. Listing prices with the month they were checked.
| Feature | THIS PAGE The Monuriki day cruise | The same cruise, on Viator | Captain Cook all-inclusive island day | Malamala Beach Club day pass |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What You Pay | From US$135 per person (checked November 2026) | From US$138 per person (checked November 2026) | From US$112 per person (checked November 2026) | From US$99 per person (checked November 2026); plus a mandatory fuel surcharge of $10 per adult and per child aged 5 to 15, currency not stated |
| Lands on Monuriki | Yes: 2.5 to 3 hours ashore, with lunch on the island | Yes: the same cruise and operator | No: a private beach on Kadavu Lailai | No: Malamala Island |
| Time | 8 hours, 9:00 am to about 4:30 to 5 pm | 8 hours, departs 9:00 am | A full day, about 60 minutes' sailing each way | 6 to 7 hours |
| Stops | Mana Sand Bar, Monu Cove, Monuriki | Mana Sand Bar, Monu Cove, Monuriki | Kadavu Lailai | Malamala Beach Club |
| Food and Drink | Lovo lunch, snacks and fruit; water, juice and soft drinks; beer and wine with lunch | Morning tea, lovo lunch on Monuriki; beer and wine with lunch | Morning and afternoon tea, BBQ lunch and drinks | Not included |
| Hotel Transfers | Free from Denarau Island resorts; a fee from other hotels | Free from Denarau Island resorts; a fee from other hotels | Return transfers from listed hotels; not from the Coral Coast | Coach transfers from Nadi, Denarau, Wailoaloa, the Coral Coast and other listed areas |
| Who It Suits | Cast Away fans and snorkellers who want the island itself | Anyone who would rather book on Viator | Families who want a beach day with food and drink included | A beach club and pool day close to Denarau |
| Check dates | See it on Viator | See the island day | See the day pass |
Other Mamanuca Days
Island Days That Do Not Visit Monuriki
A beach club island, a sailing day, the resort on Castaway Island and a snorkel day at Treasure Island. None of them goes to Monuriki; the cruise above is the one carded here that does. One card per listing.
NOT MONURIKI · BEACH CLUBFiji: Malamala Beach Club Private Island Day Pass & Transfer
A day pass to Malamala Beach Club, on its own small island 30 minutes from Port Denarau, with snorkelling, kayak and paddleboard gear and towels. Food and drinks are extra, and a mandatory fuel surcharge of $10 per adult and per child aged 5 to 15 is added; the currency is not stated. It does not visit Monuriki.
NOT MONURIKI · SAILING DAYFiji: South Sea Sailing Experience with Lunch & Drinks
A day on a sailing catamaran in the Mamanuca Islands with a reef snorkel, a stop at a sand cay, a buffet lunch and drinks. For ages 5 and over. A mandatory fuel surcharge of $5 per adult and $5 per child aged 5 to 15 is added; the currency is not stated. It does not visit Monuriki.
NOT MONURIKI · CASTAWAY ISLANDFiji: Castaway Island Resort Day Cruise with Lunch
A catamaran to the resort on Castaway Island, with about 5 hours there and a two-course lunch; drinks are extra, and a mandatory fuel surcharge of $10 per adult and $5 to $7.50 per child aged 5 to 15 is added; the currency is not stated. Castaway Island is not Monuriki, the island where Cast Away was filmed.
NOT MONURIKI · TREASURE ISLANDNadi: Mamanuca Islands Snorkel, Turtle & Iguana Sanctuary
A 5.5-hour boat day from Wailoaloa with guided snorkelling and the turtle sanctuary and iguana nesting area on Treasure Island. A landing fee of FJD 15 and the meal are paid there. It does not visit Monuriki.
Port Denarau, the Mamanuca Islands, and Three Hours on the Cast Away Island
How the Monuriki Day Works
What the day is, where it starts, what it costs and includes, what is on the island, who it suits, how it compares with the other Mamanuca days, and the Survivor closures.
Monuriki is a small, uninhabited island in Fiji’s Mamanuca group, and the island where Cast Away (2000) was filmed (Tourism Fiji). The one day trip carded on this site that lands on it is Cruisin’ Fiji’s day cruise from Port Denarau, sold on GetYourGuide as Fiji: Monuriki, Mana Sand Bar & Snorkelling Cruise: 8 hours from the 9:00 am departure, with swim and snorkel stops at Mana Sand Bar and Monu Cove, then 2.5 to 3 hours on Monuriki with a lovo lunch on the island. It is from US$135 a person (checked November 2026), with 686 reviews.
The short answer
Book it if you want to stand on the Cast Away island rather than see it from a boat, and if a full day of swimming and snorkelling suits you: the boat lands, lunch is cooked and served ashore, and the price covers the food, drinks, snorkelling gear and the transfer from a Denarau Island resort. Look elsewhere if you want a day with a pool, a bar and shade on tap, a short trip, or a day that suits a wheelchair: Monuriki is uninhabited, with no resort on it, and the listing marks the cruise not suitable for wheelchair users. The other Mamanuca day trips cover those, and none of them goes to Monuriki.
The ways to book it: pick yours
Fiji: Monuriki, Mana Sand Bar & Snorkelling Cruise
Cruisin' Fiji's 8-hour day from Port Denarau: Mana Sand Bar, Monu Cove and 2.5 to 3 hours on Monuriki, with a lovo lunch on the island and free pickup from Denarau Island resorts.
Check dates →Cruisin’ Fiji: Monuriki, Mana Sand Bar & Snorkelling Day Cruise
The same Cruisin' Fiji day on Viator, with the same stops, lunch and Denarau Island pickups. Pick whichever site you already use.
See it on Viator →Fiji: Captain Cook Cruises - All-Inclusive Island & Reef Day Sail
Captain Cook Cruises' day sail to a private beach on Kadavu Lailai, with a BBQ lunch, drinks, snorkelling, kayaks and a kids club. It does not go to Monuriki.
See the island day →Prices, ratings and review counts from the listings (GetYourGuide checked November 2026; Viator checked November 2026). Operators price by date and season, so treat the figures as the shape of the market, not a quote.
Where everything is
The Mamanuca Islands are a scatter of small islands off the west coast of Viti Levu, Fiji’s main island, between the resort strip at Denarau and the open ocean. Port Denarau Marina, on Denarau Island just outside Nadi, is where the day boats leave from; Nadi International Airport is 12.5 km away by road, about 18 minutes without traffic. Monuriki sits near the outer, western edge of the group, 41 km from Port Denarau Marina in a straight line. It is small, 40.4 hectares, and steep, rising to 216 metres, with no village and no resort on it (National Trust of Fiji and partners, 2016). Getting there from Nadi has the pickups and the check-in.
The day, stop by stop
Check in at Cruisin’ Fiji’s Booth 6, on the waterfront outside the main passenger terminal building at Port Denarau Marina, from 8:00 am, or take the free pickup from a Denarau Island resort, which starts 30 to 60 minutes before departure. The boat leaves at 9:00 am. On Cruisin’ Fiji’s timetable the first stop, at about 10:00 am, is Mana Sand Bar, a sand bar off Mana Island, for a guided snorkel and a swim; then 30 minutes on to Monu Cove, a snorkel stop in a deep cove of Monu Island, with morning tea served on the way; then 15 minutes to Monuriki. You spend 2.5 to 3 hours on the island: the lovo lunch, food cooked slowly in an underground oven in the traditional Fijian way (Tourism Fiji) and served beneath bures, a guided walk to the places where Cast Away was filmed, a coconut husking demonstration, an optional hike to the summit, and time to swim and snorkel off the beach. The boat leaves at about 3:30 to 4 pm and is back at Port Denarau at about 4:30 to 5 pm, an hour’s run.
What it costs, and what the price buys
The cruise is from US$135 a person on GetYourGuide (checked November 2026). On Viator the same Cruisin’ Fiji day is from US$138 (checked November 2026): see the cruise on Viator. Cruisin’ Fiji sells in New Zealand dollars on its own site, and gives NZ$230 as its example of a booking that your card converts to about US$136 (November 2026).
The price covers the full day on the boat, the lovo lunch, snacks and fresh fruit, water, juice and soft drinks, beer and wine with lunch, snorkelling equipment and life jackets. A Port Denarau Marina departure levy of a few Fijian dollars per passenger is paid at check-in. Return transfers are free from Denarau Island resorts; from hotels elsewhere, in Nadi, Wailoaloa or along the coast, a transport fee applies, and neither the GetYourGuide nor the Viator listing gives the amount, so give your hotel when you book and the pickup time and any fee come back with the confirmation. Bring your own towel and sunscreen: neither is included.
What is on Monuriki
Monuriki is a rugged island of dry forest and beach, and no one lives on it. Its land-owning clan is the Mataqali Vunaivi, who in April 2010 signed an agreement with the National Trust of Fiji and Kula Eco Park to clear the island’s goats and breed its iguanas in captivity (National Trust of Fiji and partners, 2016). The Fijian crested iguana that lives there is listed as Critically Endangered and is protected under Fiji’s Endangered and Protected Species Act 2002; goats and rats were removed in late 2011, and 32 captive-bred iguanas were released back on the island in May 2015. The same report calls Monuriki a very popular tourist destination with several boats and many people visiting every day, so expect company on the beach. Do not plan on seeing an iguana: NatureFiji calls the crested iguana a master of camouflage that is hard to spot in the forest by day, and the cruise does not promise one. The Cast Away island has more on the film and the island.
Monuriki, or another Mamanuca day
Most Mamanuca day trips from Port Denarau go somewhere else: a beach club island, a resort, a sand cay, a floating bar. They suit a lazier day, with a pool, sun loungers and a bar, and several are shorter. If the reason you are going is Cast Away, or a day that is mostly in the water and on an island with nothing built on it, the Monuriki cruise is the one; Monuriki or another Mamanuca day trip sets the popular ones side by side. One trap: Castaway Island, the resort island also called Qalito, is a different island, about 17 km from Monuriki in a straight line, and the day trip there does not go to Monuriki.
Survivor filming, weather and when to go
The US Survivor series has filmed in the Mamanuca Islands for more than a decade (Tourism Fiji), and the Maritime Safety Authority of Fiji has published filming exclusion zones round Monu Riki, its spelling of Monuriki, in April to June or July: from 15 April to 3 July 2026 in its notice MN 08/2026, and in 2021, 2023 and 2025 before it. On 3 November 2026 no Monuriki notice was on the authority’s list. If you are going between April and July, check the authority’s marine notices before you book; Survivor filming has the dates.
Fiji’s wet season runs from November to April, with long warm days, short afternoon downpours and more humidity; the dry season, from May to October, is a little cooler, with 50 to 75% less rain (Tourism Fiji). The water stays warm all year. Weather and what to bring has the detail, and is the Monuriki tour worth it weighs the day for families, couples and snorkellers.
A Day on the Cast Away Island
Port Denarau at 9:00 am, a sand bar, a snorkel cove, then 2.5 to 3 hours on Monuriki with a lovo lunch. Back at about 4:30 to 5 pm. Starting from US$135 per person.
See datesMore in the Mamanucas
Island Days and Cruises with Open Dates
Other day trips from Port Denarau and Nadi with live availability. Most do not go to Monuriki; what each includes is on its listing.
Monuriki Island Tour: Questions
Where Monuriki is, the Cast Away connection, landing on the island, the price, times and the start at Port Denarau, Survivor filming, the iguanas, what to bring and when to go.
In the Mamanuca Islands, off the west coast of Viti Levu, Fiji's main island: 41 km in a straight line from Port Denarau Marina. It is small and uninhabited, 40.4 hectares rising to 216 metres (National Trust of Fiji and partners, 2016). The day cruise reaches it after two stops on the way. See getting to Monuriki.
Yes. Tourism Fiji names Monuriki, in the Mamanuca Islands, as the island where Cast Away (2000) was filmed. It is not Castaway Island, the resort island also called Qalito, about 17 km away in a straight line. See the Cast Away island.
Yes: Cruisin' Fiji's day cruise from Port Denarau lands there for 2.5 to 3 hours, with lunch on the island. Tourism Fiji also mentions boats from the nearby resorts. No one lives on Monuriki; its land-owning clan is the Mataqali Vunaivi (National Trust of Fiji and partners, 2016).
From US$135 a person on GetYourGuide (checked November 2026). That covers the 8-hour cruise, snorkelling equipment, a lovo lunch, snacks, fruit and drinks, and transfers from Denarau Island resorts. From hotels outside Denarau a transport fee applies; neither listing gives the amount. A Port Denarau Marina departure levy of a few Fijian dollars per passenger is paid at check-in.
8 hours. The boat leaves Port Denarau at 9:00 am and is back at about 4:30 to 5 pm. Check-in opens at 8:00 am. On Cruisin' Fiji's timetable the stops are Mana Sand Bar at about 10:00 am, Monu Cove, then 2.5 to 3 hours on Monuriki, leaving at about 3:30 to 4 pm for the hour back.
From Cruisin' Fiji's Booth 6, on the waterfront outside the main passenger terminal building at Port Denarau Marina, Nadi. Pickups from Denarau Island resorts are free and start about 30 to 60 minutes before the 9:00 am departure; the exact time comes with the reconfirmation. See getting there from Nadi.
Not to passing boats while a filming exclusion zone is in force. The Maritime Safety Authority of Fiji's notice MN 08/2026 closed the waters within 1 nautical mile of Monu Riki, Monu, Mana and three other islands from 15 April to 3 July 2026, and similar notices covered April to June or July in 2021, 2023 and 2025. On 3 November 2026 no Monuriki notice was on the authority's list. See Survivor filming.
Do not count on it. The Fijian crested iguana lives on Monuriki and Monu, and NatureFiji calls it a master of camouflage that is hard to spot in the forest by day. It is listed as Critically Endangered and protected under Fiji's Endangered and Protected Species Act 2002; captive-bred iguanas were released on Monuriki in 2015. The cruise does not promise a sighting.
Swimwear, a towel, sunscreen and a sun hat. Towels and sunscreen are not included. Add any personal medication, a motion sickness remedy if you need one, and a camera. See weather and what to bring.
Children yes, with an adult; wheelchair users no. The GetYourGuide listing marks it not suitable for wheelchair users or people over 95. On Viator, children under 16 must be with an adult, and the minimum drinking age is 18.
Any month, with drier days from May to October. Fiji has a wet season from November to April, with short afternoon downpours, and a dry season from May to October, when rainfall drops by 50 to 75% (Tourism Fiji). The water is warm all year. See Monuriki weather.
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