port denarau tours

anyone gone to this port and booked private shore tours....trying to find one that doesn't do mud pools due to medical condition thought it was wise not to do this looked at the moana tour for this port was reasonable price and everything else on the tour looks good but don't want to stay a long time at the mud pools waiting for that part of the tour to finish.....they don't tell the time spent at each place you go to

You can easily get a taxi. The last time we did that the price worked out at AUD$20 per hour. Allowing for some inflation, AUD$25 per hour would be plenty. When you are negotiating, stipulate that you mean AUD, otherwise they will think it is FJD that are worth a lot less.

I suggest you ask to be taken to a village and then to the Garden of the Sleeping Giant. It is a superb orchid garden originally owned by Raymond Burr the actor. If you plan to go to a village, make sure that the women in the group all have their knees and shoulders covered. Short sleeves are OK, but no shoe-string straps. If anyone is wearing short pants they will have to put a sarong over. The Fijians are very conservative. The other place worth visiting is the Hindu temple in Nandi. Even if you just look from outside, it is worth visiting. Some people spend the port day in one of the hotels on Denaru Island. A shuttle bus goes from the shopping centre where the tender drops you off and it does the circuit of the hotels. Their pools are lovely and you can get a drink and a meal. The beach is not attractive.

I second the village and Garden of the Sleeping Giant suggestion. We did a ship's tour that took us to both of these and really enjoyed it. You may well be able to book with local operator once you get ashore but can't confirm as I wasn't looking for locals.