Digital Underwater Photography Workshop with Mathieu Meur

May 9, 2011 By
UW Photo Festival

5th Underwater Festival™ 2011 (UF11)

‘The Australasia Challenge’

@

matava_logo3rd – 10th September 2011

  • Hosted by Mathieu Meur, Underwater Photographer
  • Daily photo workshops
  • Practical in water assistance
  • In depth RAW photo post processing labs
  • 7 night stay at Matava in an Oceanview Bure
  • All meals and airport transfers included
  • 5 days of 3 tank boat dives – 15 dives (incl 1 night dive)
  • Complimentary unlimited shore diving
  • Guided waterfall hike and village visit
  • Free use of kayaks, snorkelling around the resort
  • Free PADI Coral Conservation Course on one afternoon
  • Traditional Lovo Feast and Kava Ceremony

FJD 3250.00 per person

(only valid for double / twin share)

(Group 10 pay – 2 FOC)

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Responsible Tourism Code of Conduct

September 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Matava’s dedication to Responsible Tourism is the driving force behind our Environmental Policy. Far from being an abstract ideal for us, Responsible Tourism shapes all our major decisions – from the concept that ‘Small Groups Leave Fewer Footprints’ to the choice of contractors and suppliers. Here are our guidelines in a nutshell.

Please see below the key principles or code of conduct for operating ‘Responsible’ Matava adventures: [Read more...]

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Adventure Packing List

September 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment

A veteran traveler’s packing list is a chronicle of hard-won lessons, which explains why Matava’s Director, Richard Akhtar has a story behind every item on this list. He’s traveled throughout Africa, the Pacific Islands, North America and Europe, as well as hiking around some of the most remote areas in these regions.

By learning the hard way and listening to the advice of fellow adventurers, Richard has compiled a list of essential traveler’s gear items that will make your adventure at Matava as trouble-free and well prepared as possible.  [Read more...]

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Snorkeling tips from the experts

September 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment

By Helen Sykes

Snorkelling is a fun pastime that can be enjoyed by practically anyone with a few tips and a little practice in the pool.

The more experienced snorkeller may benefit from a few of these hints too. [Read more...]

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Great gardening ideas for your used coffee grounds

September 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
As most people know, at Matava we are big believers and followers of organic farming and gardening. But alongside that we also enjoy a cup of really GOOD coffee. This ends up in a pretty large pile of used coffee grounds from our plungers by the end of the week. We personally like plunger coffee better than the drip filter stuff. Obviously the eco-nature of the resort negates the use of electric percolators etc and the plunger lets us each control how strong we want the blend! This also leaves a really course ground coffee which we need to dispose of on the island.

So what to do with the used grounds? Well we collect them all in a special bucket and transfer them up to our organic farm and garden next to Bula bure. Luckily with the volume of farming done by Jeanie and Josefa, these grounds never go to waste!

Here are some tips for making great use of those otherwise wasted resources. (I wonder what Starbucks does with its daily tonnes of used grounds?) [Read more...]

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