AREA: 18,343 KM2  TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN FIJI  ISLANDS;•        1. NANDARIVATU  NATURE RESERVE ( FIJI ISLANDS);Establishment:( 1956, 1958)The name applies to three neighbouring reserves, which are from one to six miles apart; Tomanivi, Nagaranibuluti, and Nandarivatu. These are connected by a little winding road controlled by forest guards. The reserve lies up on the mountains 27km from the town of Tavua, which is about 96km from Nandi international Airport.•        GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION;Northern viti lavu, the largest Island.•        Size: 1,674ha in three neighboring reserves.•        Accessibility: By a small winding road.•        Accommodation: none in the parks.•        GEOLOGY:Hundreds of millions of years ago volcanic upheavals rent the bed of the pacific ocean, some of  the undersea mountains thrust their tops above the ocean surface and became exposed to sun, winds, and rains. This was the genesis of the Fijis.TOPOGRAPHY:The reserve comprises an upland valley; altitude; about 820 meters with surrounding mountains from 910 to 1,323 meters (the height of Mt. Victoria, a mountain of two peaks connected by a saddle, and usually covered by clouds).CLIMATE:Tropical, but without extremes of heat and humidity. Temperatures; in the lowland range from 600 to 900F, but temperatures in the reserve always about 100F cooler.The hottest, wettest, and most humid period is from December to February; the coolest and driest months are from May to November, when south eastern trade winds blow.FLORA:The reserve is densely wooded by rainforests, where the Indigenous Kauri pine Agathis Vitiensis occurs. Other spectacular trees are Triocularis vitiensis and Geissos superba. Above 760 meters, there are three species of particularly beautiful orchids; red dendrobium, white dendrobium, and pink dendrobium.BIRDS:The bird fauna is very rich and includes the rare golden dove, as well as many other pigeons and doves. Peregrine, swamp harrier, and the endemic Fiji goshawk may be seen. The red- throated lorikeet is also peculiar to Fiji, where it occurs in mountain forests on at least three Islands.OTHER VERTEBRATES:Among reptiles, a pacific boa (Enygms) occurs, as well as some lizards. There is also a tree frog. The boa and the frog are interesting to naturalists because the Fiji Islands are the most remote point reached by truly native snakes and frogs in the pacific.