Taveuni is Fiji for visitors who've already done — or want to skip entirely — the resort-island experience of the Mamanucas. This is a genuinely wild, rainforest-covered island with waterfalls you hike to rather than view from a infinity pool, and the Somosomo Strait separating it from Vanua Levu is regarded by serious divers as among the best soft coral diving on Earth. Tourism infrastructure here remains deliberately low-key, meaning Taveuni rewards visitors who want nature and diving over beach-club polish — a real contrast to the Mamanucas on the same overall Fiji trip.