Garden of the Sleeping Giant

#hellohalloween #travel #thingstodo #couplestrip Costs FJD 30 per person, which includes a free drink (cold, sugary, flavoured water). No maps upon entry but guides who offer to accompany you, and you choose how much to tip them. We went by ourselves and worked it all out easily. Bring insect repellent as there were mosquitoes. The Orchid garden is unimpressive. Not much diversity or spectacular blooms. A hot walk up to the Lookout with little shade afforded views which were... ok. There was a nice breeze at least. The shaded structure at the top offered ample seating from which to observe Red vented bulbuls and other birds in nearby trees. The whole place is a little run down with missing or warped wooden decking on some boardwalks. Not wheelchair accessible past the Orchid garden as there are downward steps, gravel and/or dirt paths. There's an area where people can choose to get married; these were probably the most well-maintained, with manicured lawns and flowering plants. We hitched a ride to these gardens with kind locals who lived in Nadi their whole lives and never visited this place before. This about sums up these gardens... spend your tourist dollar elsewhere.