Anonymous ID: 028243 July 26, 2018, 6:07 a.m. No.2295264   🗄️.is đź”—kun

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Wakaya Island

 

Wakaya Island is home to a historical site known as Chieftan’s Leap. It is believed that in the 1830s, the chief of Wakaya and 22 of his men leapt to their deaths from this cliff on the western side of the island, after a chief from a neighbouring village began to attack them. In 1840, Wakaya was sold to Europeans and is now a private 2,200 acre island, run by the Wakaya Club & Spa, which runs guided tours to Chieftan’s Leap for guests.

 

Fiji has many extensive cave systems, used as burial caves. The Warrior Burial Cave in Taveuni is about 350 metres long. It is thought Taveuni’s greatest warriors were buried and hidden in this cave, to protect the remains from being discovered by enemies. Many of the large bones have been removed after the cave was discovered in the 1950s.