Bobo’s Farm

Top choice in Ovalau & the Lomaiviti Group


Bobo’s Farm is a clean, tranquil, solar-powered, two-room timber cottage 15 minutes from Rukuruku, all on an organic farm carved out of the thick rainforest by personable hosts Bobo and Karin. There’s a shared living room and tiny kitchen, so you can self-cater if you wish, but the organic, homemade meals here are excellent (breakfast $13, lunch $15, dinner $20).

Rukuruku is closer to the ferry station at Buresala than Levuka, so when booking ask in advance to arrange a transfer if needed.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Ovalau & the Lomaiviti Group attractions

1. Buresala Landing

2.35 MILES

Wharf for boats between Ovalau and Viti Levu (Natovi Landing).

2. Gun Rock

5.42 MILES

Imposing hill, once used for target practice by the British navy.

3. Levuka Village

5.44 MILES

Tidy little Levuka village, once the home of Tui (Chief) Cakobau, is 200m further north. In the cemetery next to the village's Methodist Church, is the…

4. 199 Steps of Mission Hill

5.51 MILES

There are many old colonial homes on Levuka's hillsides, and the romantically named 199 Steps of Mission Hill are worth climbing for the fantastic view –…

5. Church of the Holy Redeemer

5.51 MILES

Levuka's Anglican Church of the Holy Redeemer (1904) is notable for its colourful stained-glass and altar of yaka and dakua wood.

6. Navoka Methodist Church

5.56 MILES

In the cemetery next to the village’s Methodist Church is the grave of former American consul John Brown Williams. It was his claim for financial…

8. Masonic Lodge Ruins

5.61 MILES

This stone shell was the South Pacific’s first Masonic lodge (1875). This was once Levuka’s only Romanesque building, but it was burnt to a husk in the…