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TribeWanted: Vorovoro

aerial of Fiji

Adventure holiday and educational journey!

TribeWanted and STA Travel invite you to Vorovoro, a Fijian village filled with an ever-changing global community.

Vorovoro is not a resort. It's a challenge: three years to turn the island into a community that is as sustainable as possible.

What is TribeWanted?

TribeWanted is a community living on Vorovoro, an island in Northern Fiji, with the goal of proving that a person's lifestyle can have a positive impact on their community and on the rest of the world.

TribeWanted has 1300 members from 35 countries.

Join the tribe, visit Vorovoro in Fiji, and become part of  'one of the most exciting projects on the new millenium' (Tom Griffiths, gapyear.com). One year membership includes a stay of 7, 14 or 21 nights or more, all meals, and pick-up and drop-off from Labasa airport or bus station.


What to expect: 
EAT
 Grow fruit, vegetables and herbs. Spear and trawl for fish. Scrape coconuts.
DRINK
 Bathe in the sea or with bucket showers using natural soaps and products. Conserve whenever possible. Store rain for drinking and cooking (like making coconut oil).
BUILD Use island materials for housing. All you need is a sleeping mat, mosquito net and a blanket.
MOVE By foot only. Off-island is a short swim to the nearby village or a boat to town, 30 minutes away.
ENERGIZE Solar and wind power for basic low-lighting, a place to charge our iPods, and plug in camera batteries.
TRASH
 Compost human waste and use it to fertilize the fruit trees. Each week, sort through garbage and try and re-use and re-cycle as much as we can.
LIFESTYLE If you need to shop, you budget for the boat journey to nearby villages.
SHARE
 The biggest part of Vorovoro is sharing the experience with each other and the Fijian community.

How this holiday makes a difference

TribeWanted has donated to community projects in Mali (part of the island lease agreement includes an annual $15,000 donation to the education and village committees on top of the payment to the landowners), such as supplementing school fees and wiring the generator to the computers. The foundation has already raised about $6000 (£3000GB??).

At the conclusion of the three years, the local landowners will decide what happens to the project. They will own all infrastructure on the island.

The online community ensures people learn a lot about the place they are going to before they go and stay involved after they have gone. TribeWanted promotes and raises awareness for sustainable and eco-friendly living and travel as a real option for both tourists and communities.


Sustainability
100+ employees are local.  Fish, crafts and materials all locally-purchased. Two laptops and 4 cell phones charged via solar power.
Locally-rented boats. Members use compost toilets, renewable energy only, natural cleaning products, distribute all waste and grey water on the gardens, and recycle. The local community is doing the same. All company flights and transportation and local carbon emissions (taxis/boats) offset through Climate Care and looking at ways to introduce carbon rationing.  
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