01 May 2026
South Sea Cruises Group (SSCG) will implement a mandatory fuel surcharge to take effect for customers travelling on our resort transfer services as well as select day trips from the 7th of April 2026, until further notice.
Why is this being introduced?
Due to a significant rise in global oil prices, the price of diesel in Fiji has increased by approximately 75% in the past two months alone. This increase has not only driven fuel prices to near record highs but has also resulted in a sharp cost increase across many supplier items including the likes of food & beverage.
SSCG also takes this opportunity to reiterate that our current resort transfer and day trip rates were set in mid-2025 and could not factor in the current increase in fuel prices. SSCG therefore reserves the right to implement a mandatory fuel surcharge as and when fuel prices increase beyond sustainable levels.
Fuel Surcharge Rates (per person)
Effective for travel from 04 May 2026 for South Sea Cruises & South Sea Cats
Resort Transfers – Mamanuca Island Resorts
Includes customers travelling to/from Serenity, Beachcomber, South Sea Island, Treasure, Mana, Tadrai, Castaway, Malolo, Likuliku and Tropica
$15 per adult / $10 per child (2-15 years only) for each one-way sector.
Customers travelling to/from Matamanoa, Sheraton Tokoriki, or Tokoriki Island Resort.
$20 per adult / $12.50 per child (2-15 years only) for each one-way sector.
Resort Transfers – Yasawa Island Resorts
Includes customers travelling to/from all Yasawa Island Resorts (including Vomo)
$25 per adult / $15 per child (2-15 years only) for each one-way sector.
Yasawa Adventures Fiji - Packages or Passes
$25 per person
Day Trips
Yasawa Islands, including Yasawa Explorer, Ultimate Encounters Snorkel with the Sharks, all Barefoot Kuata day trips and all Mantaray Island Day trips
$25 per adult / $17.50 per child (2-15 years old).
Castaway Island, Malolo Island and the South Sea Cruises Combo Cruise
$15 per adult / $10 per child (2-15 years old).
Other day trips are currently exempt from paying the fuel surcharge due to mostly travelling shorter distances or operating with less reliance on fuel than our resort transfer services.
Payment Information
Customers travelling with South Sea Cruises & South Sea Cats from Port Denarau will be asked to pay the applicable fuel surcharge for all future sectors prior to travel either online prior to departure or at check-in prior to the boarding pass(es) being issued. Customers who are only travelling with South Sea Cruises & South Sea Cats on an inbound sector from their island resort will be asked to pay the fuel surcharge either online prior to departure or upon boarding our vessels and before they return to Port Denarau.
Payment is available via international debit or credit card, noting that international cards do attract a 2.5% - 3% admin fee.
Terms & Conditions are noted as follows:
“South Sea Cruises reserves the right to alter prices, apply a fuel surcharge, cancel departures, arrange alternative transport, and vary itineraries and services if necessary.”
SSCG are committed to reviewing the fuel surcharge applicable to South Sea Cruise & South Sea Cats services each month and will do so again on the 1st of May 2026. We do expect fuel prices to only further increase in May 2026 and as such a review of the fuel surcharge will likely occur whereby a further increase in fuel surcharges is a possibility.
Until such time that review takes place and is further communicated, the surcharges within this advisory remain applicable until further notice.
