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Mandatory Fuel Surcharge in effect

MANDATORY FUEL SURCHARGE IN EFFECT

APPLICABLE FOR TRAVEL FROM THE 1st OF SEPTEMBER 2026

1st of September 2026

South Sea Cruises Group (SSCG) provide this important update regarding the mandatory fuel surcharge first introduced in April 2026.

Despite a further increase to Fiji’s fuel prices as of the 1st of September 2026, SSCG will maintain will retain the current fuel surcharges set in August 2026, and which will now be valid until a further review is undertaken in early October 2026.

Why is the mandatory fuel surcharge in place?

The price of diesel fuel in Fiji as of the 1st of September 2026 is some 46% higher than before the global oil supply was disrupted due to events in the Middle East. The continuation of higher-than-expected fuel prices into September 2026 cannot be absorbed within our current rates.

Importantly for those who aren’t aware, Fiji’s fuel prices are set by the Fijian Competition & Consumer Commission (FCCC) and is only ever amended on the first day of each month (the most recent amendment being effective the 1st of September 2026). The price of fuel in Fiji is based on a range of factors globally but most noticeably by movement in the Means of Platts Singapore (MOPS) gasoil market, the availability of fuel from foreign suppliers, international freight rates, and foreign exchange rates. Fiji’s fuel prices are always 1-2 months behind fuel prices in other global markets such as Australia, New Zealand and North America, and hence cannot be compared with countries who adjust their fuel prices on an almost daily basis and which have seen the price of fuel vary different to that of Fiji’s fuel prices.

The mandatory fuel surcharge rates (on a per person based) effective for travel from the 1st of September 2026 and until further notice is as follows:

Resort Transfers with South Sea Cruises & South Sea Cats to/from all Mamanuca Island Resorts

$10.00 per adult / $10.00 per child (2-15 years only) for each one-way sector.
Includes customers travelling to/from Serenity, Beachcomber, South Sea Island, Treasure, Mana, Tadrai, Castaway, Malolo, Likuliku, Funky Fish, Vunabaka, Tropica, Matamanoa, Sheraton Tokoriki, and Tokoriki Island Resort

Resort Transfers with South Sea Cruises to/from all Yasawa Island Resorts

$15.00 per adult / $10.00 per child (2-15 years only) for each one-way sector.
Includes customers travelling to/from all Yasawa Island Resorts (including Vomo).

Inter-Island Resort Transfers with South Sea Cruises

$10.00 per adult / $5.00 per child (2-15 years only) for each one-way sector.
Includes customers travelling to/from Yasawa Island Resorts

$10.00 per adult / $5.00 per child (2-15 years only) for each one-way sector.
Includes customers travelling to/from Mamanuca Island Resorts

$15.00 per adult / $10.00 per child (2-15 years only) for each one-way sector.
Includes customers travelling between the Mamanuca Islands & Yasawa Islands (or vice versa).

Yasawa Adventures Fiji Packages or Passes

$20.00 per person when travelling on any Package or Pass

Day Trips:

Yasawa Islands, including Yasawa Explorer, Ultimate Encounters Snorkel with the Sharks, all Barefoot Kuata Day trips and all Mantaray Day Trips
$15.00 per adult / $10.00 per child (5 -15 years old)

Castaway Island, Malolo Island, Mana Island, Mamanuca Explorer and the Combo Cruise
$10.00 per adult / $5.00 per child (5 -15 years old)

South Sea Island

$10.00 per adult / $5.00 per child (5 -15 years old)

Malamala Beach Club

$10.00 per adult / $10.00 per child

Ride & Slide (3-15 years old)

$10.00 per adult / $5.00 per child (3-15 years old)

South Sea Sailing (Sabre)

$5.00 per adult / $5.00 per child (5-15 years old)

Payment Information

Customers travelling on applicable products and services from Port Denarau will be asked to pay the mandatory fuel surcharge for all future sectors prior to travel either online before their departure or at check-in prior to the boarding pass(es) being issued.

Customers who are only travelling on an inbound resort transfer from their island resort or an inter-island resort transfer will be asked to pay the fuel surcharge either online prior to departure or upon boarding our vessel.

Payment is available via international debit or credit card, noting that international cards do attract an administration fee of between 2.5% – 3%.

SSCG would like to thank the trade, our industry partners, and our customers alike for understanding the need to recover the current cost of fuel. We also ask that our 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 mandatory fuel surcharge each month and will do so again on the 1st of October 2026. Until such time that review takes effect and is further communicated, the mandatory surcharge within this advisory remains applicable until further notice, and without exception.

All fuel surcharges stated are in Fiji Dollars and include applicable Government taxes.

Vinaka.

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