eSIM and SIM cards in Fiji

Where to buy

• Vodafone and Digicel both have outlets in the Nadi arrivals hall, open 05:00 to 22:00 daily.
• Bring your physical passport. Vodafone's terms name a valid physical passport as the only acceptable identification for registration; a photo of one is not it.
• Every tourist arriving in Fiji is eligible for the tourist SIM offers at the Vodafone airport outlet.
• The airport counter is the only sensible place to do this. It is also where you buy the bus card, so it is one queue for two problems.

Data on a phone that is already yours

• Top-ups and data packages are bought by dialling , which works without an app or a shop.
• Nadi airport has free Wi-Fi for 2 hours or 1 GB, whichever runs out first. That is enough to message a hotel, not enough to work.

Coverage, honestly

• Coverage follows the roads and the resorts. Viti Levu's coastal ring and the main tourist islands are fine; the interior and the outer islands are not.
• Assume a resort on a small island has satellite backhaul, which behaves like a slow, high-latency connection rather than a broken one.