My wife & I have done ATV tours before. We chose to do the cultural tour with 'Go Dirty'. A little less mud pool & adventure perhaps but if you want to experience the 'real Fiji', this might just be the tour to take.
We are in our mid to late fifties but had no problem with the bikes, dust, traffic through Nadi & so on, we expected some dirt & dust. Some roads are rough but the bikes are comfortable enough & more than ok handling them. Our guide Oscar was excellent & is well known to the (Yavuna) villagers & they accept him like family.
With his assistance we were invited into a home, held an informal Kava ceremony, a walk through key parts of the village with Emay (not sure of the spelling), she was full of information & obviously highly respected in the village. It was a public holiday (Monday) so no school but Mondays are also typically a designated tidy up the village day so villagers were out sweeping, cutting the grass etc with whatever resources they have. The younger kids were enjoying themselves at the swimming hole & the older kids were out gathering firewood & the likes.
Back to the home to conclude with more Kava, conversation & information about the village generally. These are special people & at the appropriate time, (guided by Oscar) we offered colouring in books & pencils for the kids & a donation to help them build their new church. Of course, all of this is optional & certainly not expected I feel.
The existing church is quite old & only seats maybe 100 max. For a village that has grown over the years with apparently around 350 devout christians that conduct regular services where many have to sit outside on the grass (there are speakers hanging out windows) the offer was well received. I assume there is zero funding from government for this, so all monies are generated from within the village itself through their hard work selling some produce at market, kava sales or through occasional donations from tourists like ourselves.
We were treated like family & according to Emay & her family, any return trip to the village that we might do, we will be welcomed with open arms as we are now 'family'.
In fact, we've decided we'd like to go back in a couple of years & see how they're getting on with their church building & other village projects.
In summary, an excellent activity. Perhaps the cultural tour is not on everyone's list but if you value family & would like to see the way the village Fijians go about this every day, their survival & their lives, I recommend you consider this tour.
I would happily go again with 'Go Dirty' tours & 'Oscar' if he was available.