Eight hotels and business houses along the Coral Coast will be battling it out for top honours at the annual Bilibili Race at the Sigatoka River this Firday.

After months of preparations, hotels like the Warwick Fiji, Naviti Resort, Hideaway Resort amongst others will also take on business houses such as the Sigatoka River Safari and Coca Cola Fiji Amatil where they will test their bilibili skills.

Defending champions, the Fijian Resort said it will be a colorful event which will be tough, but they are geared to defend their title again this year.

The race begins on Friday at 6.30am with the Fiji Day celebrations starting at 9am.