On Queen's Hwy., 3 miles east of Sigatoka, in Korotogo, ?800-688-7444, (679) 650 0044. 207 rooms + 47 bure. Pool; hot tub; fitness room; full-service spa; 2 tennis courts. 3 restaurants; 4 bars.
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beach at Outrigger on the Lagoon Fiji
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Other hotels also have a
bula greeting, but it is likely that the one here is the most impressive. Though this atmospheric lagoon-side resort no longer has much of a beach, you can kayak, spy board (ride face down on a board with a plastic window for fish-viewing), and snorkel at high tide. And it does have a lovely central pool.
A majority of the accommodations are hotel rooms in 5-story hillside buildings at the rear of the property. They all have balconies, and the upper floor units have spectacular sea views. In the area below, jungle-like landscaping includes 17 varieties of native palm and countless flowers, as well as thatched-roof guest bures and restaurants that evoke the feel of a traditional Fijian village. Rooms in the Reef Wing, a 3-story lagoon-side building, are smaller than their hillside counterparts and better suited to couples than families. Butler service is provided in the bures, which have masi-lined peaked ceilings, and in some of the hotel rooms by the lobby.
Restaurants include an intimate fine-dining space, a large open-air bure buffet dining room, and a pool-side cafe. The exceptional Bebe Spa sits atop a hill and offers a stunning sea view from its treatment rooms and even higher-up Kalo Kalo Bar and tearoom.
You can purchase a package that includes helicoptering from here to a sister resort offshore—
Castaway Island Resort--a private island resort on a lush 174-acre island with white sand beaches. Malevu Village owns this resort’s land, and most villagers work here.
More things to do on Viti Levu in Fiji.
image c2011 Carole Terwilliger Meyers
