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# Ideas for a good beach resort in Vava'u? Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Tonga
giannivernetti 21:37 UTC 07 Jun 2008 | Next august I would like to spend 2 weeks in Vava'u. I'll be with my wife and with 4 children. We would like to stay in a nice resort right on the beach and dive, snorkel, whale watching. Some Ideas? |
hardnosethehighway 05:25 UTC 08 Jun 2008 | http://www.mysticsands.net/ | 1
dadams 23:09 UTC 09 Jun 2008 | The Tongan Beach Resort. The good and bad about it is it is away from town which makes it a little more difficult to go elsewhere for meals. But the whale watching and dive operators cruise on by and will pick you up from the resorts pontoon which is nice. I don't think that there are any resorts with good snorkelling at the doorstep, you will have to kayak or get a boat to the best spots. | 2
redrock514 07:37 UTC 10 Jun 2008 | Mala would be a nice stay for a couple nights only. [http://www.beautifultonga.com/mala-island/index.html] you may visit my blog for a family tonga trip report [http://tonga-serenity.blogspot.com/] | 3
raro 04:44 UTC 11 Jun 2008 | I agree with above, you might try a couple of days at Tongan Beach Resort, and then one of the islands off into the lagoon. Or, spend a few days at the beginning at the Paradise Int'l Resort, a couple of blocks from town. The kids will have an easy walk into town from there, to the market, etc., but there isn't a good beach near town. | 4
jay_dee 15:23 UTC 17 Jun 2008 | We spent about 8 days on Mala island with our three kids in 2005. It was nice and has nice small beach that you can snorkell straight off. They also have a trampoline built into the sand which the boys had lots of fun on. I think it's nicer than the Tongan beach resort (and the food was much cheaper - but still expesnive). The owner, Dave, was very accommodating, he organised a few things to make it easier for our kids - we had a few days of rain and so he got videos set up for them, he also arranged food for them apart from the set menu. But see previous threads on Mala - Dave is unusual character and has peed some people right off. | 5