Honeymoons in Fiji

TextI am getting married in April and was thinking of planning my honeymoon around Fiji and Denarau Island.
Has anyone been to these places whilst on their honeymoon? I am also a little unsure of the different activities that are avaliable and what the best ones to do!
I would be very appreciative if I could get some peoples opinions.
Regards,
Grace

Denerau is just a typical resort you'd find almost anywhere in the South Pacific. Nice, but probably a bit overpriced. Nadi is nearby, for a bit of shopping (and getting hassled to death by salespeople!).

Skip Denarau and head for an island. Cheaper, much more picturesque and plenty of activities (snorkelling, diving, sailing, skiing etc). Lots of good suggestions on Thorn Tree. Where you go really depends on what you want to do. Depending on your flight times, you may have to overnight in Nadi. That's probably long enough!

Steven--
The Cooks are a good spot for elderly visitors. Easy to get around, small main island (Rarotonga), good services. Not third world. Decent medical care if needed, for basic stuff. Good pharmacies. No malaria. Lots of good restaurants, at reasonable prices. Low crime rate, but watch out for drunk drivers on the weekends. Very humid dec-March, avoid then unless you don't mind humidity, or will stay in a place with air-con.

Go to www.ck and check that out, it's very good.

I'd do Rarotonga, for a week or so, then a few days on Aitutaki (and a couple on Atiu if you are more adventurous and can walk through some rough areas to get to caves, etc. ).

Actually, I have written a travel guide to the Cooks ("Cook Islands Companion"---no longer in print and hard to find) and was approached to do a South Pacific-wide guide. Turned down the offer, as at age 60 myself, I don't really want to be on the road for 9-10 months a year (and paying for it all myself for a few thou $$ in royalties!). So, I just hope David keeps doing what he does best!

I've been to Fiji several times, but not in the last few years. I think you should check out a few of the places mentioned by other TT'ers---Otto and Fanny's, Octopus, both in the Yasawas, and I'd take a look at Ovalau and the little islands next to it. The TT'ers who have been to Fiji are the greatest resource here.

Also, go to www.tripadvisor.com to check out the middle and upscale places. The reviews on those---if you discount the top and bottom 10% as perhaps personal bias pro from friends or relatives, or con from a few spoiled and disgruntled tourists---are excellent.

Bulabear, Tai Marilyn, and many others are great sources on Fiji (yes, I left out another dozen or so!)

Raro

You're welcome. I think you'll find some good advice here re those Yasawa places and Ovalau. Post again once you've narrowed your search a bit. [And, actually, I was asked to do an update of one of the main Fiji guidebooks a couple of yrs ago, but turned it down. I was too busy rinning my resort in the Cooks. ]

A beautiful, small island with a luxury resort comes into my mind: Toberua Island.
Located east of Suva, but outside of the Suva rainbelt. Here is their webpage www.toberua.com - check it out.

Actually, I forgot about Toberua (pronounced "tomberua"), god suggestion! I stayed there many years ago. It was, and probably still is, a fantastic place. It's a bit expensive, but great if one can afford it. Only about ten bungalows when I was there, all on the beach. Everyone ate in a communal dining room, but they set up a couple of separate tables for couples who wanted to eat by themselves. Very good management, and the staff was great, they actually lived on the other half of the tiny island.

Not a lot to do as far as any tours, but there is decent snorkeling, and they probably can arrange for a fishing trip etc.

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It's not cheap, but neither is Denarau. Specials are available to certain times.
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Apart from scuba and snorkeling, they offer picnic or days trips to Bird island - what we call Honeymoon Island, to Levuka or Fijian Village.
Also they offer a "low tide" golf course. But you find all on their webpage...

Bulabear---do you know the name of the current manager? The "low tide" golf course sounds like something the guy who managed it 30 yrs ago would think up as well!! I think a "Robin Mercer" ran Toberua, or he ran Namale Plantation near Savusavu, is he still around?

Hi Guys,

I emailed the folks at Thorn Tree as I have changed my email address and by mistake I asked for my username to be changed - it meant that all my posts were automatically zapped, so apologies for this. The best advice is still here (above) and on my other original post (for anyone interested) I asked advice about the best guidebook for Fiji - the Moon guide by David (?) Stanley was recommended over the current Lonely Planet book (I don't recall the website posted for Stanley's books however).

Thank you again for all your help and sorry for the post zapping!

Yes, that was a surprise!

David Stanley's website is, I think, www.southpacific.org .

Thanks for re-posting the website Raro.

And a good lesson for anyone - don't ask for your Thorn Tree username to be changed unless of course you want all your posts to vanish!

Raro - current manager of Toberua is Hudson Miller. Haven't heard of "Robin Mercer".

Thanks Bulabear! I think Robin managed Namale Plantation, now that I think about it. Toberua was run by a guy named Michael, back then, I think.