Must-see hotels in Fiji

  • Novotel Suva Lami Bay

    Suva

    The low-slung Novotel offers no-nonsese business-style accommodation, but it has an unexpectedly great waterfront location and a pleasantly fresh and open…

  • Savusavu Budget Lodge

    Savusavu & Around

    The best low-budget option in Savusavu, this place is clean, welcoming and just a skip from the centre of town. Rooms are small but bright, with private…

  • Taveuni Rental Properties

    Taveuni

    This local group has six holiday homes available for rent; all have a full kitchen, polished wood floors, great outside deck areas, plenty of lush garden…

  • Beverly's Campground

    Taveuni

    This is one of those magical spots where everybody makes friends easily and camping isn’t a chore. The small site sits on a white-sand beach beneath huge…

  • McDonald’s Beach Cottages

    Nadi, Suva & Viti Levu

    McDonald’s offers a scattering of supertidy self-contained cabins on a nicely landscaped property right in front of the jetty. The cute blue-and-yellow…

  • Government Guesthouse

    Vanua Levu

    This basic, clean government guesthouse is the only place to stay in Nabouwalu. It’s often booked out with government workers; call ahead to reserve a…

  • Takalana Bay Retreat

    Nadi, Suva & Viti Levu

    High on a breezy rise above the bay is a two-room bure, just along the road from Nataleira and run by a family from the same village. While it’s more…

  • Dere Bay Resort

    Ovalau & the Lomaiviti Group

    Dere Bay Resort has three well-designed, intimate bure with soaring ceilings, 360-degree outlooks and spacious verandahs right on the beach. There’s also…

  • Lavena Lodge

    Taveuni

    Run by friendly, informative staff, the lodge was destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016. By the time you're reading this, it may have been rebuilt; contact…

  • Hibiscus Apartments

    Nadi

    A decent choice for self-caterers and families, these one and two bedroom apartments are well-equipped and have loads of space. They're not in the thick…

  • Horizon Beach Resort

    Nadi

    Flash it ain’t, but this rabbit-warren of a hotel is popular with the backpacker crowd who stay in the cheaper rooms and have access to the upmarket…

  • Bayside Bure

    Savusavu & Around

    This sweet, bright-white little cottage sleeps two and has a decent kitchen with a gas stove and TV and DVD player. There’s a beach across the road that…

  • Namatakula Village Homestay

    Coral Coast

    This village homestay is popular with Intrepid Travel groups and with good reason – it’s the real deal. Expect basic accommodation, large meals and an…

  • New Mavida Lodge

    Ovalau & the Lomaiviti Group

    The New Mavida is an imposing (by Levuka standards) cream building sitting behind a white picket fence. Pass through the plain lobby to find comfortable…

  • Viseisei Village Homestays

    Nadi, Suva & Viti Levu

    A number of families offer homestays in Viseisei. Your best bet is to contact Finau Bavadra: she often welcomes couch surfers or will find a bed elsewhere…

  • Tadrai

    Mamanuca Group

    This super-exclusive, adults-only resort offers a private stretch of beach and has five 100 sq m villas, each with a plunge pool, butler service and a…

  • Tanoa International

    Nadi

    Loaded with facilities and distractions (including five restaurants, tennis courts, a spa, gym and a pool), this place oozes Fijian tropicana with its…

  • Koro Beach Resort

    Ovalau & the Lomaiviti Group

    Koro Beach Resort has simple thatched, solar-powered bure with terraces and attached bathrooms lining a white sandy beach. Transfers are not included and…

  • Waterfront Apartment

    Savusavu & Around

    This is a compact waterfront studio apartment, with a TV and DVD player, queen-size bed, decent bathrooms and large windows on two sides. There’s plenty…

  • Chottu’s Motel

    Taveuni

    Chottu’s has two types of room: budget, which are basic and share cold-water bathrooms; and deluxe, which are still pretty bare bones but have small TVs,…

  • Clara's Holiday Lodge

    Ovalau & the Lomaiviti Group

    The whitewashed wooden rooms at Clara's Holiday Lodge are pretty basic, as are the shared bathrooms. It’s friendly enough though and central, and meals…

  • Rukuruku Resort

    Ovalau & the Lomaiviti Group

    Sat on Rukuruku Bay, this tiny resort wasn't quite finished when we visited, and had just two very basic thatched bures (wood-and-straw hut). Meals will…

  • Jeke Qica’s Guesthouse

    Kadavu, Lau & Moala Groups

    In Tubou, this small guesthouse offers two rooms with private bathroom inside ‘Jack’s house’. Jack can provide interesting commentary on the area’s…

  • First Light Inn

    Taveuni

    Convenient for the ferries, this place has kitchen facilities available and satellite TV. Try to ring before you turn up as it might not always be staffed.

  • Northwinds Hotel

    Vanua Levu

    Bang in the centre of town, this place has large, if uninspiring, rooms with bathrooms. It’s basic but friendly. Rates include breakfast.

  • Rabi Island Council Guesthouse

    Vanua Levu

    Basic accommodation on Rabi Island. You'll need to phone to book (and request permission to visit the island).

  • Finau Bavadra

    Nadi, Suva & Viti Levu

    This friendly Viseisei woman offers and arrangers local homestays.