This new IC hasn't officially opened to the public just yet, the date for this is currently sceduled for 09MAY09.
A beautiful IC resort with 271 rooms, many suites and situated right on Natadola Bay which is arguably the most beautiful beach on the mainland. The resort is about an hour taxi ride from NAN (this time may vary as the roads are currently quite bad after some big rains they experienced earlier in the year).
The rooms are very nice and well appointed. They are set out in block forms with about 4 - 6 rooms per block (we only went through the blicks closest to the beach). Right in the middle of the resort is (as claimed by the staff) the largest swimming pool in Fiji. There are some large ones on Denaru so I'm skeptical if it's officially the biggest. It id very nice and children friendly. The absence of a swim up bar is quite unusual for a resort.
Upon arriving at the resort you pull up under a typical fijian driveway with covering where a porter will greet you and collect your bags. You are then lead along a beautiful raised walkway to the check in area which is on your right. The views out over Natadola Bay from heer are spectacular. The walkway to the check in area is raised by design and the reason for this is because there is an unused railway line that goes right through the resort, which the government would not allow to be removed, so the architects had to build the resort around it. It's been done very tastefully and adds a nice amount of character to the resort.
We didn't get a chance to see the golf course and I'm told it's incomplete as of last week. As much as the resort is insistant itwill be ready for paying guests on 09MAY09 I would be suprised if the initial guests are happy with the product as it's not complete.
Unfortunately I don't have any pictures but a colleague is still there and will hopefully get some images from him and include them in this thread.
Happy to answer any specific questions if needed.
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