Wakaya Club

The ultimate tropical paradise, the Wakaya Club occupies a private, 2,200-acre outer island of Fiji in the South Pacific. Wakaya Club resort has earned the highest praise from the most discriminating sources.

Travel & Leisure calls the ecologically sensitive Wakaya Club "one of the most exclusive and pampering resorts in the world." The Odyssey Report elaborates, "No place on earth captures our spirit with beauty, native hospitality, and rhythmic serenity like Wakaya."

Accommodations at Wakaya Club resort consist of nine 1,650-square-foot bures (cottages) with no TV or telephone. Think again if that sounds like primitive living. The New Yorker praised the Wakaya Club's "lava-rock indoor showers, Tibetan rugs, Indonesian sculpture, and king-sized, four-poster beds with posh linens." The largest cottage, the Governor's bure, has an outdoor Jacuzzi surrounded by a walled garden. The Vale O villa comes with a private pool and staff, including one's own chef.

The sound of drums signals that lunch is ready, and you can savor it in your Wakaya Club bure, on the deck above the lagoon, or the Palm Grove restaurant. Dinner is also served in the Palm Grove. InStyle magazine claims, "The cuisine may be the best food you've ever tasted with a tan." Lobster and other seafood, meats from New Zealand, and fresh o rganic vegetables are prepared in Pacific Rim style. Between meals, snack on Wakaya's oatmeal-ginger cookies stashed in your refrigerator.

At Wakaya Club you can have a traditional wedding or Fijian one with traditional Fijian costumes for bride and groom, a Fijian choir, and other unique touches. Couples typically choose to have their ceremony at the 19th-century Wakaya Village Church with stained-glass windows or a spot by the water's edge. The reception can take place on the beach, in the Palm Grove restaurant, or on the terrace that overlooks the lagoon. A local Fijian minister officiates at Wakaya Club vow renewals, too.

"Even Bill Gates thought enough of Wakaya's privacy and 12-to-1 staff-to-guest ratio to honeymoon here," Travel & Leisure reported. A place of luxury, romance, and rare natural beauty, Wakaya Club aims to deliver the best of everything — service, serenity, and cuisine — and couples can enjoy it all in total privacy. With secluded white-sand beaches, room service, and private beach picnics of champagne and lobster, you needn't see another soul on a Wakaya Club resort honeymoon.

Breeze Couples Spa at the Wakaya Club offers a range of services and treatments that include the signature, 80-minute "East meets West" couples massage, which can be performed in the privacy of your bure. For the ultimate indulgence, there's a Tini La Niga (ten-hand massage), where five masseuses work on one body in tandem. Or float peacefully at Wakaya Club during a water shiatsu massage in a body-temperature pool.

Scuba diving and snorkeling reveal the amazing underwater life beneath the waters surrounding the Fijian Islands. At Wakaya Club there is also tennis and golf — and since the entire island resort only welcomes a maximum of 24 people at a time, there is never a wait to play. For those who take their relaxation seriously, there's a hammock at each Wakaya Club bure.

"Everyone is a celebrity — and no one a tourist — on Wakaya," noted Angeleno. "Wakaya's guest roster reads like the Who's Who of entertainment, politics, and industry," adds Palm Beach Illustrated. If you're not fazed encountering the rich and famous, appreciate world-class pampering in a sensual environment, and have the budget to fund this indulgence, you will adore the Wakaya Club resort.