“Good morning all my beautiful family,” begins the guest services manager, Bill, each morning. Bill has worked at Turtle Island for 15 years and comes from a nearby Yasawa island. While guests eat breakfast – which might include omelettes with freshly caught lobster; eggs sunny side up with pesto; pancakes with caramelised banana; island-made pastries and fruit – he takes everyone through the day’s activities listed on a turtle-shaped blackboard. There’s a daily snorkelling trip, sunrise and sunset horse riding, fishing expeditions, boat cruises and importantly, lunch picnics.
Couples can decide to have lunch on any of the 12 beaches, and each day they’re assigned their own sandy patch. At breakfast you choose what you want to eat and the kitchen packs an esky of snacks and drinks for your own shipwreck experience. Each beach offers a different mood and swimming opportunities, but each is picture-perfect, comes with a hammock, and is all yours for a couple of hours. And yes, it’s as blissful as it sounds.
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Dinner is sometimes family-style (other times you’re assigned a private spot to dine). Each Wednesday, a lovo is prepared (a traditional Fijian underground coal-fired oven), and everyone comes together for the feast, followed by traditional dance and singing. There’s also a weekly sports afternoon, a night of cheesy dancing and delightful daily sundowner cocktails that encourage a communal spirit.
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There’s no doubt that all this mingling takes a little getting used to. Especially when cynicism feels like your go-to, and we live such disparate lives. The staff at Turtle are unbelievably generous, warm and caring, and their frequent and enthusiastic singing is energetic and contagious. It’s hard not to be seduced by Turtle Island’s genuineness – even if you sometimes feel awkward.
“You probably don’t get it on day one, but by day three your thinking changes,” says one Turtle Island guest. “At first you think, ‘I want to be as far away from these people as possible,’ but the beautiful staff changes that thinking, and you soon get to know everyone’s stories and experiences. And eventually you get into the Turtle Island way of life.”
The food and drinks Fiji isn’t renowned for its culinary scene, but the resort’s food team turns out excellent dishes that, importantly, feel appropriate for the climate and location. Seafood is simply grilled, or cooked in freshly shaved coconut milk with Fijian-style curry pastes. A lot of the island’s produce is grown right there, and whatever is caught on fishing trips is turned into meals.
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Unlike many resorts, all food and drinks (including alcohol) are inclusive of the daily rate. Cocktails are made how you want them, and there’s a decent selection of wine. Before you depart for your trip, you fill out a questionnaire to let the resort know your food and drinks preference. Want a daiquiri on arrival? You got it. Each night ends with staff and guests coming together for a kava session. The bitter drink is made from the root of the kava plant (which is grown on the island), and it’s a relaxing end to resort-life days.
Getting there, and what’s included If you like to arrive at a destination like a rock star, this is the place to do it. Chartered seaplane transfers are the preferred way to get there, but there’s also a boat you can take. Prefer a helicopter? The journey takes about 30 minutes. All meals, snacks and beverages (including alcohol) are included with the rate, so is snorkelling, stand-up paddleboarding, sailing, fishing and one scuba-dive per person. You also get a complimentary massage and laundry service. All this doesn’t come cheap, it’s US$2800 all-inclusive for two people per day (at time of publishing), and it’s a minimum five-night stay. But if you’re looking for a luxury Fijian getaway, this is the place.
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The writer stayed on Turtle Island as a guest of the resort.
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