A tropical resort is different from a tropical hotel. Unlike a hotel that is located at or near a popular destination, a resort is a destination in and of itself. You can enjoy the neighboring attractions, but if you never left the property of the resort, you'd still have an amazing vacation. So it is with Maravu Plantation Resort.

Located on the flowering rainforest gem of Taveuni, Maravu is ideally placed for you to enjoy all the natural and cultural wonder this island is known for. Activities include world-class diving, deep-sea fishing, and kayaking. Exploring nationally protected rainforest lands filled with the rarest of animals, birds and flowers--and visiting tribal villages filled with unique and non-commercial local handicrafts--are also pleasures within reach.

It goes without saying that the accommodations in such a luxe tropical resort will meet expectations. Images alone will tell Maravu's story: 56 tropical acres dotted here and there with discreetly placed thatched-roof bungalows. Each contains a sunset-facing veranda and an attached private, walled courtyard containing an outdoor shower and Jacuzzi. Within you'll find beautiful furnishings, thoughtful details, and enormous windows which open wide to allow in warm and gentle ocean breezes.

But the grounds contain more than just bures. Here you'll find our beautiful, sparkling swimming pool surrounded by swaying palm trees. Here, too, is our restaurant, which serves three-course dinners--and lunches, too. Our main building houses our library, which is filled with novels and contemporary non-fiction, not to mention an impressively broad section on Taveuni and her culture. Explore the plantation with the help of our welcoming and helpful staff and discover coconut groves, and extraordinary organic gardens filled with banana trees, papaya, pineapple and other exotic fruits and vegetables. You may come to Maravu to be near Taveuni's wonders. But once here, you wouldn't be the first to decide to spend your entire holiday within the jungle walls of Maravu's garden paradise.