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1 Vintage Fiji Resort – at Vintage Pr
Vintage Fiji Resort – at Vintage Priceswww.dakuresort.comPO Box 18, Savusavu, Fiji Islands 2 Welcome to Daku Resort!Daku Resort is Vintage Fiji at Vintage Prices…a place of timeless magic. Tucked away in Savusavu on Fiji’s northern island, it’s a place to relax and enjoy the hospitality of a culture that is always smiling. It offers all the pleasures of a traditional bayside resort without the prices of ve star resort life. The staff welcome you like family and show you a Fiji that has preserved all the best in warmth and hospitality.A place to kick back and enjoy a vacation 3 Savusavu calls itself the Hidden Paradise – and

2 with good reason. It’s off the suns
with good reason. It’s off the sunset strip of commercial vacationland, away from the rush of day-glo tourists, bus tours and international hotel chains. It’s about a 25 minute walk from Daku resort into Savusavu – or a three minute taxi ride.Getting hereFiji Airways, Fiji’s national carrier, has regular ights from many international destinations (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Auckland, Christchurch, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Vancouver and Hong Kong). Jetstar, Air New Zealand, Korean Air, and Virgin Australia also y regularly Nadi International Airport (NAN) is the main arrival airport to the country for most airlines. Dependin

3 g on connection times, direct ights
g on connection times, direct ights from Nadi to Savusavu are usually the fastest route. You can also y to Labasa airport and then taxi to Savusavu (F$100 – approx US$55). Labasa to Savusavu by road is approximately 80-minutes; the road goes over It’s hard to say what it is about Savusavu that draws repeat visitors and why so many of those visitors end up full or part-time residents with their own slice of paradise. It’s an active community of locals, expats, yachties, and visitors from around the globe. It’s a quirky little place with limited choices for the dedicated shopper – but lots of endearing Town is a mile long

4 and has nearly everything you need lodge
and has nearly everything you need lodged in colourful buildings facing the bay. You’ll nd a mix of cafes, funky Indian shops, a Hot Bread Kitchen, hardware stores, video stores, a well stocked bottle shop, a post ofce, ANZ and Westpac banks, two supermarkets, and an outdoor/indoor fresh veggie and fruit market where you’ll nd all the home grown goods – plus a great handicraft market run by local Fijian women. 4 You can have a vacation home with kitchen and lounge – or just enjoy an easy holiday in one of our bures.Click here to book.Prices are quoted in US dollars. Taxes of 15% VAT and 5% Service Turnover Tax are charge

5 d on top of the quoted price. Price is f
d on top of the quoted price. Price is for the entire unit (villa/bure) per night – not per person. Prices are valid to 5 5 Ocean View Bures3 Family Ocean View BuresEach has 2 bedrooms and sleeps 4 people – 2 in each of the 2 bedrooms. 6 Bayview Villas2 bedroom Bayview Villas with Plunge pools2 villas. Each has 2 bedrooms and sleeps 4 people – 2 in each of the 2 bedrooms. Kitchen, lounge, private swimming pool and deck. Air conditioning in both. 3 bedroom Bayview Villa with Plunge pool Sleeps 6 / 8 people. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms in one large villa with private plunge pool, kitchen, lounge and large deck. Air conditioning in all bedrooms.

6 7 e Beach HouseSleeps 5 /6 people.
7 e Beach HouseSleeps 5 /6 people. Three bedrooms (with space bathrooms (one is ensuite). Kitchen, lounge and large deck.Sleeps 6 people. Three bedrooms, one Two bathrooms. Kitchen, lounge and deck. 8 e Pool HouseSleeps up to 12 people. There are 4 bedrooms, with ensuite bathrooms and a fourth separate bathroom. Kitchen, lounge and deck.Each bedroom can be accessed via the main for both families or groups. 9 FoodIt’s a tradition here, as you may have read on Trip Advisor, that guests dine together. This is usually a great way for you to meet fellow guests, exchange travelling tales and enjoy some stimulating and varied conversation. If y

7 ou’d prefer a separate private dinn
ou’d prefer a separate private dinner, we have other areas around The Pool and The Big Bure, where you can order a la carte. We’ve listed below some sample menus for our ‘communal’ dinner and attached a list of a la carte options. Vegetarian options are always available, utilsing some unusual local produce. Either way, Lentil Soup served with papadums Indian Buffet – Tandoori Chicken, Lamb Curry, Vegetable Curry, Fish Curry.Served with Rice, Roti, Tamarind Chutney and Yoghurt DESSERTCream of pumpkin, honey ginger soup served with bread rolls Baked Pork Chops served with rice and blanched seasonal vegetables DESSERTFresh Seasonal F

8 ruit Salad Local Freshwater Prawn Salad
ruit Salad Local Freshwater Prawn Salad Sorbet: Braised Lamb Shanks with rosette potatoes and seasonal vegetables DESSERTBanana Fritters Spicy Papaya Salad Daku Lobster served on a bed of rice and seasonal buttered vegetables DESSERTApple Crepes Rourou Soup served with freshly baked bread rolls Kokoda served with rourou balls, stuffed eggplant, tubua and dalo DESSERTCoconut avoured Pannacotta 10 Activities Daku Resort! SNORKELLING: Go by boat on a snorkelling trip to the reef. Fiji is justly famous for its coral reefs and abundance of sh life, and we visit snorkelling spots within a 20 minute boat ride from the resort.Kayak hire: Singles and D

9 oublesbeach of Mutuku across the bay. Ta
oublesbeach of Mutuku across the bay. Take a picnic and a snorkel and enjoy the privacy of this remote setting. Enjoy a picnic there.TAPA DEMONSTRATION: Watch Mereoni, one of our staff, demonstrate how to make traditional Tapa (Fijian bark cloth). Try it yourself house masseur. Prices range Visit Waisele waterfall; it’s about series of fresh water pools with a farm platforms in the bay. 9.30am or Vuadomo Waterfall: there’s a lovely waterfall across the bay a Vuadomo village where you can wade into the Take a trip to Natewa Bay for you’re lucky, a sighting of the resident pod of dolphins.Visit a local village with meke always greet us warmly

10 ; this is not simple set of concrete bat
; this is not simple set of concrete baths.It’s a 3 km route which goes up the hillside steeply, passing under towering rain trees and delivering sweeping views of the bay.road from us. Take a picnic to Devodara beach Flora Tropica Botacial Gardens: 4k down the road the Flora Tropica Botanical Gardens have a wonderful display of tropical ora with an 11 Paradise CoursesOur Paradise Courses are week long learning vacations, each one lead by a specialist teacher. Most of our teachers come from Australia, with some from New Zealand and the USA. They offer daily workshops with organsed excursions in between, and spare time to just relax. We offer we

11 eks of –WritingBird watchingWe’
eks of –WritingBird watchingWe’ve welcomed many people of many ages – but there are two characteristics that unite everyone who comes – a passion to deepen their involvement in a chosen subject, and a determination to make sure not Come alone or bring a friend – either way, you’ll have privacy when you need it and companionship when 12 We host regular week-long yoga retreats throughout the year at Daku Resort, welcoming teachers and students from all over the world. Most of our teachers come from Australia, and we also have teachers from the USA and New Zealand. We also host 200 hour yoga teacher training courses. Have a loo

12 k at our website for a list of our progr
k at our website for a list of our programmes: www.yogainji.comThe yoga practice takes place in our stunning yoga shala, the largest custom built yoga space in the South Pacic. It is a beautiful 10m square open sided platform shaded against the morning and evening sun, with spectacular views out over the bay.And if there’s no retreat on at the time of your visit, you are welcome to roll out one of our mats and do 13 DivingJean-Michel Cousteau Diving offers some of the best diving in the world. Based in Savusau, its dive sites explore the fabulous reefs of Fiji and the profusion of hard and soft corals and myriad sh life. It has a prof

13 essional dive staff, two fast boats that
essional dive staff, two fast boats that can take 12 divers each, and well-Daku Resort is 5 kilometres down the road from Jean-Michel Cousteau Diving and between the two of us, we’re offering a fantastic dive package that allows you to stay comfortably at Here’s what you get:*Five days SCUBA diving – up to 10 dives with *Seven nights twin shared accommodation in an ocean view bure at Daku Resort- This price is based on double occupancy (approx Here’s how it goes:Every morning at 8.15 you’ll be taken by taxi down to the Jean-Michel Cousteau Resort. It’s just 15 minutes down the road. The boat will go out at 8.30 for two dives

14 on our world famous reef. All the sites
on our world famous reef. All the sites are within 30 minutes of the resort and you’ll be back at the resort in time for a late lunch.Afternoons can be spent lazing by the pool or going out on local excursions, kayaking, hiking and wandering round Don’t believe us? Listen to this:The only activity I did while at Daku was scuba diving, and for good reason: the diving in this part of Fiji is the stupefyingly, stunningly, amazing. The Jean-Michel Cousteau dive shop (attached to the resort of the same name), is an absolutely world-class operation that took me on the best dives of my life. Even better, staying at Daku saved us money two ways: r

15 st, while the Cousteau resort is very ve
st, while the Cousteau resort is very very nice, a bungalow at Daku is 1/5 or 1/10 of the price of a room at Cousteau. Second, Daku’s arranged a special rate that make the diving prices very reasonable (not cheap, but a great value for the level of service we got).From Will M on Trip AdvisorAirport transfers from Savusavu airport included.Price does not include air fares or meals.If you’re on your own, you can either take a single room for a supplement of F$400 (approx US$235) or we’ll put you into another one of our rooms – but we’ll discuss that with 14 www.dakuresort.comclick here for more informationclick here to bookVintage