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Mamanuca & Yasawa aerial view

Mamanuca & Yasawa, Fiji

Strung out west and north-west of Viti Levu, the Mamanuca and Yasawa archipelagos are the Fiji of postcards: dozens of volcanic islets ringed by white sand, coral gardens and lagoons so clear that The Blue Lagoon and Cast Away were both filmed here. Reached by seaplane, helicopter or fast catamaran from Nadi, they hold the country's most exclusive private-island retreats, from Fiji's only overwater bures to all-inclusive hideaways where the guest list rarely passes fifty.

Yasawa Island Resort & Spa

The only resort on 22-kilometre Yasawa Island: eighteen beachfront bures, eleven beaches and the limestone caves of Sawa-i-Lau within reach by boat.

Castaway Island, Fiji

Fiji's original barefoot private-island resort: 65 thatched bures scattered across a rainforest-covered Mamanuca island ringed by coral reef.

Matamanoa Island Resort

An adults-only island retreat on the outer edge of Fiji's Mamanuca group, where thatched bures and plunge-pool villas face a crescent of white sand and an infinity pool hangs above the lagoon.

Malolo Island Resort

A family-owned Fijian resort on Malolo Island, with plantation-style bures among tropical gardens, two pools, three dining venues and a reef that starts at the end of the beach.

Navutu Stars Resort

A nine-bure boutique retreat and the only resort on Yaqeta, in the Yasawa Islands, combining Italian-influenced cooking with three empty beaches and a yoga pavilion above the sea.