Luxury Vacations in Fiji

No one sets foot on Fiji without being serenaded with the Bula Muleya, the smiling islanders’ singsong welcome, as they slip salusalu flower garlands over your head.

Bula means “life”, but on this tropical archipelago in the South Pacific it’s used as a greeting and a blessing, too. Lean into the kava ceremonies, coconut bowling, and lovo cooking, and let the Flying Fijians rugby team, rare tagimoucia flower and orange fruit dove win you over. The backdrop of castaway islands, white-sand beaches, lush rainforests, limestone caves and soft-coral reefs certainly doesn’t hurt, while private island resorts with 24/7 room service, jet-ski safaris, rainforest canopy tours, shark dives and beachfront massage bures (cabins) might make you wish you’d been Cast Away (the Tom Hanks classic was filmed on Monuriki Island). Fiji is governed by water, and surfers dream of the top-quality barrels at Cloudbreak. Scuba divers can log turtles, sharks, manta rays, marlin and barracuda at over 44 sites including a plane wreck, pinnacles and underwater caves. But far-flung Fiji has also perfected the pursuits of romance and relaxation: adopting the island’s go-with-the-flow attitude will leave space for moments of magic.