Coconuts Estate - The Hidden Paradise
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Coconut Estates is situated on Fiji's other big island of Vanua Levu some 16 miles to the beautiful town of Savusavu known locally as "the hidden paradise". There are several flights everyday to Nadi airport and the capital city, Suva and inter-island roll-on roll off ferries call everyday. Savusavu has excellent facilities including a full service boating marina to go with it's newly acquired status of international Port of Entry. |
Known to the locals as Hidden Paradise it nestles on the shores of a large picturesque deep-water harbor that ranks among the world’s finest natural harbors. It is said to offer the best cruising, fishing and diving anywhere in the South Pacific. Originally established as a centre for sailing ships plying the coastline for cargoes of sandalwood and bêche de mer, it later became the centre of the cotton boom.
It has now been a Port of Entry for yachts since April 1998 and in 1999 232 foreign yachts entered Fiji through Savusavu. It has gained the reputation of having the friendliest clearance personnel in Fiji.
Today, Savusavu remains much as it did in its ‘heyday’. The hustle and bustle of progress appears to have passed it by. Savusavu’s economy now relies on copra and the township serves the major coconut-producing region of Fiji. Day temperatures range from 26 – 30 degrees C year round.
There are many resorts in the area including Namale which is owned by Tony Robbins, best selling author, television star and peak performance coach who "Fell in love with the beauty of the land and the warmth and hospitality of the Fijians, the happiest people on earth".
Recently the Prime Minister opened the Jean Michelle Cousteau Fiji island resort and Jean Micelle Cousteau commented " I've come to understand the Fijian qualities of life, that is one of the richest cultures on earth and I have a vision of a world in which ocean, land and culture are harmoniously interconnected, a vision I've been nurturing since I first discovered Fiji's treasures six years ago."
According to
a recent Island Business magazine article "Now a new wave of settler
is moving into the Savusavu district, drawn by the prospect of a
different future there. Surrounded with coconut plantations,
untouched rain forests and fringed by miles of coastal coral reef
and sand. Savusavu holds one of the biggest lodes of the rarest of
South Seas commodities - available freehold land. Only about 9% of
land in Fiji is unfettered freehold, but that is much more than any
other Pacific island country and it is freely for sale. It is not
difficult to buy land. At Savusavu Americans, Germans and
Australians are leading the rush to do so."
