Resort Review

Garden Island Resort is a small resort with about 30 rooms, located on the island of Taveuni.  They have an onsite diveshop (Aquatrek), beach volleyball, beautiful swimming pool, bar and resturant.  It is located oceanfront, with all rooms having an ocean view.  There is no sand beach at the resort.

The staff here was great!  They were extremely nice, as were all of the people of Taveuni.  If one thing really stands out about the people of this island, it would be how nice they are.

Our 1st level room had a great view of the ocean, and was clean.  There are no T.V.'s or Radios in the room, but there were a couple of electrical outlets for us to charge our camera batteries.  There is a T.V. near the bar/resturant.

There were about 8 other people staying at the resort when we were there, and we all got along great.

Garden Island Resort served us breakfast (continental style), and lunch (from a menu), and you had to order dinner by 2pm (from a menu).  The food consisted of fresh fish, hamburgers, chicken dishes, salads, etc.  Although Americans will be familiar with the dishes, the tastes were a bit different.  I really was not a fan of the food anywhere in Fiji - so food was not a highlight of our trip.

One of the activities that was highly recommended to us was the natural water slide.  We did not make it up to the water slide, so I have no first hand knowledge, but I have heard it is awesome.  The International Dateline also runs through Taveuni (this line is shown on the map - not sure why satellite imagery actually split right on that line).  There is a little sign set up that you can walk to that has 'Today' on one side and 'Yesterday' on the other side.  Pretty cool for pictures.

Internet access is available for about $1 a minute in the small giftshop.  It cost me about $15 to just open a couple of emails.  It was painstakingly slow.  But it was available.

I would give Garden Iland a 8 out of 10.  Would be a 9 if the food was better (again, I didn't like the food anywhere we went).  We would definitely return - no question - I highly recommend this resort to other divers.