Our top 4 Fiji getaway destinations
Looking for a post-winter blues tropical pick-me-up? A short flight from New Zealand, the palm-lined beaches of Fiji have been a much-loved holiday spot for Kiwis for a variety of reasons, but more recently, the island nation has been making waves for its excellence in wellness. Satisfying yet another demand for luxurious holiday experiences, the wellness industry in the South Pacific has soared and is set to impress. We’ve rounded up the top unique experiences across the islands’ luxury resorts and services that guarantee guests the most premium treatments between Piña Coladas.
SIX SENSES WELLNESS
Nestled amongst a lush jungle within the five star resort, the contemporary yet traditional Six Senses Wellness Village has it all. Boasting an Alchemy Bar, guests can experience earth-to-body self care and create their own facial and body scrubs, essential oils, and other aromatic spa products from medicinal plants and herbs grown in their herb garden. You might perhaps choose to detox abroad, with their customised non-invasive yogic cleanse with low intensity training, detoxifying therapies and mind-body practices. Or perhaps opt for the sleep program that combines data from your sleep tracker with a personal consultation with yoga nidra and meditation, relaxing treatments and nutrition advice. If you’re a Wim Hof fan, their hot and cold plunge therapy will more than satisfy.
NANUKU RESORT FIJI
One of the only all-inclusive luxury resorts on the mainland, Nanuku Resort offers an alluring 4-night package called
Wellness on the Water. Just some of the package highlights include: a private fitness class with Sisi Naisiga, Nanuku’s wellness guru and ex-Olympian. Your choice of a yoga, Judo, boxing, or jungle bootcamp set in the property’s magical 500
acres and two-mile-long beachfront location. A ‘Healthy’ Warrior cooking class experience, daily breakfast and spa treatments, a Potions Bar class using local ingredients, an exhilarating boat ride and half-day excursion to Nanuku’s private island to enjoy a variety of water activities and learn about the many sustainability practices at Nanuku. And last
but by all means not least, the Moon Water Meditation Ritual — a nighttime experience to set your intentions for your future. This is an absolute bucket list for wellness lovers.
JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU RESORT
The luxurious award winning Jean-Michel Cousteau private eco-resort on Vanua Leva of course cannot be left off this
list. Their wellness programme offers the best in yoga, spa treatments and Wai Vakaviti, a holistic haven which focuses on the use of botanical medicines ancient to Fiji. Join their resident yoga instructors in gentle stretches and guided meditations in the morning, experience the profound healing of Fijian traditions with Wai Vakaviti learning ancient bodywork and herbal medicine at lunch, and feel tensions melt away as you surrender to the tranquility of a hot stone massage at sunset. Given the fact, a huge element of wellness is what you digest, the resort stresses the importance of a farm to fork offering for dining and rituals that cleanse from the inside out. You’ll leave the island with a sense of renewal and a deeper connection to yourself and the world around you.
INTERCONTINENTAL FIJI GOLF RESORT & SPA
Within this highly desired destination down the Coral Coast, guests can now enjoy the coveted Natadola Bay Honey Retreat, an on-site experience at the spa where the honey used in the soothing scrub, facial and massage package treatment is from the actual bees of the resort – a part of the resort’s Journey to Tomorrow sustainability initiatives. Another notable treatment comes in the form of a bath ritual. The Cleopatra Bath Rituals will have the ‘bath butlers’ transform your own room into a sensory haven of soft candlelight and soothing spa music while the generously-sized Cleopatra bath is drawn and infused with bespoke aromatherapy blends, accompanied by herbal tea infusions or champagne. Yes, please.
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