A major decision is whether to take the daily trip to the traditional village where some of the staff live, trolling or dropline fishing over one of the reefs, snorkeling or scuba diving around bombies and over bright coral walls, visiting other island resorts or joining a shopping trip to Nadi town. From the island, whenever the mood strikes, you can take out the hobie-cat sailboat, borrow snorkeling gear to watch the colorful fish, try the sailboard, spyboard and canoes, or the new seacycles. The afternoon volleyball game is an option. So is lying under a thatched umbrella reading a book from the resort library or for a really relaxing experience, try a Fijian style massage.

There is no swimming pool on Navini. We offer instead a beautiful, refreshing, calm and much more interesting sea, just a few steps away.

There is, however, the opportunity to go Scuba diving, water skiing or sports fishing; the only activities for which you'll pay a modest fee.

Entertainment

Low key is probably the phrase. The soft harmonies of the staff singers and guitars in the evening, with coconut shells of the traditional drink, kava, while the vidi vidi (say 'vindy vindy') board gets a workout, laughter and conversation are the staples.

About once a week, Navini has a Fijian night with a big 'lovo' dinner taken steaming from the underground oven.

The night's kava ceremony gives way to Fijian singing by the staff, and then to a session of laughter and all-join-in dancing of what is known traditionally as a 'tara-la-la'.

Some evenings everybody gathers around a beach bonfire shooting sparks at the millions of stars in unpolluted skies and roasting coconuts on the fire.