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Island’s (castawayfi
ji.com) fi ve-night family Fly-In Fly-Out package, that combines helicopter and seaplane transfers. Castaway Island is a four-star private resort located in the heart of Fiji’s Mamanuca Islands. In Tahiti, Marlon Brando’s private island, The Brando (
thebrando.com), opened as an eco-friendly resort in July. The 35 luxury villas are along a private beach accessible only via private airfi eld. Two new resorts have opened in Samoa, with
Saletoga Sands Resort & Spa (
saletogasands.ws) boasting a selection of villas from around £178 per night. Return to Paradise Beach Resort (
returntoparadiseresort.com) is on the beach made famous by the 1953 fi lm, Return to Paradise. Cruising: Captain Cook Cruises (
captaincook.com. fj) has two seven-night Northern Fiji Discovery itineraries in 2015. The Four Cultures Discovery Cruise is the fi rst to circumnavigate Vanua Levu, Fiji’s second largest island, and gives passengers a chance to discover four distinctive Fijian cultures: Ellice Islanders (Polynesian), Banabans (Micronesia), Fijian (Melanesia) and Indians. The Colonial Fiji Discovery Cruise reveals the history, art and culture of the Northern Fiji Islands, and allows passengers
the unique experience of standing on the natural International Dateline at the 180th Meridian.
Tourism talk “UK travellers enjoy the Cook Islands as a stopover en route to or from New Zealand. With Rarotonga only 32 km in
circumference and no point on the island further than 20 minutes away from any other, it makes it the ideal stop after or before a long fl ight. With a commitment by Air New Zealand to continue its non-stop weekly fl ights to Los Angeles with connections to London, the Cook Islands are just 22 hours from the UK and four hours from New Zealand.
“Whilst the number of UK arrivals shows a steady increase to around 3,000 visitors a year, we are looking to attract more visitors to come for the destination itself rather than as a stop-over. With the magical lagoon of Aitutaki only a 30-minute fl ight from Rarotonga, and the islands of Atiu and Mangaia totally unexposed to mass tourism, the Cook
Islands are a great destination to take time to explore.” Ian Griffi ths, General Manager UK, Cook Islands Tourism
SO SOLOMONS SO DIFFERENT
Solomon Airlines, the national carrier of the Solomon Islands, operates scheduled fl ights to 24 domestic destinations and internal fl ights to Brisbane, Nadi, and Port Vila.
The Solomon Islands is an Oceanic state consisting of nearly 1000 islands. They are home to some world-class diving, Headhunting shrines, the World Heritage Site (Lake Tenggano on Rennell Island), endemic bird species and Melanesian culture.
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