Fiji Wedding
Getting married in Fiji is an experience like nowhere else in the world. With 333 beautiful islands to choose from, fine white sandy beaches, turquoise clear waters and lush tropical scenery, Fiji is the jewel in the South Pacific. Exotic, tropical, romantic.
The best time to visit Fiji is in the dry season, between May to October – making it the perfect location for a summer wedding or honeymoon. Fiji has a warm tropical climate with temperatures at this time ranging from a maximum of 29º to a minimum of 19c - though Fiji is warm all year round.
Whether you want a sunset wedding by the beach or a traditional ceremony in a local village, the Fijian culture, traditions and the spirit of the people will bring a totally unique flavour to a wedding.
So what to expect from a Fijian wedding ceremony?
Many of the ceremonies take place on the beach at sunset. The bride, seated on a thrown made from palm leaves and draped in garlands of tropical flowers, travels to the wedding in a Fijian Bili Bili (bamboo raft). When she arrives - announced by the blowing of conch shells and the beating of Lali drums - bare foot Fijian warriors will literally sweep her off her feet and carry her up the beach to the waiting groom.
After exchanging vows, accompanied by the harmonies of a traditional Fijian choir, the wedding is celebrated with a Kava ceremony - an ancient tradition where a drink called Kava, made from the crushed roots of pepper plants, is drunk from a coconut shell. The bride and groom then float off across the bay in their raft to a candlelit dinner on the beach.
Wonderful wedding and honeymoon resorts.
Fiji is home to a host of uber-romantic island resorts for all budgets. Hotels are small and intimate, many with just a few bungalows or bure’s nestled on perfect beaches only accessible by boat or seaplane. Or you can even choose to stay in a tree house! You can get married at every resort in Fiji.
· Likuliku Lagoon Resort is the ultimate romantic location. A couples’ only resort with Fiji’s only over water bures or bungalows, Likuliku is set on a beautiful turquoise lagoon. This spectacular resort also houses the luxurious Tatadra Spa, nestled against the green slopes of the island with beautiful views out to sea. LikuLIku is in the Mamanuca islands, easily accessible from Nadi International airport.
Royal Davui Resort: Voted Most Romantic Island Hideaway in the South Pacific, Caribbean and Atlantic by Conde Nast for two years running, Royal Davui is the ideal location for a wedding or honeymoon. An exclusive adults-only 5 * sanctuary on Fiji’s spectacular Beqa Lagoon, 16 exquisitely appointed bures nestle around 10 acres of lush tropical landscape ensuring the ultimate in privacy, personal service and relaxation.
· Matangi Private Island Resort is an intimate hideaway where you can stay in a honeymoon tree house! The resort, set on a unique horseshoe-shaped bay, boasts 240 acres of virgin tropical rainforest, white sand beaches and volcanic rock faces rising from crystal clear water and fringing coral reefs. There are 9 beachfront and ocean view bures, and 3 honeymoon tree houses, all really romantic and private.
· Taveuni Palms, a resort on the Northern Island of Vanua Levu, is a private honeymoon hideaway like nowhere else on earth. Described by Forbes.com as "One of the world's most luxurious honeymoon destinations", the resort has just been awarded "Australasia's Leading Boutique Resort" at the World Travel Market awards. Think candle lit dinners on the beach, moonlight swims in your own private pool, twin outdoor showers off your master suite, multiple dining decks, strolling along your own secluded beach at sunset.
Each luxury villa at Taveuni Palms sits on its own private acre of absolute beachfront and boasts its own private pool, beach and personal staff of seven - on call to provide you with exquisite food and wine, and indulge you.
· Jean- Michel Cousteau’s Fiji Island Resort is a five star resort on the island of Vanua Levu, steeped in romance.
The resort has its own idyllic private island of Naviavia, where you can escape for the day, by boat; to you own secluded paradise – with a gourmet picnic lunch and a bottle of champagne on ice.
The food at the resort is fantastic, most of the food is home grown and the menu changes daily. Couples can also choose to dine alone at the end of the candlelight pier, surrounded by the waters of the SavuSavu or in one of the adults’ only dining areas.
As the resorts namesake would suggest, the Fiji Island Resort offers superb diving. The PADI dive school has access to some of the World's most enviable dive sites, Shark Alley, and the more seductive Big Blue. For non-divers there is a whole array of activities including snorkelling, a “reef walk”, Fijian culture days, rainforest hikes, village excursions and daily yoga.
· Yasawa Island Resort re-opens in January after a major refurbishment. The essence of understated elegance, each of Yasawa’s 18 bures has a thatched beach hut, a hammock strung between the palms, a pair of shaded outdoor day beds and a discreet open-air shower, all nestled along the pristine beachfront with uninterrupted ocean views.
Supreme amongst Yasawa’s bures is the honeymoon bure ‘Lomalagi’ – meaning ‘heaven’ in Fijian – a bure secluded at the very far end of the beach and boasting a fabulous horizon pool, guests staying in Lomalagi can enjoy special privileges such as ‘butler service’ meals delivered to the privacy of their bure.
Just a 35-minute light aircraft flight from Nadi, just 22kms long and less than 1km wide, Yasawa offers splendid isolation in one of the most unspoiled reaches of the Fijian archipelago.
Barefoot Weddings. There are several resorts in Fiji that offer a more affordable wedding option.
· BeachComber Island Resort offer a special wedding package of $F1300 (around £450) that includes the Minister, venue decoration, wedding licence, wedding bouquet and headdress, single-tiered wedding cake, island choir, photographer and one roll of film, candle-lit champagne dinner for two.
Known as the “party island” of Fiji, Beachcomber Island Resort is a great place to stay for those preferring a more laid back style. Just 17 kilometres North West of Nadi International Airport, the resort features several styles of ‘bure' accommodation from traditional thatched to adjoining bungalow style through to a Beach Wing of 6 rooms right on the beach. The resort also has a huge range of water sports, diving, nightly live music and entertainment.
· Anchorage Resort also offers a range of wedding packages from as little as (£279) $F799. A hillside resort with its own secluded palm fringed beach, set amidst lush tropical gardens, Anchorage Beach Resort is a popular destination for Fiji weddings. – many of who decide to wed on top of the hill at “Cupid’s point” with its' breathtaking views over the mountains and Nadi Bay.
Getting married in Fiji is an experience like nowhere else in the world. With 333 beautiful islands to choose from, fine white sandy beaches, turquoise clear waters and lush tropical scenery, Fiji is the jewel in the South Pacific. Exotic, tropical, romantic.
The best time to visit Fiji is in the dry season, between May to October – making it the perfect location for a summer wedding or honeymoon. Fiji has a warm tropical climate with temperatures at this time ranging from a maximum of 29º to a minimum of 19c - though Fiji is warm all year round.
Whether you want a sunset wedding by the beach or a traditional ceremony in a local village, the Fijian culture, traditions and the spirit of the people will bring a totally unique flavour to a wedding.
So what to expect from a Fijian wedding ceremony?
Many of the ceremonies take place on the beach at sunset. The bride, seated on a thrown made from palm leaves and draped in garlands of tropical flowers, travels to the wedding in a Fijian Bili Bili (bamboo raft). When she arrives - announced by the blowing of conch shells and the beating of Lali drums - bare foot Fijian warriors will literally sweep her off her feet and carry her up the beach to the waiting groom.
After exchanging vows, accompanied by the harmonies of a traditional Fijian choir, the wedding is celebrated with a Kava ceremony - an ancient tradition where a drink called Kava, made from the crushed roots of pepper plants, is drunk from a coconut shell. The bride and groom then float off across the bay in their raft to a candlelit dinner on the beach.
Wonderful wedding and honeymoon resorts.
Fiji is home to a host of uber-romantic island resorts for all budgets. Hotels are small and intimate, many with just a few bungalows or bure’s nestled on perfect beaches only accessible by boat or seaplane. Or you can even choose to stay in a tree house! You can get married at every resort in Fiji.
· Likuliku Lagoon Resort is the ultimate romantic location. A couples’ only resort with Fiji’s only over water bures or bungalows, Likuliku is set on a beautiful turquoise lagoon. This spectacular resort also houses the luxurious Tatadra Spa, nestled against the green slopes of the island with beautiful views out to sea. LikuLIku is in the Mamanuca islands, easily accessible from Nadi International airport.
Royal Davui Resort: Voted Most Romantic Island Hideaway in the South Pacific, Caribbean and Atlantic by Conde Nast for two years running, Royal Davui is the ideal location for a wedding or honeymoon. An exclusive adults-only 5 * sanctuary on Fiji’s spectacular Beqa Lagoon, 16 exquisitely appointed bures nestle around 10 acres of lush tropical landscape ensuring the ultimate in privacy, personal service and relaxation.
· Matangi Private Island Resort is an intimate hideaway where you can stay in a honeymoon tree house! The resort, set on a unique horseshoe-shaped bay, boasts 240 acres of virgin tropical rainforest, white sand beaches and volcanic rock faces rising from crystal clear water and fringing coral reefs. There are 9 beachfront and ocean view bures, and 3 honeymoon tree houses, all really romantic and private.
· Taveuni Palms, a resort on the Northern Island of Vanua Levu, is a private honeymoon hideaway like nowhere else on earth. Described by Forbes.com as "One of the world's most luxurious honeymoon destinations", the resort has just been awarded "Australasia's Leading Boutique Resort" at the World Travel Market awards. Think candle lit dinners on the beach, moonlight swims in your own private pool, twin outdoor showers off your master suite, multiple dining decks, strolling along your own secluded beach at sunset.
Each luxury villa at Taveuni Palms sits on its own private acre of absolute beachfront and boasts its own private pool, beach and personal staff of seven - on call to provide you with exquisite food and wine, and indulge you.
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