The Grown-Up Guide to Fiji

Don’t get us wrong - we love kids. But we also love total peace and quiet, particularly when it comes to a luxurious island holiday. Slow mornings over coffee, long lunches that dissolve into afternoon, a spa treatment booked on a whim. Adults-only resorts exist for exactly this: the freedom to be completely present with your partner, to sleep in without guilt, to have a romantic dinner that actually feels romantic, to soak in the pool in blissful tranquility. For parents especially, or just those who value total relaxation, a week where the only person you’re responsible for is yourself is less a luxury than a necessity. In a destination as spectacular as Fiji, the best adults-only resorts in Fiji are as luxurious and rejuvenating as they come — and these three Fiji resorts adults only deliver it better than anywhere else in the archipelago.

Yasawa Island Resort & Spa — One of the Best Adults-Only Resorts in Fiji

Remote, All-Inclusive, and Utterly Itself

There are fifteen words for “heaven” in the Fijian language. Yasawa is the first, and it’s a fitting name for this spectacular island. Reached only by a 30-minute private flight from Nadi, the resort has its own airstrip, this 22-kilometre-long volcanic island at the top of the Yasawa Archipelago has no roads connecting it to the outside world, no day-trippers, no other resort. It has been independently owned and run by Erin and James McCann for over three decades; Erin has called it home since the 1990s, and the place has a sense of rootedness that you simply cannot buy at scale.

Recognised by Condé Nast Traveller UK as one of only three Fiji properties to make its 2024 Readers’ Choice Awards (ranking #9 in Australasia and the South Pacific), Yasawa Island Resort & Spa operates in the upper tier of boutique global luxury travel - uncorporate and deeply authentic. As one of the most remote adults-only resorts in Fiji, it offers something increasingly rare: a genuine escape.

The Bures

Eighteen traditionally thatched beachfront bures, every single one facing the water. The Bure Suites are 115 square metres of open-plan luxury - modern styling, traditional thatched roof, a large bedroom, dressing room, sun deck, and outdoor shower. The Deluxe Beachfront Bures are freestanding and generous at 125 square metres including decks, split-level to create distinct living and sleeping spaces, with panoramic ocean views through large glass doors, shaded daybeds, and a private outdoor shower that faces the sea. For a private plunge pool, the Deluxe Pool Bures add one directly off the front deck.

At the absolute pinnacle sits the Lomalagi Pool Bure - lomalagi being yet another Fijian word for heaven, which begins to feel less like a coincidence and more like a spot-on description. Hidden from the rest of the resort at the end of a deserted white beach, this private retreat has its own horizon pool overlooking the ocean, an outdoor dining area under a thatched portico, and complimentary daily spa treatments included for the length of your stay. It is isolated by design, extraordinary by result.

One thing to know: the bures have no televisions and no in-room Wi-Fi. This is deliberate. Within a day, almost every guest stops noticing. Within two, most are grateful.

Food & The Beach Picnic

Yasawa is all-inclusive: all meals, most non-alcoholic beverages, motorised and non-motorised watersports, and activities. The executive chef builds daily-changing menus around local produce, fresh fish, lobster, and crab, served in the al fresco restaurant with its open views over pool and beach. But the signature dining experience is the private beach picnic: guests choose from any of the 11 private white-sand beaches on the island, and are left with a beautiful spread, complete solitude, and no particular schedule. It is simple, and it is one of the best things about Yasawa.

The Baravi Spa

Fiji’s first beachfront spa, positioned just metres from the shore with open-air massage decks catching the ocean breeze. The Baravi Spa’s signature treatment is the Baravi Rhythm; a four-handed synchronised massage performed by two therapists working in tandem with the movement of the waves. Hot rock therapies use black volcanic pebbles sourced from the island itself. The Ultimate Spa Package adds one 50-minute treatment per day for every day of the stay, worth considering if genuine rest is the point of the trip.

Culture & Experience

The Essentials

18 beachfront bures, all-inclusive, adults-only year-round (16+) with designated Family Weeks for younger guests during school holidays. 11 private beaches on a 22km volcanic island. Private airstrip and 30-minute scenic flight from Nadi International Airport just in time for check-in. 

Tokoriki Island Resort — Fiji’s Most Awarded Adults-Only Resort

Consistently Recognised as the Best Adults-Only Resort in Fiji

Tokoriki has a habit of winning things. Travel + Leisure voted it the #1 Resort in the South Pacific in both 2024 and 2025 back-to-back, scoring 96.8 in the most recent survey. TripAdvisor has consistently placed it among the Top Hotels in the South Pacific, and ranked it #1 Hotel in Fiji and #1 Hotel for Romance in Fiji across multiple years. Condé Nast Traveler readers have voted for it consecutively for years. Haute Grandeur named it Best Beachfront Hotel in Oceania and Best Honeymoon Hideaway Resort in Oceania in the same breath. This is a resort that has been consistently, rigorously recognised as among the finest Fiji resorts adults only - year after year, by the industry’s most credible voices.

What earns that recognition? A particular combination: 36 freestanding beachfront villas with a maximum of 72 guests, daily-changing menus with genuine culinary ambition, a spa program delivering unlimited daily massage retreats, and a commitment to warm, attentive service that makes guests feel specifically looked after rather than generically accommodated. Located in the Mamanuca Island Group, Tokoriki is just 15 minutes by helicopter or seaplane from Nadi, or approximately one hour by boat from Port Denarau - the most accessible of these three adults-only resorts in Fiji, and it loses nothing for it.

The Villas

All 36 villas are freestanding. No shared walls, no corridor hotels. Air-conditioned, finished in a fusion of contemporary and traditional Fijian style, each with a unique tropical outdoor shower set within lush landscaped gardens. Room types move from the Beachfront Bure through the Beachfront Pool Bure, Beachfront Pool Villa, and the flagship Pool Villa which is larger, more lavishly appointed, with a private plunge pool and generous space to completely spread out. The outdoor garden showers are a particular highlight, and the plunge pools are genuinely sized for use rather than photography.

Dining

The executive chef produces daily-changing menus with South Pacific and Asian influences, fresh, flavour-forward cooking that never repeats itself. What elevates Tokoriki’s dining above standard resort fare is the range of settings. Beyond the main restaurant, there are private dinners on the jetty extending over the water, intimate oceanfront deck dining, and in-villa service for complete privacy. The on-site Teppanyaki restaurant (book early, it fills quickly) is a consistent guest favourite. A meal on the jetty as the stars come out over the Mamanuca Islands is one of those experiences that simply cannot be replicated anywhere else.

Spa & Experiences

The spa offers the Ultimate 60-Minute Massage Retreat package, which makes daily treatments a standard part of the stay. Complimentary activities cover the full island range: daily guided snorkelling trips, kayaking, paddleboarding, beach volleyball, tennis, a hiking track, gym, and garden chess. A PADI 5-star dive centre is on-site for reef exploration. Tokoriki is particularly celebrated as a honeymoon and wedding destination: the combination of intimate scale, romantic atmosphere, and outstanding service makes it a natural choice for couples marking something significant.

The Essentials

36 freestanding beachfront villas and bures, maximum 72 guests, strictly adults-only (16+). Daily-changing menus; Teppanyaki restaurant, jetty and oceanfront dining. PADI 5-star dive centre. Transfer: 15 minutes by helicopter or seaplane from Nadi International Airport; approximately 1 hour by catamaran or speedboat from Port Denarau.

Royal Davui Island Fiji — The Most Private Adults-Only Resort in Fiji

Sixteen Villas. One Private Island. No Day Visitors.

The boat inches toward the island and at first, you might mistake it for uninhabited — just a tangle of palms and a strip of brilliant sand. Then the thatched roofs come into view, and at the jetty you’ll find the owner waving you in. This is Royal Davui: privately owned, deeply personal, and operating at a scale so deliberately intimate — just 16 villas on its own private island in the Beqa Lagoon - that the experience borders on the extraordinary. For those who want Fiji resorts adults only at their most exclusive, this is the benchmark.

The island is shared with no one. There are no day visitors, no other resort, no shared infrastructure. At full occupancy, you are sharing the island with 31 other people, and the island is large enough that you may barely see them. The resort is fifth-generation Fijian-owned and operated by Christopher Southwick who, along with his partner Grant Seylhouwer, personally meets and farewells every single guest at the jetty. At 16 villas, this is less a policy than an expression of character.

TripAdvisor’s Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best, representing the top 1% of hotels worldwide, has recognised Royal Davui for four consecutive years: 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. Condé Nast Traveler placed it among the Top 4 resorts in Fiji in its 2025 World Resorts Readers’ Choice Awards, and ranked it #15 Best Resort in Australia and the South Pacific in 2024 — its third consecutive year on that prestigious list.

The Villas

Every one of Royal Davui’s 16 villas has a private plunge pool, a wide deck with lagoon views, an oversized bathtub, a fully stocked wet bar, and in-villa dining available on request. Bifold doors open the bedroom directly to the deck; the water is visible from the bed. Following a recent multimillion-dollar renovation, the villas represent the finest expression of barefoot luxury available at any adults-only resort in Fiji.

The four villa categories each occupy a different relationship with the island’s natural topography. The Davui Plunge Pool Villa East holds the highest, most secluded position on the island, capturing both sunrise and sunset, with a romantic canopied bed and a heated pool. The Sunset Plunge Pool Villa is positioned, as the name makes clear, for those who consider a great sunset a non-negotiable evening ritual. The Lagoon and Island Plunge Pool Bungalows offer slightly more intimate proportions while retaining every luxury. Villas are positioned along the island’s contours so that each has genuine visual separation from its neighbours. Privacy here is structural, not cosmetic.

For the ultimate expression of what Royal Davui offers, a Private Island Rental places all 16 villas, all staff, and all facilities at the disposal of one group.

Food & The Sand Cay Picnic

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are all included. The renovated Banyan Bar & Restaurant is Christopher Southwick’s creation in more than one sense: the 3D artwork of local frigate birds and cascading rattan chandeliers he designed himself, and the menu reflects his fifth-generation Fijian perspective, fresh kokoda made with local yellowfin tuna, coconut milk, and seasonal Pacific produce. Each evening, a newsletter is delivered to every villa detailing the following day’s menus and optional activities.

But the experience guests talk about most is the private sand cay picnic. A seven-minute boat ride to a tidal islet of white sand that appears only at low tide, surrounded entirely by turquoise water. It is, by any measure, one of the great romantic experiences in the South Pacific.

Experiences & Culture

Royal Davui sits within the Beqa Lagoon, one of the world’s celebrated dive destinations, and PADI diving is available through the resort’s own dive centre. Snorkelling directly from the beach and jetty brings reef sharks, turtles, and vivid coral life reliably close, baby reef sharks are a seasonally regular presence - harmless and more delightful than alarming.

Other activities include sea kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding, fishing, and a village visit to neighbouring Beqa Island. Plus incredible and insightful cultural experience like Kava ceremonies, traditional dancing and perfomances. The Sunday church service on Beqa Island, the choir, the welcome, the voices, is the kind of thing guests mention in reviews consistently, and is worth rearranging your schedule for. The Davui Spa offers tailored treatments, with complimentary couples massages for honeymooners and anniversary guests.

The Essentials

16 private villas, all with plunge pools, adults-only (16+). All meals included; in-villa dining available. Private island in the Beqa Lagoon — no day visitors, no shared island. Access: 25-minute scenic flight from Nadi to Pacific Harbour, then 35-minute boat transfer. Helicopter transfers also available. Private island rental available.

Which Adults-Only Resort in Fiji Is Right for You?

Choose Yasawa Island Resort & Spa if you want the most remote, culturally rich, all-inclusive escape - a resort where the island itself is the draw, and genuine disconnection is both possible and encouraged.

Choose Tokoriki Island Resort if you want the most consistently recognised adults-only resort in Fiji, with refined dining, unlimited daily spa treatments, and the assurance of a property that has been independently validated as the South Pacific’s very best two years running.

Choose Royal Davui Island Fiji if maximum privacy and boutique intimacy are non-negotiable - an owner-operated private island where the scale is small enough that the experience always feels personal, and four consecutive years of TripAdvisor’s global top 1% reflects an experience that simply does not slip.

Any of the three will deliver an adults-only Fiji that is better than paradise.