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South Pacific Holidays
Hotels & Resorts
Beautiful Pacific
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Beautiful Pacific is a dedicated south pacific holiday expert offering personalized holiday planning with a reliable and unbiased south pacific resorts booking service. It is our aim to help you select the ideal destination and resorts for your holiday ...
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The South Pacific Islands
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South Pacific holidays are a truly breathtaking experience. Here you will find stunning white sand beaches, turquoise lagoons, colourful soft corals and huge schools of reef fish. The weather is warm and sunny all year round. You will also find dense tropical rain forests, hidden waterfalls, traditional fishing villages and a rich culture. There are no poisonous insects, few diseases and its people live in peace and harmony away from the industrial world. The Pacific Ocean is huge, larger than the other oceans put together, and its landmasses are small. The Region comprises of around 30 island nations, some mere dots on an atlas. The largest is PNG followed by New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti and Samoa.
Air New Zealand, Virgin Blue and Air Pacific are the main airlines connecting the South Pacific. There are numerous flights between east coast cities in Australia and New Zealand with all Pacific Islands, with cheap flights being offered by Virgin Blue. Air New Zealand operate daily flights between London and New Zealand stopping over in LA, Tahiti, Rarotonga (Cooks) and Nadi (Fiji) as well as weekly flights stopping over in LA, Samoa and Tonga. Air Pacific operate flights from Fiji to Hawaii and LA and also to New Zealand, Australia and Japan. Air Pacific are the main carrier between the islands with its hub at Nadi in Fiji and connecting Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu and Noumea.
Tourism is the backbone to the economy for most South Pacific countries. International hotel chains are well represented, primarily in Fiji and Tahiti. However, the charm of the region is in its small boutique resorts which are plentiful all around the islands. Some cater to the worlds rich and famous with outstanding service, some aim at the wedding and honeymoon market whilst others focus on more down to earth travellers. Almost all resorts are on secluded beaches or uninhabited islands - there are only a few commercial stretches where resorts sit side by side and nowhere do hotel rooms rise above the coconut trees. Most accommodation is in beachfront bungalows .
South Pacific Travel Guide - Text Only
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Fiji Islands
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Fiji is a collection of over 300 islands and lies at the crossroads of the Pacific Ocean. It is the main stopover for flights between New Zealand and USA as well as between its South Pacific neighbours - not surprisingly, it has become the main tourist destination in the South Pacific. Tourism is concentrated in three regions. Nadi Airport offers affordable accommodation and makes a good base for sightseeing. The Coral Coast has Fiji's large hotel chains and is good for families whilst the offshore islands are perfect for a water activity or beach holiday as well as day cruises. The outer islands have world class diving and surfing as well as beautiful tropical rainforests.
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The Cook Islands
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The Cook Islands is a collection of 15 islands in the heart of the South Pacific. As a holiday destination, only two of these have a developed tourist infrastructure with beach resorts, restaurants and day tours, and it is on these two islands that cater to more than 95% of all tourists. Rarotonga is the main island with picturesque tropical mountains surrounded by white sandy beaches. The island is very peaceful and makes a fantastic holiday destination with lots of small beach bungalows along the coast and independent restaurants. Aitutaki, a 40-minute flight to the north, has a stunning lagoon and uninhabited islands. Cook Islanders are renowned for their dancing.
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French Polynesia (Tahiti)
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French Polynesia is a vast collection of islands in the South West Pacific within five distinct archipelagos The Society Islands is the most populated of these and consist of Tahiti Island (for which the group is often called), Moorea and Bora Bora. More than 80 per cent of tourism is based between these three islands. The Tuamotu Group is a collection of massive coral atolls, Rangiroa being the second largest in the world. These low lying atolls with huge inner lagoons have fantastic scuba diving as well as being production centres for Tahitian Black Pearls. The Marquesas in the far north are dramatic volcanic islands with sheer cliffs and traditional villages but little tourism.
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Tonga Islands
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Tonga is a charming South Seas paradise offering some of the best value holidays. Tongatapu is the main island with the capital Nuku'alofa. The tiny offshore coral islands have a couple of nice beach resorts with exquisite beaches . A 30-minute flight to the north of Tongatapu is the even more laid back Ha'apai Group. This scattering of islands has traditional fishing villages but only one beach resort. The Vava'u Group, 20-minutes flight further north is the main centre for adventure tourism - this myriad of islands and secluded bays has world class sailing and game fishing, excellent snorkelling and is the best place in the South Pacific to view humpback whales (May to Sep).
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Samoa Islands
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Samoa comprises two separate and independent countries - Western Samoa and American Samoa. Western Samoa offers a very traditional way of life with picturesque beaches and several unique scenic attractions as well as the beautiful town of Apia which makes an interesting holiday base. There are only a handful of resorts around the islands which offer good value for money but a well developed beach fale system makes this a great destination for budget travellers. American Samoa has virtually no tourism infrastructure although it has several breathtaking Natural Parks protecting its beautiful tropical rainforest and coastal beauty.
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