My wife and I stayed here for 3 nights in early November. A driver was waiting for us at the Fiji airport with a sign that had my name on it. His name was Sai and he was quite friendly. We knew that it was a 2 hour drive to the resort from the airport based on earlier TripAdvisor reviews, but Sai made the trip seem much shorter. He pointed out many places of interest along the way, such as the Sugar Mill and local schools and churches. We were immediately given a free upgrade to an Ocean-View bure at check-in. The room was spacious and immaculately clean. There was a small refrigerator with a stocked mini-bar. Our bathroom included his and her sinks along with a glass wall shower (don't worry, nobody can see in from outside.) The staff at Wananavu was extremely friendly and welcoming - everyone introduced themselves and asked for our names, although nobody addressed us by name afterwards. The food is good and reasonably priced. The $12.00 FJD cocktail hour from 5:30pm to 6:30pm is an especially good deal. Look out for the STRONG Mai Tais! (NOTE TO MANAGEMENT: Your welcome booklet in the rooms state that cocktail hour drinks are $10.50 FJD - please fix this.) The resort pool and beach area was great. We did 2 extra activities: The first was a beach picnic on a secluded island for $50.00 FJD each. We were the only 2 people there and it was fantastic (save for a few locals in a small house that didn't bother us.) We snorkeled and had a great time. The amount of food was also quite generous. The second activity was a Nakorokula Village tour for $50.00 FJD each - also highly recommended. Several village members performed local dances and invited us to join in - fun! Then it was off to the local village for shopping. All in all a great time.

We felt that two Wananavu staff members deserve special recognition:
1) Taniela - His service in the restaurant/bar area was exceptional.
2) Bosiri - He was an excellent guide for our beach picnic and village tour.

To conclude, Wananavu is an amazing place. Fijian hospitality simply cannot be beat. Book your stay now!

Wananavu is set in a beautiful place. It is small and therefore feels very exclusive. They have activities everyday for dive trips, snorkeling, picnicking at other islands, etc. This is a place to relax. Food is average and expensive, but here aren't any easy options. Truly a place to relax and enjoy the surrounds. One negative, there isn't much of a beach.

Spent 5 nights in late October. Our first to this resort. We were picked up from our Nadi hotel by a mini van, rather cramped but fortunately only 4 of us in it so could sort of spread out. The trip up to Wananavu took about 3 hours. What an interesting trip.. The road was shocking in parts but repairs are being undertaken. To the north animals were grazing along the road and didn't want to move to let us pass.
Between Lautoka and Ba it is very lush with a lot of cane fields.
From Ba to Tavua the vegetation on the hills becomes less and after Tavua the hills are bald and the sugar cane gives way to cattle and goat grazing, the scenery from Tavua to RakiRaki is amazing with the most picture perfect views to the many offshore islands set in aquamarine sea.
We passed through many villages along the way where happy smiling faces waved to us. It is so very different to the southern part of Fiji, very rural and quiet.
We turn off the main road onto a rough side road which winds up a hill to Wananavu and the view is WOW!!
We are warmly greeted and given a welcome drink before being taken to our bure. This is a duplex and good use is made of the space as it is not large there is a balcony out front with table and chairs and that amazing view across to Nananu- i- ra island. Thought a sunlounge on the deck would have been nice as the chairs were hard and not good to relax on. The common wall between the adjoining bures was thin and our neighbours were noisy.
We arrived in time for lunch and the food was very good and for every meal thereafter . The dining deck area is fantastic with extensive views over the water to the islands. The staff simply wonderful nothing was too much trouble. The day spa wow, kept you going back for more pampering. Lovely pool where we spent most of our time as swimming off the beach was not to good. We did discover that if you walked around to the far side of the marina breakwater and out to the point there are steps down to the water and a pretty coral reef to snorkel but it too is tide dependent.
We went on the beach picnic to Nananu i ra island and really enjoyed snorkeling the reef with an abundance of soft coral and some hard coral I had never seen before. We were suprised at how nice Bethams and Macdonalds cottages were and right on the beach very different to photos. We walked across to the long white beach on the other side of the island, only a few minutes walk, it was very windy but we had a quick dip anyway. Hubby went diving and was impressed, very good dive sites lots to see. The onsite PADI operation is well run and they use nitrox so was good that he had bothered to take the nitrox course a few years ago.
Wananavu is a clean, well run resort, with great food, nice boutique, wonderful day spa and the most friendly helpful staff. The location fantastic.The Meke was great fun!
I would have liked a sunlounge on the bure deck, and been able to swim in the ocean and maybe more soundproofed walls in the bure and you do have to pay for your excursions but even with these negatives it is still an excellent property. For us it was about as big as we are comfortable with.
Thank you to all who made our stay so enjoyable.

From the start of planning the trip thru to the end, Wananavu was amazing. The management, resort staff and dive staff were excellent. They made sure that we had everything we needed.
The resort is beautiful and the diving was amazing.
We were made to feel like family and I consider myself part of the Wananavu Family!

Sandy Shaw
Instructor/Manager, Hoboken Dive Center