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A unique adults-only haven of relaxed refinement and wilderness luxury. Multi award-winning and 100% Fijian family owned - featuring Fiji’s only authentic over-water bures in a natural ocean and protected island marine sanctuary with the “reef at your feet”. Plus spectacular beachside accommodation including some with private plunge pools, and all with views of the turquoise lagoon. Likuliku is a special place in a magical location with traditional and authentic architecture and where you can experience the true, warm welcoming people and culture of the Fiji Islands.
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Likuliku Lagoon Resort has garnered high praise for its cleanliness, with guests consistently impressed by the immaculate grounds and rooms. The resort's amenities are popular among travelers, particularly the range of activities and the quality of the food, despite occasional service speed concerns and some remarks about dated aspects. The staff's attentive and personalized service often receives accolades, although a few guests note instances of slow service.
While the resort is deemed luxurious, the cost, especially for alcohol and spa services, can feel steep for some. The tranquil atmosphere and picturesque location are highlights, offering a serene backdrop for guests, although over-water accommodations may experience some noise. The rooms are widely celebrated for their space, comfort, and breathtaking views.
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Picturesque
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Serene
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Comfortable
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Expensive
Cleanliness
Immaculate
Service
Friendly
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Outstanding
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My husband and I just spent a wonderful week in Likuliku celebrating our Honeymoon and it was truly one of the best travel experiences we've ever had. The staff was incredible they were always so happy and welcoming. The food was out of this world every day we were offered a different menu with a different set of options and every single time the food was absolutely delicious! But our favorite part of the resort was definitely the overwater bungalows; this room was truly spectacular not only did we have direct water view from our bed but we also had an amazing overwater terrace where we would read from, sip champagne from, play cards from it was such a fun and romantic experience not to mention that we could dive into the water whenever we wanted to and see beautiful fishes with the snorckle gear that the resort provided us with. The resort also provided us with free kayaks and paddleboards that we could use anytime we wanted, one of the days my husband and I kayaked to an island across from Likuliku and felt like we discovered our own private island, it was truly beautiful!
This was such an amazing experience I recommend it to anyone looking for a unique and relaxing honeymoon experience. And if you're like me and don't want to deal with the logistics of it all I recommend using Venture Fiji they helped us book everything the hotels, the transfers, the activities, all the stuff I didn't want to do lol.
Both highly reccommended!
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Date of stay: December 2019
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We’ve been to Fiji many times staying at various resorts both on the mainland and surrounding islands. Liku Liku is by far the most luxurious, casually elegant scenically stunning resort we have stayed at.
The infinity pool surrounded by palms and tropical greenery overlooking the ocean is spectacular.
The staff warmly greet and farewell every visitor and from the moment you arrive, they go over and above to ensure your stay is extra special.
The Deluxe Beachfront bures with plunge pool are beautifully designed, equipped and maintained- everything you could want and more is included in your room. The beautiful housekeeping team pay attention to the little things that have your room looking perfect from morning til night.
Gardeners greet you daily as you make your way around the resort while they continually attend to the immaculately maintained tropical surroundings.
There are many water-based activities options run by an experienced, knowledgeable and fun team at the Water Sports bure. Snorkeling off the reefs was wonderful as were the Island Hopping tours which include a visit to where Tom Hanks featured in the movie Castaway!
Then there’s the food….wow! What a dining delight you are in for at every meal. The perfectly designed menu changes every day and the chefs here truly work magic in the kitchen serving up culinary masterpieces for every course. Throughout lunch and dinner the sounds of the music and singing from the resident Fijian musicians creates just the right mood and ambience for a relaxed enjoyable meal.
The beautiful attentive wait staff team ensure every little thing is attended to throughout your dining experience at every meal. Breakfast is the best we’ve had with an abundance of magnificent tropical fruits, juices and smoothies along with home made breads and pastries. And if you’re still hungry, there’s a menu of cooked items to satisfy you. Coffee here is great too!
Just before leaving this beautiful tropical paradise we had a massage at the Island Spa. Once again the staff here were experienced, warm and friendly making the last few hours of our stay so relaxing and had us wanting to cancel our trip home!
Thank you to the entire team at Liku Liku for making our stay AMAZING.
We can’t wait to return.
Vinaka vaka levu
Gayle & Alan
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Date of stay: August 2022Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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This resort is beautiful , placed around a peaceful lagoon. There are tropical fish in the lagoon and spectacular snorkelling sites 10 minute away on a speedboat. The feeling around the pool is very quiet and relaxed and there are always plenty of sun lounges . The Beach Bure was large, stunning, super clean and well maintained. The meals were excellent for Fiji and I have a pretty high bar. I was quite impressed with the menu and food ! Well done chef. However , it is a bit slow ,so be ready for " island time " meals. One does pay for Cappuccinos and all drinks ( even Non alcoholic drinks if I remember correctly ) but food is included. The most impressive thing is the staff . .. So so kind and always smiling and helpful. Nothing is too much trouble and everything is done with a smile. My sister has a motor disability and the staff were incredibly helpful - giving support to her up and down stairs and across unstable ground. Joe was so kind on the snorkeling trip holding her hand the whole way. Thanks also to Usa who wrangled our big family party with a smile.
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Date of stay: May 2022
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I am leaving this honest review because I know this may help you make a decision as this resort is a big investment. We traveled last week of April/early May for 7 nights.
cons: 1. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner require eating in their one and only restaurant. All are made to order with a minimum 1 hr wait. So that means you need to plan 2 hours for each and every meal within a 3 hour window for each meal. They don't allow you take it to your room and don't do room service. Also, dinner requires reservations every night. Basically most of your vacation time will revolve around planning for your meals and formal dining.
2. Their "free" land activities do not exist. Whenever I'd come to the meeting spot for an activity such as "Fijian story time" or "Coconut creations" the staff would look at me funny and say come back tomorrow or come back later.
3. They nickel and dime you. Water is free in your room, but order it from a bar...it will cost you. Upon checkout, make sure you triple check your bills because they add charges that you never made. This also happened to another couple.
4. Make sure you have all your transfers, promotions, and bookings in writing.
I told them many times that I wanted to switch my speedboat ride back to the helicopter (because I am pregnant and cannot handle the rocking of their tiny 1 hr speedboat rides. PLUS I found out one couple got stranded in the middle of the ocean in a speedboat that broke down).
The staff verbally told me they would make the change then the next day they denied I ever asked for the helicopter. They made a huge deal and spent my last entire morning trying to resolve it. Houes later they confirmed our helicopter flight but we waited 3 hours for the helicopter to show up and found out the helicopter was contemplating not to pick us up.
Staff never apologized for this mess up and miscommunication.
5. This is not a 5 star resort. If you spend $10 to $15K on a once in a lifetime vacation, I expect a certain level of service. Overcharging, miscommunication, and being inflexible with guests needs are a huge area that need massive improvement. We've traveled to 5 Star resorts all over the world and would rate this a 4 star.
I hope this review helped you. FIJI is a beautiful place but unless you're a foodie or $10K is no big deal for you...then consider another place.
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Date of stay: April 2022Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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We stayed here only for two nights and in hindsight we could have stayed for a couple of more days easily.
This place is incredibly beautiful, everyone on the serving team is just the best, most prompt and very warm and polite. They make you feel at home and take care of your comfort extremely well. I just love the ‘welcome home’ greeting by everyone.
We stayed at the overwater bure and it was just perfect for lazing and gazing. Gorgeous sunsets. We didn’t partake in any of the excursions and felt blissful just being at the resort.
Last words for the best experience - food!! I am a vegetarian and I have not experienced so much variety and flavor in the veggie food served anywhere outside India. The meals were impeccably designed and lovingly prepared. Nom.
This would easily remain as one of my best and favorite memories.
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Date of stay: January 2020Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Just returned from a 4 night stay at LikuLiku, what an absolutely beautiful, serene, relaxing place. We knew it was going to be special based on the reviews and the pictures but to see it for yourself and experience the hospitality first hand…wow!
We stayed in a beachfront bure so that we could swim off the beach, right outside our room…the overwater bures looked fantastic but we decided not for us as we weren’t keen on climbing down the stairs and jumping into the deeper waters (I like to touch the bottom!) but anywhere you swim is the most cleanest, amazing water, we didn’t bother swimming in the pool the whole time we were there as the ocean was too appealing!
The food, the staff, the activities, the spa (massages wow!) all were fantastic! We visited for our wedding anniversary and the whole team made us feel very welcome and like family, it was very sad to say goodbye to them but we will definitely be back to this beautiful, peaceful slice of heaven. Thank you LikuLiku for a memorable, amazing holiday we shall never forget, Vinaka vakalevu…until next time ❤️
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Date of stay: October 2022Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Amazing staff Great location Food was superb The coral was good and only 100 meters from the shore, they have small tours that take you to even better locations. The rooms are well appointed and clean. The staff were friendly and efficient. You looked forward to the meals with some interesting food Overall amazing
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Date of stay: May 2022Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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This is our 6th visit to Fiji and our most expensive investment. My wife had a bucket list to stay here over the water and we finally bit the bullet. The room was very nice, good size and really tidy Food got better each day and the variety was great . Staff were very friendly and helpful The things that I found annoying started with the cost of alcohol. Our first dinner my wife ordered a house chardonnay and it cost $48 dollars (fiji $). I couldn't believe it to be honest We retired to our room and wanted some drinks there and the cost of Veuve champagne was over $400..... In Australia its under $100 every day of the week. A pinot again nothing special was $330 per bottle to the room Next gouge was the spa service, we always enjoy a massage and accept you pay more than normal...... but the cost was over $350 for a 90 minute massage Water sports and anything that you wanted to do had a fee and a steep one. The only thing we got included was a loan of fins and a mask and snorkel and unfortunately the reef that the resort is on is bleached and there is NO alive coral to view and as a result hardly any fish The boat traffic that comes around the point to the surrounding resorts and islands is intense. It starts from 5am and goes till late in the evening, so dont stay over the water if you want a quiet location, on the land would be allot better (and cheaper)
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Date of stay: August 2024
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Response from Brad Calder, General Manager at Likuliku Lagoon Resort
Responded 5 weeks ago
Dear robertf966 Thank you for your Trip Advisor Review, it's great to read that you enjoyed your room and the cuisine offered which is included in your room price. We do apologise for the $48 glass of chardonnay, unfortunately our wine supplier let us down with supply of our regular chardonnay by the glass and our team took one of our cellar wines imported from France to provide an immediate option for our guests. I am sorry to read that your did not enjoy the Pinot Noir you selected, it is in fact rated 92% on Wine Enthusiast. Our most expensive bottle is the Felton Road Bannockburn Pinot Noir which is priced at $300 Fijian Dollars or AUD$200 or USD$134 For the benefit of the Trip Advisor community, I wish to advise that as standard Likuliku's wines by the glass are all under $30 in Fijian currency which is equivalent to AUD$20, USD$13 I would also like to make the Trip Advisor community aware that Fiji has additional costs for alcohol including freight to bring you wines from around the world, high government duty and taxes which all play a part in our overall price, additionally being a remote island resort we have the additional cost of barging our supplies to island and accommodating our staff members who serve you on island. We do conduct regular price surveys of resorts of similar standards and can confirm that our prices for beverages and spa treatments are in line or cheaper than our competitors. I would also like to make the Trip Advisor community aware of some false claims by Robert. Likuliku Lagoon Resort in fact offers complimentary snorkeling equipment, non motorized watersports and land activities but where the cost of boat transfers is involved these do come at a charge. I would like to take this opportunity to refute the claim that there is no alive coral as this is very untrue. Likuliku has a healthy reef full of live coral and I can only surmise that Robert was swimming in an area of the resort which was not the reef. I would encourage the Trip Advisor community to see the guest posts of our coral reef on the Trip Advisor photos. Being an island resort we do have boat traffic however this is limited to arrivals and departures of our guests and of some of our staff who travel from the local village. Warm Regards Brad Calder Group General Manager Ahura Resorts.
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Everything about our 4 night honeymoon stay was incredible and surreal! We loved our room with the plunge pool overlooking the ocean. The guest service staff was friendly and created such positive energy upon every interaction. The complimentary kayaks, snorkel equipment, and ping pong were very nice amenities to enjoy.
However the quality of the food and variation in the menu was remarkable! Each meal we looked at the menu with excitement and awe about how impressed we were. We tried all new dishes and they were of such amazing quality.
We loved our stay and strong recommend for any special occasion, be sure to bring an appetite!
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Date of stay: December 2019Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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From the moment we got off the speedboat, we were impressed by the clear sea with many fish swimming at our feet and the singing voices of the staff!
Not only were the rooms very clean and meticulously cleaned, but there were spare toiletries and insect repellent in the closet, a polite turndown service every day, and ice and cookies regularly replenished without us having to ask. It was a comfortable room with really great attention to detail.
The food in the restaurant was delicious, and the staff moved quickly and promptly, so we never had to wait long for food or drinks. They showed really great hospitality.
The pool was very comfortable with an elaborate and stylish design.
And the best part was that there was a wonderful coral reef just a short walk from the beach, and we could see many fish and rays while snorkeling. We could see many fish from the edge of the sand.
This hotel is definitely recommended!
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Date of stay: September 2023Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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We stayed in September 2024 and saw no laundry facilities. Our room had no laundry bag in closet, nor was there a price list. They did have iron and ironing board in closet!
There are several ways to get from the airport to the resort. We booked transfer through South Sea Cruises. South Sea Cruises provided ground transportation from the Nadi airport to Port Denarau, and the sea ferry from the port to the resort. The ground transportation took about 20 minutes, and the ferry ride took about 2 hours (because it stops at other resorts and islands on the way). You could consider booking a direct boat ride, or even a helicopter flight. The resort provided contact information and recommendations for the various options.
Jacksonville Beach, Florida626 contributions135 helpful votes
There’s a hiking trail that gains elevation and connects to the sister resort, but it isn’t more than a mile. You could traverse it back and forth it is rocky and it might not suit your needs. The resort is the most beautiful place I have experienced. Hope this helps.
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PRICE RANGE
$1,005 - $1,367 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
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likuliku lagoon hotel malolo island, likuliku lagoon malolo island, likuliku lagoon resort
LOCATION
FijiMamanuca IslandsMalolo Island
NUMBER OF ROOMS
45
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