Denarau Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
Fijian Island
About Denarau
Denarau juts out of a peninsula like an angry pimple, some 10 km south of Nadi International Airport and 5 km northwest of the town ofNadi. It was molded into its present form in the 1980s by rapacious Japanese developer Harunori Takahashi, who bulldozed its 850 acres of swamps and mangroves and replaced them with high-end resorts, golf courses, marinas and gated housing. The only mosquito in the ointment is that mangroves grow in mud, meaning that despite decades of landscaping, including a few truckloads of imported white sand in strategic spots, both the beaches around Denarau and the water lapping at them are expanses of impenetrable slate grey muck. The resorts thus expend much effort to distract tourists from this rather basic failing. They're all suspended well above the surf on
Top Attractions in Denarau
Explore the best things to see and do in Denarau:
- ★Big Bula Waterpark
- ★Spa Maya
- ★The Denarau Golf & Racquet Club
Where to Eat in Denarau
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Hard Rock Cafe
- 🍴Nadina Authentic Fijian Restaurant
Where to Stay in Denarau
- 🏨Hilton Fiji Beach Resort and Spa
- 🏨Radisson Blu Resort
- 🏨Sheraton Fiji Resort
- 🏨Sofitel Fiji Resort and Spa
- 🏨The Westin Resort & Spa
- 🏨Wyndham Resort
Denarau Travel Guide Sections
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