Reviewed By:
Rose Hays
Travel Date:
December 2003
My partner, myself and my 8 year old son spent Christmas and New Years at the Sheraton Royal Denaru
Island Fiji and had a fantastic time. The children's club (Li Li club) was
wonderful and very cheap - $25.00 fijian for the entire stay and the children
can go to the club as often or as little as they like. The club had morning,
afternoon and evening sessions, the activities ranged from craft, catamaran
rides, crab races, movies, and swimming. The staff who ran the club were very
friendly, fun and extremely capable. My son absolutely loved it and he was able
to come "home" on the "Bulla Bus" by himself, which was great as we didn't have
to leave the pool/lounge and he felt so grown up. He met friends from all over
the world, Russia, Korea, USA etc. Also played all morning on the last day with
a local Fijian boy at the adjacent island, they had a ball together even though
they couldn't speak each other's language. The great thing about staying at the
Sheraton was that guests can utilise the facilities across the entire resort
including pools, restaurants. We loved the Aqua Aerobics in the morning, yoga,
volleyball - however be aware that things don't necessarily run on time, or at
all, so if the scheduled activity doesn't happen, its just part of the Fijian
experience. We loved the laid back atmosphere of the resort, however this also
meant that some of the restaurants take forever to serve you your meal, and also
some restaurants are very expensive, so it pays to look around. All the
restaurants have a Li Li children's meal for under 9's at a set $7.00 - which
was terrific, my son loved the hot dogs, burgers etc. We stayed in a Garden View
room which was very adequate, with two queen sized beds, plenty of room to move,
had a fridge, didn't have a tv, but that was great for weening my son off it.
Water was very expensive at $5.00 for a 2 litre bottle it soon adds up for a
family, can't do much about that though, as the local water was a bit dodgy.
Things to be aware of: 1. We all ended up getting head lice from the helmets at
the bike hire. 2. Tennis was fun but really expensive $45.00 for an hour. 3. Nadi is unsafe at night for women alone - we explored it for a meal one night
and found the food was about the same price/value as the resort. 4. Customs took
forever to process our flight - an hour with kids in a hot airport isn't fun. 5.
Take duty free grog with you as a beer is $5.00. 6. Pack plenty of sunscreen,
need to reapply all the time. 7. Don't expect taxis, buses, or activities to run
on time.
All in all it was a wonderful holiday and we have so many lovely memories, it was perfect for
children of any ages, there seemed to be lots of families with babies and plenty
of "Bulla mums" to help out.
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