Kokomo Private Island

Twenty-six houses in all, each with privacy, space and a strong sense of place, from a one-bedroom villa for two to a hilltop house for three generations.

Beachfront Villas. Twenty-one villas of one, two and three bedrooms, dotted along the eastern shore, where the sun rises, and the western shore, where it sets. Each has its own pool, a tropical walled garden, ocean views and steps straight onto the sand, with bedrooms under timber-beamed ceilings and bathrooms that open to the garden.

Hilltop Residences. Five Residences of three to six bedrooms, Dravuni, Namara and Ocean Residence among them, set in lush gardens with pool terraces and panoramic views from dawn to dusk.

Residence service. A dedicated house butler for the length of the stay, a house nanny, a residence buggy, and one evening a private chef lights the barbecue at home.

In every house. À la carte menus at breakfast, lunch and dinner, in the restaurants or in the villa, a personal bar restocked every day, and daily laundry and pressing.

Kokomo cooks from its own ground and its own water: an island farm growing herbs, fruit and vegetables, with resident bees and chickens, and a reef that brings in snapper, mahi-mahi and tuna.

Beach Shack. The thatched restaurant on the sand above the lagoon, where breakfast follows the morning manta snorkel.

Walker D’Plank. Reached along a timber walkway over the rocks at the water’s edge, its veranda open to the sea for lunches that run long and plates to share.

Wine. Tastings with the sommelier in the wine cellar, shaped privately around each guest rather than offered on a schedule.

Anywhere else. A table on the sand at sunset, dinner in your own Residence, a private picnic on the uninhabited island of Namara, or the Starlight Dinner Cruise aboard Twilight: champagne among the neighbouring islands, then dinner cooked by a private chef at the mooring.

At Yaukuve Spa Sanctuary the therapists are Fijian, chosen as much for the way they care as for their skill, and each is trained across the whole menu, so the treatment can change on the day if your body asks for something else. Products come from Sodashi, an Australian skincare house working with natural and organic ingredients.

Rituals of the Pacific. The Pacific Mastery massage uses the centuries-old Fijian Bobo technique; the Kokomo Seashell Massage works warm shells with patchouli and mandarin. Island Revival is three hours of salt scrub, massage and facial, and a jetlag ritual meets you after the flight.

At home. Massage, body and nail treatments can come to your villa, and so can an ice bath.

Movement. Morning and afternoon group classes, private sunrise yoga or Pilates, meditation, breathwork and yoga nidra, personal training, and tennis and pickleball coaching, or barefoot beach tennis when the tide draws back.

The reef runs for more than 100 km (62 miles), and Kokomo reaches both its western and eastern sides: more than thirty dive and snorkel sites, many of them not frequented by other resorts, from a five-star PADI Dive Centre with a full suite of equipment on the island.

The Astrolabe. Gentle, coral-rich sites such as Coral Garden, Serendipity, Side Street, Kelekele and Catherine: hard coral gardens, turtles and reef sharks, with the occasional manta, eagle ray or leopard shark, good for beginners and still absorbing for the experienced.

Solo Reef. Fourteen sites for advanced divers, among them Wall Street, Times Square, Rainbow’s End and Solo Wall: walls and drifts, yellowfin tuna, barracuda and humphead wrasse, and now and then a hammerhead.

Mantas. From April to September a resident marine biologist takes a boat to a reef manta cleaning station, where rays up to five metres across circle below, and you are back in time for breakfast.

Learning and night dives. From the Bubblemaker programme for eight- and nine-year-olds in the pool to Discover Scuba from age ten and the four-day Open Water course. Night dives start from West Beach, and a private instructor can shape each dive to you.

Families who travel across generations, couples who want the sea to themselves, and divers who plan a year around the mantas.

The youngest. Nannies for children under four from nine until three each day, keeping to the routine you keep at home so naps stay intact.

Kaji Kids Club, four to eight. Open from nine in the morning until nine at night: fish feeding, local crafts, treasure hunts, cooking classes and movie nights.

Teens Club, nine to fifteen. Snorkelling the inner reef, beach games, and a hand in the island’s coral restoration.

Together. The ocean trampoline off West Beach, sailing and kayaking in the calm water, towables from Baywatch, the activities bure on the sand, and a Residence of up to six bedrooms with its own butler and nanny.

The journey is designed to be seamless from the first touchpoint in Nadi to the moment the seaplane settles on the lagoon.

To Fiji. Fiji Airways flies direct to Nadi International from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Honolulu, Vancouver, Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong. From Australia and New Zealand, short-haul flights leave Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland with Fiji Airways, Qantas and Air New Zealand.

Private jets. Aircraft clear customs and immigration at Nadi, with your ground handler and Kokomo’s Nadi operations team coordinating the handover.

To the island. Priority facilitation on arrival, then a car to Kokomo’s private hangar, with refreshments and private showers, and one of Kokomo’s own seaplanes or its helicopter for the 45- to 60-minute flight to the island.

Exclusive Villa Collection sequences flights, transfers and the first evening as one plan.

Kokomo is a year-round island; what changes is the water.

December to April. The summer months, 27 to 32°C (81 to 90°F). From November to April the sea is at its calmest and warmest, up to 30°C (86°F), with visibility around 20 m and weather that can change quickly. Big yellowfin tuna, mahi-mahi and marlin run from October to April.

May to November. A little cooler, 23 to 27°C (75 to 81°F). May to October is the finest diving of the year: water around 24°C (75°F) and visibility up to 60 m (197 ft), rarely below 25 m (82 ft). Wahoo and sailfish patrol the reef edges from May to September.

Mantas. April to September.

Your advisor confirms villa and Residence availability for your dates when you inquire.