Vintage Fiji Vacations at Vintage Prices
Daku Resort is Vintage Fiji at Vintage Prices – a perfect holiday. It has all the pleasures of a bure in a traditional bayside resort without the prices of five star resort life. A place to kick back...
View ArticleOxbridge Forum in Fiji 2015
2015 Oxbridge Forum July 3 – 8 Come and join Oxbridge alumni from all around the world – USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Fiji for our second long weekend Fiji forum. It’s a...
View ArticleEthics forum
The Life Examined : an ethics forum with Dr Simon Longstaff: October 10 – 17 Dr Simon Longstaff is Australia’s best known ethicist. In October he leads an extraordinary week delving into some of the...
View ArticleTeaching people to paint when they’re excited is easy.
Mark Waller came back to lead his second painting retreat in August. His week is called Discovery, Inspiration, Technique. Here’s his account of how he covered all three: Coming back to Daku was a...
View ArticleMud glorious mud!
The other day a group of our yogis spent a great afternoon at a local natural mud pool. It bubbles up in the back of a small property belonging to a local Fijian family half an hour out of Savusavu....
View ArticleA bit of paradise on a paintbrush
Malcolm was back at Daku in November liberally spreading paint, humour and good cheer. The sounds of the workshop seesaw between raucous laughter and then deep, silent concentration. Malcolm takes...
View ArticleMangos……
The market has been full of mangos….. The post Mangos…… appeared first on Daku Resort.
View ArticleLois’ drawings: the details of Daku
I love it when a guest just happens to have sketched their time at Daku. I have no idea why I interpret it as a compliment but I do – maybe it’s because they’ve taken the time and care to put it down...
View ArticleThe sacred red prawns of Naweni
The sacred red prawns of Fiji are found in only two places, and Naweni, just 25 km from Savusavu, is one of them. They are known as ura-buta – cooked prawns – because of their colour, and are...
View ArticleOpen your eyes!
If there’s a mantra for a week that was it: Open your eyes to the beauty around you – starting off with the beauty of the view straight in front of the yoga shala. It’s something I never take for...
View ArticleYoga therapy and spinal health
Liz Bennett has been teaching yoga and working as a physiotherapist for over 15 years. She comes to Daku Resort in Fiji in August and reflects on the benefits of her practice as follows: Yoga...
View ArticleLaughter: giggling, gasping and guffawing
Last week we had a truly hilarious laughter workshop with Jani Burdett. For almost 40 minutes (37, to be exact) she had a group of people bellowing, roaring and cackling with laughter. It’s an...
View ArticleSquash week October 24 – 31
Squash week and tournament – and fun in Fiji In partnership with the Squash Association of Savusavu and the Planters’ Club Enjoy a week of intense competition, tournament play and fun in Fiji…… Daily...
View ArticleSpecial Offer 7 nights for 5
Special Offer -Jan/Feb/March 2016..reading-box-container-1 .element-bottomshadow:before,.reading-box-container-1 .element-bottomshadow:after{opacity:0.7;}Bayview Villas with private pools- Stay for 7...
View ArticleYoga Corner: opportunities and challenges
Opportunities and challenges.A retreat is a time of mixed opportunities and challenges: the opportunity to deepen your practice, the challenge of finding steadiness in new poses; the opportunity to let...
View ArticleSketching and watercolours with Malcolm Carver
We’ve just said good bye to a wonderful group of painters who came to spend a week on sketching and watercolours with Malcolm Carver. Malcolm’s style is hands-on: he takes a student’s work and adds a...
View ArticleA musical delight
A Musical Delight.The week with musicologist, Susan Deas, was a delight for anyone who loves music but is aware how little they know about it. With the use of a keyboard and an impeccably prepared...
View ArticleEaster Special
Easter Special : March 24 – 29 2016..reading-box-container-1 .element-bottomshadow:before,.reading-box-container-1 .element-bottomshadow:after{opacity:0.7;}From F$667 per person twin share. 2 snorkel...
View ArticleLois’ drawings: the details of Daku
I love it when a guest just happens to have sketched their time at Daku. I have no idea why I interpret it as a compliment but I do – maybe it’s because they’ve taken the time and care to put it down...
View ArticleA bit of paradise on a paintbrush
Malcolm was back at Daku in November liberally spreading paint, humour and good cheer. The sounds of the workshop seesaw between raucous laughter and then deep, silent concentration. Malcolm takes...
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