We are often asked "How did you happen to land such an awesome place as this?" After visiting Fiji twice before on holiday, the Director stumbled into a short classified newspaper ad in a small Hawaii newspaper. It read "Will trade Fiji Beachfront land for Hawaii property". He got very excited! He had never looked for real estate to buy in Fiji before. But this just sounded too good to pass up. He sent a list of 25 questions to the owner. The answers were everything he wanted to hear! After about 6 months, he convinced his mother and a friend to consider a partnership and they went to Savusavu to explore the property.

It was everything they had hoped for and more! While staying at nearby Kontiki Resort (now Koro Sun Resort), they heard there was no water at SigaSiga. But in fact, they found there are three natural spring aquifers and year-round running creeks. They walked the white sand beach, snorkeled and swam in the two nearby lagoons. The caretaker took them on a hike around the boundary more or less and showed them a couple old wooden survey pegs and part of a fenceline. He fed them coconut and papaya from the trees during their walk along the creek. They knew they were in heaven!

Being convinced this was the ultimate opportunity, they went to the Registrar of Titles in Suva, the capital city, and viewed the original freehold Certificate of Title. This original document was produced on extra-large parchment paper written with fountain pen in 1892. The legal description is in the old English terms using chains and links rather than feet and inches. Looking on the backside of the deed, there are small forms stamped in order of any change that affected the Title. The last entry did indeed show the Owner to be the current seller of the paradise property. That's all they needed to know before writing the contract!

The Director was familiar enough with the Fijian people and history to know that in the long run everything would be OK. He understood it would take some time for the Fijians to get adjusted to running a foreign democratic government which the British had set up with the original native tribal system still intact. He figured that since gaining their sovereignty in 1970, the Fijians were bound to go through some growing pains as they got used to running this relatively unfamiliar governmental system. They learned that most people in Fiji speak 3 languages: English (the official language), Fijian, and Fiji-Hindi. Maybe that’s why this is such a pleasant, friendly place to visit and live. Not only are the people untethered by the extremes of the materialistic developed world, but they can all communicate, help one another and have fun doing it. That’s what Fiji life is all about.

After visiting 2-3 months each year for 20 years, the Director and his Mom decided to make Fiji their home base in 2010. After 30 years in Hawaii, it was time for a fresh start in The Ultimate Paradise. They had planned to hold the residential real-estate for 20 years before expecting to do anything. The 2008 US financial meltdown would prove to be the ‘Wake up’ call that changed everything. After renovating his house in Kona and his mother’s house in California, he packed 10 x 23kg/50lb bags and moved to the southern hemisphere.

They were on generator power from 1990 until 2004 when the Hibiscus Hwy was tar-sealed from the airport past SigaSiga. This was the conduit for fiber-optic cable telephone service, FEA government electricity lines, satellite TV and mobile phone services. Suddenly, Civilization had arrived!

In 2006 they began the process of getting subdivision and zoning approvals. In 2010 they constructed the roads and planted over 1000 trees and flowers. In 2011 they got a Hotel license for two old but freshly renovated houses. Their plan protects nearly 40% of the freehold property land as beach park, open space, farmland and forest reserve.

Please come visit and enjoy this awesome little slice of Paradise. They love sharing the experience of living in an unspoiled, pristine, beachfront environment where the friendly nature of the people and peaceful serenity make every day a blessing to be alive!