This is a resort that you will either love or hate depending on your perspective. It is fundamentally set up for diving, and they have a wide range of dive and snorkelling sites available, with a knowledgeable and effective dive master (Soreli - a really good guy) and good dive boats. The accommodation is right on the beach and the whole set up is very informal and "barefoot". The restaurant/lounge area is on a decked area set back and slightly above the accommodation and is very pleasant, althought the bar seemed to have a shortage of glasses. There was a new manager, Pone, there when we stayed who has plans to improve facilities here, which as been mentioned below, do look a bit tired. The food cooked by Josie is tasty and hearty and home cooking style. We were also invited to a village celebration during our stay and were treated as honoured guests with genuine warmth and hospitality (and the food was great too). The kava was interesting, spicy (peppery) and slightly numbing and calming but very mild overall.
The beach is very pretty and certainly clean within 400m of the resort, but some flotsam and jetsam beyond that. The views were idyllic.

Our kids had a great time snorkelling and kayaking and playing on the beach with the village kids. I was unable to do all the diving I wanted to do due t o an injury i had had just before coming out here so I enjoyed a couple of dives with great coral, reef fish, sea snakes, nudibranchs etc but missed out on the sharks and bigger pelagics that I had been looking forward to.

The strength of this place are the people, who are so friendly, welcoming and helpful, the weakness are that the place looks like it needs some money spent on it to upgrade fixtures and fittings, which might explain the turnover of managers recently. It is towards the cheaper end of things, but not that cheap so that does colour the value judgement and if you were looking for somwhere smart and modern this is not it. But overall we had a relaxed happy time with nice people and great diving and snorkelling is there to be had and on that basis we can recommend it.

One other piece of advice, the local airline Pacific Sun is short of aircraft and flights are subject to delays, changes and cancellation at short notice. We were re-routed via Suva which cost us half a day of resort time.

What a beautiful beach!!!!! Diving is fab...... The food was what you would expect at a mid range backpacker, rooms are clean and tidy and staff are friendly and helpful, however i do feel that the price is not befitting the service. There was some rubbish wash up on the beach and there appeared to be a slight rodent problem all of wich the interum managers dealt with immediately. I would strongly reccommend you take your own supply of drinking water as the water the resort supplies is green!!!! filtered and boiled but still green.... Stomach upsets were common during our stay.
If you are looking for a dive holiday with lots of village interaction, then dive Kadavu is your place as the village is right next door.

Great, friendly service, good food and accomodating for special requests.
The room was large and airy with nicely decorated Fijian theme.
The location is absolutely idylic for a relaxing holiday, a beautiful sandy beach out the front with nearby coral reefs for snorkeling. Plenty of options for sunbaking or finding a pleasant shady spot to sit in, I thought maybe a couple of trees could be trimmed on the beach front to let a bit more sun in but it was winter when we were there [25 degrees]. A great library. Good quality free kayaks for exploring the coastline and beaches, Matana is is also within reach for the keen kayaker to go to the local township. We enjoyed meeting the locals we paddled to the Vunicea to see the weekly ferry come in and even went to a 7s rugby competition at a local school. We saw some turtles in the bay which was great.
Not a place visit if you want bright lights and lots of noise, Matana offers a friendly relaxing holiday atmospere.

Rustic yet comfortable, this hotel provides cozy bures with awesome beach views and extremely friendly staff from the nearby village. Immersion in local culture was awesome (despite some “island time” issues…). New managers – Glenn and Sharon – became our friends and did absolutely everything they could to make sure we enjoyed every minute of our stay. Great diving! Great food! Unforgettable memories!