 Turtle Island, Fiji |
 by Philip Game
After a spectacular flight over islands of mottled emerald, surrounded by coral reefs, the sea-plane glides to a halt onto a remote Fijian beach. Richard Evanson introduces himself as we step onto the pristine sand. So do his staff, bearing cocktails served inside fresh-cut milk coconuts.
Fiji’s exclusive Turtle Island hideaway came into being through one man’s journey of self-discovery. At any one time, just 16 couples live and play on Nanuya Levu, the island whose development became the personal mission of Richard Evanson.
For more than three decades, Evanson has single-mindedly crystallised everyone’s fantasies of a private paradise, painstakingly developing a retreat which is luxurious yet quite without the artifice of conventional resorts.
The seaplane transports Turtle Island’s guests from ‘reality’ to ‘paradise’. The concept is simple but effective - as soon as you’re aloft, you’re in paradise, removed from money and telephones. Almost every conceivable indulgence is included within your package.
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