Navutu Stars Resort Yasawa Islands

What a beautiful resort on a gorgeous island. The staff were incredible and super friendly - special shout out to Pene and Kula who were so kind and a joy to be around. One of the biggest highlights was the gorgeous five resident dogs and interacting with them - as well as watching them play in the water (what a life!). We did the beach picnic, which I highly recommend, although take your sun screen! The beach was stunning and one of the dogs came with us. The rooms were lovely, we stayed in bure 10 on the north side of the island and whilst it is windier on this side, it had the most gorgeous beach. Everything was just perfect and I cannot wait to come back -- my only complaint was that I didn't book a longer holiday!! ||I think because everyone there is so happy and relaxed, we met some other great guests and you get to interact with people (or keep to yourself if you prefer) which was also really great. The Kava ceremony was a highlight and they kindly sang me happy birthday :) The food was amazing and large portion sizes too. ||I highly recommend Navutu Stars Resort and cannot commend their staff enough. I still miss the dogs, but I'll be back to see them soon.

The staff greeted us with Bula and songs as we arrived via the resort’s boat that picked us up from the Yasawa Flyer catamaran shuttle. We were each given a decorated coconut with straw to sip on the juice as we all the arriving guests were assigned our bures and told about the resort amenities. During this time the staff moved our suitcases to our bures. ||We were all given the opportunity to schedule our complimentary 20 minute massage or upgraded 1 hr massage which was FJD 80||Breakfast is included in the room charge. We were served (not buffet), plates of fresh fruit, baskets of muffins and toasts with butter and jam. You could select cereal or full breakfast with eggs, bacon, hash browns and roasted tomatoes. There were some options like eggs Benedict or omelets for which there was an extra charge||For lunch and dinner you can choose to go a la carte or buy a lunch & dinner or dinner only meal plan. With a big breakfast, we opted to go with the dinner plan and skip lunch. Several other guests chose to go a la carte. ||Standard process here and another resort we went to is to order your lunch meal at breakfast and your 3 course dinner meal at lunch. ||Service was really good and Fijians are all so pleasant. We really liked this resort.

We loved our visit to Navutu Stars! Because this resort is on a lagoon, it is great for water sports. We kayaked, did stand up paddleboard, and snorkeled each day we were at the resort, all of which was included. You can also do some paid excursions, such as snorkeling trips to other spots, which we'd recommend doing! The food was great and had large portions. We did the a la carte food option and found that worked best. Our room was comfortable, with high ceilings and fans keeping it cool. We spent a lot of time just relaxing outside our room in the hammock. The staff was incredibly kind and attentive! We celebrated my birthday on the trip and the staff surprised us birthday treats and songs at breakfast and dinner. And we loved hanging out with the five resort dogs! We can't wait to come back!

Amazing wee place, hidden back in the Yasawas. Lovely kind staff who care for the 5 dogs on the island (this part made my holiday). Elsa, Rocky, Dolly, Snow White and Vulau with the new pups. All totally gorgeous, loved and well cared for dogs who were a joy to be with and made me smile daily as they all went out fishing in the shallows at sunset. The staff: Wati needs to be in the West End and on the stage - what a performer at Karva Night - his face lit up. I couldn't take my eyes off him. I hope he's taken on for a performing role somewhere big. Dan, the big chief, who greets and meets at the start and end, our fabulous boat guys who must have known the waters and shallows like the back of their hand when they moved slowly and carefully through the shallow reef to the deeper waters and knew exactly where they were going - they were even kind enough to share their coconut with me along with their amazing stories on the snorkelling trick - thank you Pau and Tino. Pau, you're amazing on the ukulele and singing too on our sunset cruise - you made it! Pene and Lido made our amazing Mai Tai cocktails, thank you, Dokasa looked after us at breakfast, our amazing, wonder cleaning lady who had the tedious and hard task of constantly cleaning our room and turning our bed down at night - thank you Lina and of course, our amazing, wonderful, kind and cheerful resort manager Varani who constantly looked after us, made sure we were OK, asked how we were and had our itinerary all booked. Thank you and thank you for looking after all those puppies too. You all deserve your own personal mention and I'm sorry if I've missed someone off too - with Lido's Mai Tai's it was easy to forget names. Thank you, all the staff, for making our holiday special and even more, thank you for being so kind and caring of all of the resort dogs. It was a truly memorable holiday for us. I hope we will return.

It was such a great experience to spend 4 nights here, we wish we could have stayed longer! The staff were so welcoming and helpful, the food and drinks were amazing!|So many activities to do! And we loved getting a tour of the island with our fur friends dolly and the gang.|Can’t wait to see you guys again!|Mitch and Katie

Everything was amazing, the welcome from the team, the coconut on arrival, the snorkelling adventures and the kitchen staff made me special gluten free meals. If you are looking for somewhere to relax, chill and meet like minded travellers this is the place for you. A very special piece of paradise, thank you Navutu Stars.

The resort is calm and the staff was very friendly. We loved our garden with the hammock and went kayaking every day (for free). There were daily activities like snorkeling or a medicine walk, but you also could just enjoy the tranquility.|The food was delicious (tuna salad) and each bure had an own portable Hotspot that worked perfectly. |We would recommend it for sure.|Thanks for the great stay!

We went here for our honeymoon. The resort is beautiful with only 10 rooms, and all adults. The rooms (all bures) are spacious and gives you the oppertunity for alone time. Everything, from the beach to the restaurant, is very clean and tidy. It was so calm and relaxing staying at Navutu Stars, and the staff were very service minded and nice. We went on some snorkeling trips that were really good, and we hiked to the top of the island for a beautiful view of the sea and the village on the island. Even though the resort is not super modern, and the wifi is a bit on and off, the service and vibe makes it deserve 5 stars. The food was good, I especially loved the pasta for lunch.