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Uepi Island Resort is perched on the edge of the largest lagoon in the world. This area of the Western Province, offers opportunities for visitors to experience the culture of local people whilst relaxing in a tranquil environment.

Uepi Island is approximately 2.5 km long and up to 600 metres wide, and the whole area, aside from the resort's cultivated tropical gardens, is covered with tropical rainforest interspersed with walking tracks.

Guests can participate in a variety of activities or simply relax. The lagoon side of the island has a sandy beach, with clear shallow water suitable for swimming, paddle and sail boarding, and canoeing. Uepi Resort is the only operation on this remote island.

There are no villages on the island. Guests can book at the Resort for trips to the nearby villages and rivers to enjoy the local culture and natural beauty.

Scuba Diving in Uepi

Uepi has magnificent reef diving. Dive sites vary from coral gardens with magnificent drop-offs, ledges and gutters featuring an enormous diversity of reef fish. Turtles, mantas and eagle rays are fairly common sights, as well as the (friendly) Uepi hammerheads.

Many of Uepi's dives are conveniently located within a 5 to 10 minute boat ride from the resort. Uepi also has some wreck diving. There are three wrecks lying in Wickham Harbour, all are Japanese freighters sunk by the US during World War 2. All are upright, relatively intact and display varying degrees of artefacts and marine life. All wreck dives are excursion dives and they are approximately one hour from Uepi by boat.

Uepi Island sits on the meeting place of several major currents, making it an excellent place for both drift dives and stationary dives, allowing you to watch the activity of the reef play out before you

When diving in Uepi, it's common for divers to stay in the water for an hour or so on each dive because the top 5-10 metres have endless species to discover, allowing a diver to get maximum value from each dive. Rarely will you view such high concentrations of fish, sponges and corals in such a diverse environment, ranging from coral gardens to vertical drop-offs into 2000 metres of ocean, most within the confines of a three kilometre reef. Water clarity is usually very good and water temperature is about 28−30 °C.

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Hotels and Resorts in Uepi

Uepi Island Resort

A 60-minute domestic flight from Honiara takes you to Seghe airport, originally a WW2 fighter strip. A further 12km canoe ride through the beautiful Marovo Lagoon transfers you to the resort.

Accommodation: Uepi Island Resort offers clean comfortable accommodation. There are 6 individual and private bungalows, 2 units and 1 guest lodge. Each room has private amenities, tea/coffee making facilities, fridge, and private balcony overlooking the magnificent New Georgia Mountains.

Amenities: The lagoon side of Uepi island has a sandy beach, with clear shallow water suitable for swimming, paddle and sail boarding, and canoeing. The resorts Dive shop offers packages and courses to suit all levels, while the restaurants food is based around fresh local seafood, fruits and vegetables prepared by talented local chefs. A compulsory meal package is required on Uepi. There is also a library for guests use.

Activities: Guests can participate in a variety of activities or simply relax. Guests can book at the resort for trips to the nearby villages and rivers to enjoy the local culture and natural beauty. For the more adventurous Uepi offers scuba diving, swimming, snorkelling, great sea kayaking day and overnight tours, windsurfing, fishing, volleyball and bush walking.

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