Uepi Island Resort

Uepi Island Resort The Solomon Islands or Solomon Islands is located at the Marovo Lagoon, which is the longest saltwater lagoon in the world. The two large volcanic islands of Vangunu and New Georgia connect it on its southern and western sides. The northern boundary consists of a 130 km long raised barrier reef with approximately 100 individual islands scattered along the reef. A smaller third volcanic island, Gatakae Island, occupies the southeast corner. The inner lagoon also has many islands. With its many and complex terrestrial and marine habitats, the natural beauty and environment of Marovo's lagoons is truly outstanding.

Welcome to Uepi Island Resort! A typical small island raised on a barrier reef, covered in impressive rainforest, surrounded by stunning reefs and sandy beaches. Flanked by the beautiful and warm lagoon water on one side. The ocean depths (2000m) of “The Slot”, a deep marine abyss, on the other. Uepi Island is approximately 2,5 km long and 300 meters wide. The entire area, apart from the resort's cultivated tropical gardens, is covered in tropical rainforest includingandaWith hiking trails, Uepi Resort is the only resort on this remote island.

One of the attractions of Uepi is the small number of guests who share this beautiful island. Although there are 26 beds, approximately 18-20 guests is considered a full house. There are six spacious, well-equipped bungalows for families and two smaller bungalows and two small single rooms. All rooms have private bathrooms with showers and toilets.

Food and drinks are served at various locations

Breakfast and evening meals are served in the "leaf haus", the dining room in the main building. Lunch is delivered to your accommodation. All meals are based on fresh, locally grown organic produce from nearby villages. Always together with the freshest fish and shellfish you can imagine. Uepi has an on-site kitchen garden that grows most of the facility's vegetables and fruit. Excellent chicken and eggs are also produced locally for the resort. The meals are prepared by the resort's talented local chefs and are a highlight of your stay. Special dietary needs can be accommodated with adequate notice, consultation and cooperation.

The resort's main building "the leaf haus" own bar adjoins the dining room and offers selected imported wines. The well-regarded local “Solbrew” beer plus limited imported beers and a variety of spirits and mixers. Green coconuts to drink are available. Cooling breezes and cold drinks make the bar the most popular meeting place.

Diving in the Solomon Islands is spread over large areas. As it is a large island nation, all diving will be done in the immediate area. Not even one live board able to cover more than 10-15% of all dive sites in just over a week. This means that even if you get great experiences, you will only be able to experience a small part of land-based diving in the Solomon Islands. The diving resorts that exist all operate with small boats and some also offer land diving. You can experience many different types of diving and dive sites in the Solomon Islands. Historic World War II wrecks, steep coral walls and beautiful reefs. Here you can do stream diving through narrow passages between the islands. Here there are sandy bottoms, coral gardens and wall dives in a wonderful mix and also wrecks and caves. You can do both day and night dives and always with a rich marine diversity.

Rich and exciting marine life

The Solomon Islands are known to be rich in sharks and many different species are found here. You can see everything from small epaulet sharks and catsharks to real badasses like worthj, hammerhead shark, tiger shark and many more. Reef sharks are plentiful and are often seen patrolling the reefs. There is also the opportunity to experience dolphins, turtles, whales and different types of rays. Of course you will also see lots of fish and invertebrates. The coral reefs are generally very healthy and prosperous, but some places can unfortunately still look broken. It is mainly due to natural causes. It is winds and seas that have taken their toll on the reefs. Many sites have huge gorgonians (fan corals), whip corals, black corals and table corals and large sponges that cover the bottoms and provide hiding places for the very rich marine life.

Day trips by boat and house reef diving will give you fantastic experiences. No matter which part of the country you choose for your diving trip to these remote islands, it's an amazing experience. An equally great experience is to visit a local island and see how life here works. Amazing people with big smiles and the islands here are rich in culture.