Dive Review of Lalati Resort in
Fiji and Tuvalu/Beqa Island

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Lalati Resort, Nov, 2009, by cutter77, TX, USA ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 5310.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
Overall Rating
Value for $$
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Comments	I'VE BEEN SICKER....BUT I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN ~ Spent 9 nights at Lalati. Flew Air Pacific from LAX>NAN>SUV and then took a 2 hour van ride to Pacific Harbor to catch the resort boat to Beqa which only took about 45 minutes. Received a nice foot massage upon arrival and were set up in a spacious bungalow. Things went downhill from there.....we, as well as the majority of the other guests who were there just before us and those in a dive group who arrived after we did, caught some kind of virus....suspect probably Norovirus. We lost 3 days diving because we were doing the nausea/vomiting/diarrhea thing. Yep.....we were on a first-name basis with our bungalow toilet. Fortunately, we had read recent reviews on the resort and noticed several reports of folks getting sick...so we had packed prescription meds which helped alleviate the symptoms. We also asked for bleach from the laundry and wiped down everything in our bungalow. Complicating the matter was the problem with the water at the resort...we only had hot water intermittently and could not drink the water in the bungalow. The resort was comfortable, the staff great, the diving pretty good, the food good. There were only 2 boats on the shark dive, ours and one from Beqa Lagoon Resort. Normally there are up to 4 boats on site. There were a LOT of divers in the water...strobes everywhere and lots of silt. The plump bullsharks showed up on cue to be fed out of rolling trash bins. This is not a "world class" shark dive/feed as touted. We've done the Blackbeard shark dive twice and it was much better. Lalati has got to get a handle on the virus. Won't return to Lalati....if we head back to Fiji, it will be to Mai Dive on Kadavu...had a great time there in June-----------and didn't get sick!!
Websites	Lalati Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	All over Caribbean - Fiji - California
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	75-76°F / 24-24°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-80 Ft/ 18-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Lalati Resort in Fiji and Tuvalu/Beqa Island

Lalati Resort, Nov, 2009,

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Dive Review of Lalati Resort in
Fiji and Tuvalu/Beqa Island