Situated at the edge of the world’s longest lagoon, Marovo, the resort offers a unique paradise experience and first class dive sites, with options for close manta ray encounters, fringing reefs, and WWII wrecks.
The exclusive Uepi Island Resort is home to just six Island-Luxe Beach Houses. Designed using locally-sourced hardwood timber, celebrating traditional Solomons Island architecture which emphasises light and space. Each Beach House is named after a marine species and offers the perfect blend of comfort and natural beauty.
The Beach Houses have one or two bedrooms, kitchenette, dining area, walk-in wardrobe, and large en suite bathroom(s). Rooms are designed to promote ventilation and are fan cooled to diffuse the fresh sea breeze throughout. The resort’s water is sustainably sourced from ground outlets and rain water, UV filtering makes it completely safe to drink. All Beach Houses are set in their own private garden, in the resort’s cultivated tropical gardens. Each come with their own traditional outhouse constructed with palm leaves and local wood, known as a Leaf House, with stand-up paddleboards, kayaks, lounge chairs, and hammocks. All just steps away from the serene Uepi Lagoon.
Meals are thoughtfully created at the on site restaurant. Celebrating nature and locally-sourced ingredients where possible, breakfast and dinner are served family style as a cherished tradition. Lunch is a more private affair and delivered directly to each guest's Beach House.
Access to this remote island is possible via Australia, to the capital Honaira or Munda and onto domestic airport Seghe. Visitors are transported across the turquoise Marovo Lagoon by speed boat to the tranquil island, exclusive to Uepi guests.
Uepi Island Resort’s house reef can rival the best, welcoming snorkelling and sea kayaking and is host to amazing marine life including turtles, rays, and even the occasional dugong. Topside, the rainforest is waiting to be explored, with guided walks available through the rich flora to breathtaking views across the vast waters of New Georgia Sound. The resort also offers a number of focus dedicated weeks throughout the year when guests can book onto underwater photography workshops and pilates and yoga retreats. Contact the dive team to discuss upcoming retreat dates.
The on-site dive centre offers daily boat and shore diving. Waters are often very clear and tidal currents make the deep water passage adjacent to the island (The Slot) a prime habitat for colourful corals and sponges as well as reef fish and pelagics.
Top dive sites include Uepi Point, the north-western tip of the Charapoana Passage has a unique width, depth and topography creating an ideal setting for nutrient-rich waters to flow from the New Georgia Sound deep basin. Sharks and rays cruise the blue as sea fans filter the passing current. Another highlight is Deku Dekuru, a series of caverns, swim-throughs and caves just a short boat ride from the resort. This site is best dived when the sun is high, as cascading shafts of light enter this hidden underwater world.
Uepi typifies the diversity seen throughout the Solomon Islands – ultra close encounters with families of manta are possible, and it may also be possible to see orcas, Pacific sailfish and marlin. Wreck enthusiasts will enjoy the Bapita Trip, a full day exploring WWll wrecks. Shark lovers should make a stop at Welcome Jetty, on the edge of the main channel. During the incoming tide the resident school of grey reef sharks move in, curious about divers, encounters are often up close!
The remote island of Uepi is situated at the edge of the world’s longest lagoon (Marovo) and offers a unique paradise experience. Dive sites are typical of the diversity seen throughout the Solomon Islands, and very close encounters with families of manta are possible. Find Out More about {acc:title}
