The Point Suite
The whole upper floor: private terrace, plunge pool, the long view south.
Vela House
A house of four suites · Savusavu Bay
Days measured in tides, not hours.
Four suites above the water on the quiet side of Savusavu Bay. Dinner is set when you say so. The spa answers to the light, not the clock.
From $640 a night · May to October
Plate I · the reef pool
The pool holds the last
of the light until 6:40.
16.78° S · 179.33° E · south aspect
Property photography arrives with the season · plates set in the house palette
I.
The house
Built slowly, by people who meant to stay.
Mereseini Vula spent nine years building the house from vesi timber cut on this coast, and never planned to leave. The suites came later, one a year, each facing its own stretch of water. Nothing here was hurried, including you.
Mereseini Vula · keeper of the house since 2014
Plate II · the long room
Vesi beams,
linen curtains,
one lamp lit
before you ask.
The long room at seven
Plate III · the spa
Steam, warm stone, and the sea two steps below the rail.
The point · south aspect
Twenty minutes by boat from Savusavu town, a different century away
The suites
Four rooms, four stretches of water.
Nightly · breakfast on the terrace included
from $980
Garden Pavilion
A stone pavilion under the palms, outdoor bath, its own gate to the sand.
The Boathouse
On the water itself. Fall asleep to the tide under the floorboards.
Spa ritual days
A day between the steam room and the sea, ending with dinner set for two.
Reservations
Arrive slowly. Stay longer.
Write to the house or call. We hold the boat for the afternoon tide, and dinner waits for late arrivals.
Savusavu Bay, Vanua Levu · boat transfer arranged on booking
Vela House · est. 2014