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Aerials, overwater villas, reef life, and lagoon sunsets on Kokomo Private Island, Fiji.

Kokomo Private IslandSouth Pacific79 photos
The route map on the screen on the overnight flight inThe flight in The airstrip on the way throughThe strip Wing over the green hills on the flight outOver the mainland Cloud and reef from the aircraft windowOver the reef The printed briefing on the way inThe briefing The beach and the water from under the thatchFirst look The villa deck looking out to the waterThe deck The island from the air on the way inThe island The island seen through the aircraft windowThrough the window A cold coconut set down on arrivalCoconut, on arrival The sitting room in the villaInside the villa The bathroom vanity with the garden behindThe vanity The table on the deck, the pool and the water beyondTable on the deck The bedroom with the shutters openThe bedroom The shower in the villa bathroomStone and glass The tub in the villa bathroomThe tub The pool outside the villaThe villa pool Sunset over the water from the beachSunset from the sand The long dining room, open to the beachThe dining room Boats moored off the beach at sunsetBoats at sunset The terrace and pool outside the villaTerrace and pool The beach curving away toward the pointThe beach The reef showing at low tideLow tide The path back to the bureThe path back Sunset through the posts of the bureThrough the posts An overcast morning off the beachGrey morning Fruit and coconut in a bowl at breakfastIn the bowl A plate of tomato and greensOn the plate The beach and headland seen from the waterFrom the water Loungers and the jetty seen from the lawnDown on the beach The hand-drawn map of the islandHand-drawn The wake behind the boat on the way outOut to the reef Coral and fish on the reefOn the reef A school of fish in the blueIn among them Hard coral in the shallowsCoral garden The edge of the reef dropping awayReef edge Coral heads over sandCoral heads The sun going down through the palmsSun through the palms On board on the way out to the dive siteOn the way out Taking the boat out through the passThe skipper The boat alongside the jettyAt the jetty The pool with the water beyondPool and sea The beach club under the thatchThe beach club The jetty lit up after darkThe jetty, lit Moonlight on the water from the beachMoon on the water The dining room as service startsDusk service The last of the sun behind the islandLast of it Colour over the beach after sunsetPink dusk A reef shark over the sandReef shark The dining area lit up at nightDinner, from above A turtle over the reefTurtle The kitchen team working the beach barbecueThe beach barbecue Coral and small fish in the shallowsCoral A stand of staghorn coralStaghorn Colour on the reef in the shallowsColour on the reef A manta ray passing in the blueManta The manta turning pastManta, closer The manta passing over the coralOver the coral The bed turned down, a message left in leavesTurndown A ray in open waterIn the blue The path through the gardensThe path The lagoon from the shoreThe lagoon A red fish over the coralRed on the reef The seaplane on the waterThe seaplane The length of the beach at middayThe whole beach A hammock strung between the palmsThe hammock Fish in the shallows over sandIn the shallows The island and the water from the hillFrom the hill The pool deck in the afternoonDeck and umbrella The villa looking out to the deckLooking out Cloud over the beachWeather in A blue sea star on the sandBlue sea star The island and its reef from the airFrom above Jars set out on the counterOn the counter Palm shadows across white sand where the shallows beginShade on the sand A reef shark passing over a coral head in clear waterA shark over the coral Heavy cloud breaking over the lagoon at sunset, boats on the waterWeather at sunset A shallow coral garden with small fish among the branchesCoral, close in Dense tropical planting in flower along a garden pathThe garden, all at once