COMO Laucala Island

Character and identity

A 12-square-mile private island in Fiji's remote north, Laucala holds just 25 villas across coconut groves, jungle hillsides and white-sand beaches. The villas reinterpret traditional Fijian thatched dwellings at considerable scale, each with its own private pool, granite-slab bathtubs, butterfly-cocoon light shades and seashell-form sofas. Five restaurants and bars, a spa, stables, an 18-hole golf course and an organic farm cover the island, alongside a dive boat for reef trips and a hangar serviced for private jets. Service is constant and quietly anticipatory: amuse-bouches appear through the day, and any meal can be staged anywhere on demand.

Who's it for

Bottom line

What you're paying for is sovereignty: 25 villas spread across an island that functions almost as its own small nation, with the staff, infrastructure and acreage to make privacy absolute. Book if total seclusion and on-demand service justify the spend; the hillside villas suit couples, while the larger beach villas work for families travelling together.