July 7 – 13, 2015
This post is about the Musket Cove Resort and its array of offerings for tourists and cruisers alike. Aside from the moorings, there’s a dock where boats can tie up. It’s more expensive, but it would be a huge advantage on those evenings when it’s too windy to come in from the moorings. The other side of this walkway dock is the area for tying up dinghies.
From there, you can take the ramp over to the island bar (MCYC Bar), or walk down the dock to the main office (where you pay for your mooring and join their yacht club). Beyond that is the resort’s main building (housing the reception area for their guests), a market with a pretty good selection of stuff, and the Marina Coffee Cove with its waterside deck and well-shaded verandah. This cafe has very nice pizzas, salads, rotisserie chickens, bakery goods, coffee drinks, and lots of great specials.
Across the way is the laundry room with washers and driers, plus bathrooms with showers for the use of the cruisers. If you walk further inland, you can see their small circular island lined with little villas that I think are time share units.
The pool and main restaurant, Dick’s Place, are down along the main beach, a short and pleasant walk. Cruisers are allowed to enjoy the pool and can book dinner at the restaurant. You can enjoy lunch here, too, but sunset and evening are the best times to be there.
As far as activities, land tourists and cruisers alike can book any number of outings. We ended up making use of the dive shop, going diving at a neat place called the Pinnacle. It features a long swim-through at the base of the pinnacle, then there are lots of tropical fish to discover as you spiral back up and around the pinnacle. Especially lion fish. I have never seen so many lion fish on a dive.
Their most popular dive by far is called Supermarkets, where they feed any number of large sharks. When signing up for our dive, I had to convince them that I did not need to experience this supermarket for sharks. Being surrounded by large carnivores being fed tuna snacks would make me nervous. What if they get tired of fish and start eyeing the meat display? I’ll take the beautiful pinnacle packed with a huge variety of fish any day.
As you can see from our posts, Musket Cove really grew on us. It may not be our favorite place in Fiji, but there’s a lot to like about it. If we get back to the west side, we’ll definitely spend some more time here.
The photo gallery below shows the bar island, the boat and dinghy dock, Musket Cove’s central area, and the pool at Dick’s Place. Click to enlarge and scroll.
