The Closest You Can Keep to the Love Island USA Villa in Fiji

The most recent season of Love Island USA has damaged streaming data—the primary week of episodes racked up a couple of billion minutes of viewership. With the third week simply wrapped, it’s practically unattainable to keep away from phrases like “Casa Amor,” “good chat,” and “Nicolandria” in your social media feed. And even if you happen to do not watch the present, you’ll have seen that Megan Thee Stallion just lately entered the villa, additional cementing the present as the fact TV watch of the summer time.

Tremendous followers have been making an attempt to geolocate the Love Island USA villa, which is someplace in Fiji. However whereas everybody scours Google Maps to search out out the place Ace is plotting in opposition to Jeremiah, Journey + Leisure reached out to Melissa Natawake, the enterprise occasions supervisor at Tourism Fiji, to assist Love Island set-jetters recreate their very own Love Island-model escape (with out the world making an attempt to vote you off the island).

The place are you able to keep to be closest to the actual Love Island villa?

Tourism Fiji is staying mum on the precise location of the Love Island villa, however we are able to affirm that it’s closed to the general public, on a regular basis. “The realm is restricted to manufacturing personnel throughout filming and isn’t open to the general public,” Natawake advised T+L. “The Love Island website is on the western facet of Fiji.” The villa is a non-public property, you may’t e book a keep, even when filming is completed.

Nevertheless, you may e book lodging very near the villa. Natawake says that the 2 lodges closest to the place the present is filmed are First Touchdown Seaside Resort and Villas and Landers Bay Resort & Spa. (For these holding observe, that’s on the northwestern facet of the island.) First Touchdown has beautiful villas, whereas Landers Bay is adults-only. Each have seashore entry and will not be too removed from Koroyanitu Nationwide Heritage Park. First Touchdown begins at round $171 per evening, whereas Landers Bay begins at $74 per evening. Each lodges are a few 30-minute drive from the Nadi Worldwide Airport (NAN). Natawake additionally recommends different lodges within the space, together with The Fiji Orchid and Tanoa Waterfront Lodge.

What are you able to do in Fiji if you happen to’re not truly on Love Island?

Love Islanders will not be usually allowed out of the manufacturing space throughout filming. They don’t seem to be filmed on Saturdays, and they’re in any other case not permitted to go away the villa until the producers ship them out on a date. Happily, vacationers would not have to observe manufacturing guidelines. If you tire of mendacity out by the pool, there’s lots to do within the surrounding space.

Throughout the time she wasn’t internet hosting, Megan Thee Stallion confirmed off a number of the actions out there within the space. She hit the seashore, went on ATV excursions, and caught a surprising sundown.

Natawake has a complete listing of issues to do in Fiji, together with a go to to Viseisei Village (the oldest settlement in Fiji), going to the Sabeto Sizzling Spring and Mud Pool, ziplining and waterfall exploring, heading to the Malamala Seaside Membership, taking a standard Fijian cooking class, touring native cities and markets, and happening a safari tour.

Will Love Island USA preserve filming in Fiji?

“The manufacturing has leased the villa for the subsequent two years,” Natawake advised T+L. That implies that for the subsequent two summers, there’s an opportunity your keep on the island will coincide with the filming of the eighth and ninth seasons of Love Island USAif you happen to get the timing proper. Think about getting back from the seashore, sun-kissed and just a little sleepy, to observe the present that is being filmed on the exact same island you’re exploring.

Is Love Island a giant deal in Fiji?

“With the rise of social media and the visibility of recognizable native spots and companies featured within the present, native curiosity has grown considerably,” Natawake mentioned. “The unique Celeb Love Island was filmed in Fiji from 2005 to 2006 earlier than the franchise was rebooted round 2015.”

Love Island USA was filmed in Fiji in 2019, then got here again in 2023 after briefly leaving as a result of pandemic-related restrictions. “Fiji stays a favourite of the ITV franchise because of its cinematic landscapes, model consistency, ease of entry with a distant really feel, and powerful assist from the Fijian authorities and Tourism Fiji, together with vacation spot incentives and rebates,” Natawake says.

Past rising recognition from locals, additionally it is having a notable influence on the economic system. Natawake mentioned that Suva, Fiji, had a 70 p.c year-over-year enhance in searches between 2023 and 2024, and an 18 p.c spike in searches following the 2024 premiere of the present.

The precise manufacturing of the present can also be driving an financial growth. Natawake mentioned Love Island USA’s manufacturing workforce books over 500 rooms within the Nadi area for round six to eight weeks.

“Productions like Love Island USA convey vital financial influence—reserving a whole lot of rooms for weeks at a time, using locals throughout hospitality, transport, logistics, and safety, and supporting close by communities by way of the acquisition of meals, supplies, and companies,” Natawake mentioned. “The advantages are far-reaching throughout each the tourism and artistic industries.”

Is the Love Island villa near the island the place Survivor is filmed?

Sure. In case you are a fan of each exhibits, you’ll be happy to know that the villa is about an hour away through boat.