Tetepare Island is one of the conservation jewels of the Solomons Islands. This long, rugged island cloaked in rainforest and fringed with biodiverse reefs is the largest uninhabited island in the South Pacific. Home to the one of the Solomon Islands' leading conservation projects and a unique, locally-run ecolodge, Tetepare is attracting visitors from around the world.

Uninhabited for 150 years after it's people fled from the threat of headhunting, Tetepare is an island forgotten by time and swathed in mystery. But what makes this island truly extraordinary is that in a country which has lost almost all of its forests to commercial logging, Tetepare remains untouched.

Six years ago, when the threat of logging loomed over Tetepare, it was the descendants of the very people who fled the island who came together to save this last wild island of the Pacific. They formed an organisation called the Tetepare Descendants' Assocation to manage and protect the island as a conservation area.

Tetepare has received international recognition for its conservation and archeological significance. Experts from around the world, including renowned ornithologist and author Jarrod Diamond, have recommended the island be conserved. A dazzling variety of plants and animals make their home in the island’s 120 square kilometers of primary lowland rainforest – some of the last remaining in the Melanesia.

The island’s beaches support nesting populations of three species of turtle including the endangered leatherback turtle. Other species inhabiting the island and surrounding waters include the dugong (Dugon dugon), the world’s largest skink (Corucia zebrata), the endemic Tetepare White-eye (Zosterops tetepari), hornbills, tiny pygmy parrots, huge bump-headed parrot fish, schools of barracuda and pods of inquisitive dolphins.