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April 23, 2025

Solomon Islands: The Next Surf Frontier

Every year, from November to April when the northern Pacific swells sweep in from Hawaii, the Solomon Islands’ extensive reefs and north-western facing islands come alive […]
April 18, 2025

Vacations & Travel – The Archipelago Time Forgot

  While just three hours’ from east-coast Australia, the Solomon Islands is like a time capsule of treasured traditions, not to mention dramatic wilderness areas that […]
April 16, 2025

Fishing in the Solomon Islands

In the Solomon Islands there is a saying that fishermen need to bait their hooks behind a tree – because if the fish see what’s happening, […]
January 6, 2025

Solomon Islands Encounters – A Window into the Past (Part 1)

Words & Images By Shane Boocock Bouncing down the highway was an eye-opener, as Japanese made cars and trucks of every description and size jostled for […]
October 15, 2024

FAMIL: With Destinations Jaded By, Overtourism The Solomon Islands Offers A Chance To Build Differently

Speaking to the acting CEO of Tourism Solomons, Dagnal Dereveke, one thing is abundantly clear: the Solomon Islands is not trying to be something it is […]
September 25, 2024

Room check: Fatboys Resort in the Solomon Islands

Ben Leahy stays at Fatboys Resort in the Solomon Islands and soon discovers that it’s the staff that makes it memorable Location: Fatboys Resort’s above-water bungalows and […]
September 23, 2024

The unspoilt tropical island that still uses shell money

At the Malaita markets, amid the low murmur of mammas, the pungent scent of freshly netted tuna, and plump coconuts plucked straight from the tree, shell […]
September 10, 2024

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS’ IS ‘KULTURE-PLUS’

Solomon Islanders are renowned for their gentle ways and omnipresent smiles, so it’s hard to imagine the people of the so-called ‘Hapi Isles’ were once feared […]
September 4, 2024

Top 10 things to do in the Solomon Islands

You may have been to Fiji or Hawaii, but visiting the Solomon Islands is a whole new experience, writes Ben Leahy The Solomons are more than […]