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Welcome to the real Solomon Islands
Located on Gizo's waterfront and adjacent to its exotic markets, the King Solomon's laid back sister resort, the Gizo Hotel offers the "Best in the West" for those seeking all the adventure and excitement the Western Province has to offer.
The Gizo Hotel embodies the spirit of the South Pacific and due to its central location, is often used as a convenient jumping off point for those who wish to explore the beauty of the surrounding reefs and atolls.
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The Gizo Hotel is the ideal island getaway.
Graced by gentle breezes throughout the day and evening, the hotel's Nguzu Nguzu Restaurant and bar are found on the upper level of a large, open air Leaf Haus that overlooks Gizo Bay. The restaurant specializes in serving the freshest local seafood accompanied with regular island dances. Downstairs, the hotel's popular Local Carvers Bar offers the chance to mix with locals while enjoying a cold Solbrew.
The hotel's 51 rooms surround a beautifully landscaped swimming pool and offer private facilities, room and laundry/ironing services, IDD telephones, tea/coffee making facilities, refrigerators and ceiling fans. All Deluxe Poolside and Seaview rooms are air-conditioned.
Baby sitting, educational island excursions and fishing trips are available upon request.
As an additional guest feature, complementary kayak use is offered. Professional dive, tour, and adventure shops are located at the front of the hotel as well as a gift shop for all your shopping needs.
Airport Boat Transfers are also available.
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Room Features
Deluxe Room Double/ Twin Share - Upstairs Poolside
Ceiling Fans, Air Conditioning, Tea/Coffee Making Facilities, Room Service, Laundry/Ironing Service, Refrigerator, Private Facilities, Balcony, 1 x King Size Bed or 2 x Single Beds.
Deluxe Room Double/ Twin Share - Downstairs Poolside
Ceiling Fans, Air Conditioning, Tea/Coffee Making Facilities, Room Service, Laundry/Ironing Service, Refrigerator, Private Facilities, Courtyard Patio, 1 x King Size Bed or 2 x Single Beds.
Seaview Room Double/ Twin Share - Upstairs Seaview
Ceiling Fans, Air Conditioning, Tea/Coffee Making Facilities, Room Service, Laundry/Ironing Service, Refrigerator, Private Facilities, Balcony, 1 x King Size Bed or 2 x Single Beds.
Seaview Room Double/ Twin Share - Downstairs Poolside
Ceiling Fans, Air Conditioning, Tea/Coffee Making Facilities, Room Service, Laundry/Ironing Service, Refrigerator, Private Facilities, Courtyard Patio, 1 x King Size Bed or 2 x Single Beds.
Seaview and Deluxe Poolside Double - Upstairs & Downstairs
1 x King Size Bed- max 2 adults & 1 child
Seaview and Deluxe Poolside Twin Share - Upstairs & Downstairs
2 x Single Beds - max 2 adults & 1 child or 1 adult & 2 children
Childrens
Children under the age of 18 years have free of charge accommodation when they share their parent's room, extra bedding is free. If a child under the age of 18 years should require an adjoining room to their parents a discount of 50% off the normal room rate will be given. Interconnecting rooms are available.
Check In: 11am
Check Out: 10am
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The Surf
All surf breaks in the Western Province break on coral reef and all except 2 require a boat to get to them.
Pailongge and Titiana, both can be easily reached with a short paddle from the village.
Pailongge is a long righthander that picks up a lot of swell and breaks in front of a village. It has two sections that join and become perfect on large swells. Hollow inside sections.
Titiana is 800 metres south and is a strong lefthander.
Makuti Island is a short lefthander, very hollow and shallow. Best on high tide.
Be sure to act respectful here towards the local villages.
Skull Island, which is a 2 hour boat ride from Gizo & near Zipolo Habu Resort.
It's possibly the longest righthander in the Solomon's. Needs a medium to large swell, best at 3-6 foot, the wave starts breaking about 200 meters south of Skull Island.
Mechanical, walling wave that ends in a deep water into a lush lagoon.
Despretes is a peaky righthander that breaks close to shore.
Great take off that barrels down-the-line. The wave breaks on a point at the end of a beautiful lagoon that you can enter by boat through a break in the reef. Great picnic and snorkeling spot
When Nick was there in February he surfed a peaky left and right break between Despretes and Skull. Your able to bring your boat through the reef to a beautiful little white sandy beach.
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Getting There
The Western Province is by far the most popular destination for tourists who choose to travel to the Solomon Islands. The town of Gizo is the only truly Westernised, tourist orientated town in the Province. Gizo is situated beside the island's only sea port and is only a five minute boat ride away from Solomon Airline's domestic airport which offers daily flights connecting to the country's capital, Honiara. The flight from the capital takes about one and a half hours.
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History / Culture
Ghizo contains much of the Western Province's World War II history with many well preserved American and Japanese war relics still visible on the land and in its waters. Some of the main shops in the township of Gizo are even war relics, being operated out of abandoned American aircraft hangers.
Gizo offers a rich, friendly culture and educational visits to numerous sacred areas can be arranged. To this day, local islanders are famous for producing exquisite, traditionally themed carvings from wood and stone.
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