![]() ![]() Made to look like wood, parts are also made of steel and plastic-like tubing, all bolted together. Most of these islands have resorts with beachfront lodging.īack on Malolo Lailai, I visit the actual raft used in Cast Away, the prop on which Hanks’ bearded and emaciated character escaped the island. We had left just an hour or so earlier from Malolo Lailai Island’s Musket Cove Resort, where I am staying on this visit, then passed the adjacent and mountainous Malolo Island, smaller Qalito Island, and backpackers’ Mana Island on the way to Monuriki. Seeing Monuriki Island was just one part of my half-day sightseeing excursion along Fiji’s Mamanuca Island group, off the western shores of Fiji’s main island of Viti Levu. As we approach, you can see it’s lush and rich with vegetation.” “Monuriki Island is pristine and isolated, untouched in a gorgeous setting. “It was like Hollywood shifted to the island,” says Kini Saukuru, my tour guide on this adventure, recalling the film’s production in 2000. It is the waterside cave where actor Tom Hanks’ character took shelter while stranded on the fictional uncharted island in the South Pacific. ![]() As we approach the shoreline, I can see the small palm tree-shaded beach and the nearby cave from one of the unforgettable scenes in the movie Cast Away. Rounded and rugged, the island is covered with trees and with steep rocky ledges. ![]() Our charter boat rocks on steep Pacific Ocean swells as we approach Monuriki Island. ![]()
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