NIHI Rote & Hospitality Academy

Rote Island gets the same wild coastline, surf breaks, and reef as its more famous neighbors, with a fraction of the crowds. NIHI Rote is a beachfront villa resort where the staff are hospitality students learning on the job, which gives the service a certain enthusiastic earnestness you won't find at a polished chain. The island's unspoiled lagoons and mangroves do most of the work; the resort's job is just to keep up.