Tonga is situated in the idillic South Pacific roughly 3,500kms ENE of Sydney, Australia. It is a very short 30-40 minute domestic flight from the mainland Tongatapu. Uoleva is a sand-clay island in Lifuka district, in the Ha'apai islands of Tonga. Almost uninhabited, it is known for its five small resorts and clean, quiet beaches. A true South Pacific paradise.

Uoleva can be reached by boat or by foot. The reef between the north tip of Uoleva and the south tip of Lifuka is shallow enough at low tide to ford with a 30-minute strenuous walk. The water is usually at knee height but can rise to waist level depending on where one walks. A path is clearly visible through most of it but the terrain changes after each major storm. Tongans from Lifuka sometimes ride horses across this reef to visit their plantations on Uoleva.

Uoleva is most often reached by a 30 minute boat ride. Services can be arranged by the resort owners or by several foreign operators in Pangai.

In Ha’apai we operate with the utmost respect and love of the whales. We want the whales to return year after year and for their impressions of human interactions positive ones.