Bora Bora · 10 nights
Bora Bora and the Lagoon
The long way to the most famous lagoon on earth, taken properly
Tahiti, then the lagoon
The routing, to scale
- 1nightChosen with you
- Season
- May to October
- Suits
- Once-in-a-lifetime honeymoons · Overwater purists
- Rate
- On request, against your dates
Why this routing
More on Bora BoraA night in Tahiti to absorb the flight, then eight over the Bora Bora lagoon with Mount Otemanu in the window. Nobody should fly this far for less.
Bora Bora is a genuinely long journey from Asia or the Gulf, and the mistake is to arrive exhausted and leave in five nights. This builds in a Papeete night on the way in, then puts you on the lagoon long enough for the view to stop being a photograph. The Otemanu sightline from Motu Tehotu is among the best on the water.
Day by day
10 nights across 2 islands
Stop 01 of 02
Chosen with you
1 night held, property still open
Papeete overnight to absorb the long-haul arrival
Which property is right here moves with the month you travel and with what the rest of the routing is doing, so we choose it with you rather than print it now.
Day 1
A night in Papeete
This is the longest flight of the six destinations. A night in Tahiti on the way in means Bora Bora starts rested rather than jet-lagged. Where you stay is chosen with you.
Stop 02 of 02
Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora
Motu Tehotu · Bora Bora lagoon
Overwater bungalow, lagoon sanctuary, coral restoration, motu picnic
Arrive by Resort boat
See Four Seasons Resort Bora BoraDay 2
Domestic flight, then the boat
Fifty minutes to Bora Bora, then the resort boat from the airport motu. Four Seasons sits on Motu Tehotu with one of the best Otemanu sightlines on the water.
Day 3
The lagoon
A private tour with rays and blacktip reef sharks. The lagoon is the destination here and the island is the backdrop to it.
Day 4
Ruahatu
The resort's own sanctuary — a sheltered inner lagoon with coral grafting, water sculptures and a resident marine biologist, snorkellable at your own pace.
Day 5
Coral restoration
A session with the marine team, grafting fragments onto the sanctuary frames.
Day 6
A motu picnic
Out to an outer-reef islet with lunch. The reef side is rougher water and a different island entirely.
Day 7
Otemanu
The mountain is the view from every deck; this is the day to stop photographing it and swim instead. Te Mahana's overwater treatment room faces it, with a tub outside.
Day 8
The coral gardens
Shallow enough to stand in, and off the resort rather than out at the pass. Vaimiti is overwater and does the sunset.
Day 9
A day with nothing in it
Nine nights on one lagoon is the point of this routing rather than a gap in it. Kayak the motu, or do not leave the deck.
Day 10
The last full day
Sunset Restaurant faces west over the water, which is the right place to end it. Arii Moana does the evening properly if you would rather.
Day 11
Boat, then out through Papeete
The connection home is long. We build the day around it rather than against it.
What we arrange
Held, booked and paid for before you land.
- Papeete arrival night and domestic flight to Bora Bora
- Resort boat transfers
- Private lagoon tour with ray and reef-shark snorkelling
- Coral restoration session with the marine team
- Motu picnic on the outer reef
10 nights · rate on request
Bora Bora and the Lagoon.
Or something like it.
Take this routing as written, or use it as a starting shape. Either way the quote comes back with flights, transfers and villa categories priced together.
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