« I’m going to Bora Bora » is a phrase that will bring envy and longing to the hearts of your friends when you tell them that you are going to visit the most beautiful island in the world.
Be prepared –the first glimpse of Bora Bora is love a first sight. Sailors, poets, adventurers, honeymooners and other romantics have claimed this little island as their own. And so will you.
Bora Bora lies 259 Km (155 miles) northwest of Tahiti in the Leeward Society Islands. Your first sight of the island will probably be from the window of an Air Tahiti ATR-72 turbojet, at the end of a 45-minute flight from Tahiti, or from the deck of a sailboat or an inter-island ferry boat.
An artist’s palette of blues and greens greets your eye. Aquamarine. Lapis lazuli. Turquoise. Cobalt. Periwinkle. Sapphire. Emerald. Jade. Ultramarine. Indigo. You’ll love counting the shades of color in these diaphanous waters. Tiny reef-islets called motu ring the opalescent waters like exotic little havens cast adrift.
Coconut palms seem to quiver like a mirage on the horizon, and a confection of white sand beaches dips down into the crystal lagoon.
Historians believe that the proud, brave Polynesian settlers first sailed their double-hulled voyaging canoes through the Teavanui Pass, the only navigable break in the coral wall, sometime during the ninth century. They named the island Vavau, « First Born », and claimed Motu Tapu as their sacred islet. The name was later changed to Porapora and when Captain James Cook visited in 1777, he recorded the island’s name as BolaBola. The American Armed Forces who were stationed on the island in World War II called it Bora Bora.
It’s fun and easy to explore Bora Bora’s main island, which is only 10 Km (6,2 miles) long and 4 Km (2,5 miles) wide. A partially paved road circles the coastline, winding 29 Km (18 miles) through the colorful villages of Vaitape, Faanui and Anau. You’ll see little settlements of modest fares with big, bountiful flower-filled gardens, the homes of Bora Bora’s 5,767 inhabitants.
You can stop to visit marae stone temples at archaeological sites, and you will see old Army bunkers and cannon left over from World War II, when 5,000 Americans made their « friendly invasion » on Bora Bora. You can hop aboard a guided tour bus or explore the island yourself. Jeep safaris will take you up to the rugged interior of the island, where you can photograph the seascape far below.
You can also admire the beauty of Bora Bora from aloft in a helicopter ride, or soar above the lagoon in a parasail.
Bora Bora’s lagoon will be your natural center of interest. You can snorkel inside a fascinating aquarium. Paddle an outrigger canoe to a lovely deserted islet and leave the world behind. Or join a group for a boat excursion around the island, with a barbecue picnic on a motu. Ride a glass bottom boat or Aquascope. Peer down into the seascape where the big fish live and schools of graceful manta ray are seen in the rippled light. Explore the living coral reef. You’ll find spiny sea urchins, scurrying crabs and the tridacna maxima reef claim. Step down into the lagoon for a shark-feeding show or help lasso a « trained » black-tip shark in the pass. Scuba dive in the lagoon or outside the reef, and marvel at the magnificence of Nature. Feel the exhilaration of the trade winds as you skim over the water on an outrigger sailing canoe, windsurf, sunfish, hobie cat or sailing yacht. See huge turtles swim up for air as you circle the island aboard a jet-ski, lagoon-jet, speedboat or motorized pirogue. Drink a Happy Hour cocktail and watch a stunning sunset from a spacious catamaran. Go fishing, plain or fancy. Throw a line overboard, jump in with a spear gun or troll for mahi mahi, yellowfin tuna, marlin and swordfish in the deep blue sea. Or simply feed the lagoon fish from the hotel pier and watch the colorful show as they come to eat.
« Anyone who has ever been there wants to go back », James Michener wrote of Bora Bora. Once you have seen Bora Bora, you too, will want to return –for a week, a year, or perhaps for a lifetime.
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AQUA BIKE ADVENTURE Tél: 76.60.61
AQUA SAFARI BORA BORA Matira BP 608 Tél: 28.87.77 Fax: 67.61.98
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BORA BORA LAGOONA SKI Tél: 73.53.77 Fax: 67.78.38
BORA BORA LAGOONARIUM Tél: 67.71.34 Fax: 67.60.29
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BORA BORA PARASAIL Matira Tél: 78.27.10 / 70.56.62
BORA BORA PHOTO LAGON Tél: 77.10.96
BORA BORA SAFARI LAND Tél: 67.71.32 Fax: 67.71.32
BORA BORA SUBMARINE Nuune Tél: 67.55.55 Fax: 67.50.50
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MATIRA TOURS EXCURSIONS Matira Tél: 67.70.97 Fax: 67.70.97
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NONO TOURS Matira Tél: 67.71.38 Fax: 67.74.27
POLYNESIA ISLAND TOURS Tél: 26.83.46
RAANUI TOURS Vaitape Tél: 67.61.79 Fax: 61.67.79
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SUNSET BLDV Vaitape Tél: 67.57.67 Fax: 67.57.47
TAXI MOTU Tél: 67.60.61 Fax: 67.61.01
TUPUNA SAFARI MOUNTAIN Matira Tél: 67.75.06 Fax: 67.75.06
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PENSION MOON Baie de Pobai Tél: 67.74.36 Fax: 67.74.36
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BOUTIQUE PAKALOLA Tél: 67.71.82
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ALAIN DESPERT Matira Tél: 60.48.15 Fax: 60.48.16
ALAIN ET LINDA Tél: 67.70.32 Fax: 67.70.32
BORA BORA ART NAEA LOCAL STUDIO Faanui Tél: 67.71.17
CHEZ GARRICK YRONDI Amanahune Tél: 60.57.15 Fax: 60.57.16
MATIRA BEACH GALERIE Matira Tél: 67.66.75 Fax: 67.66.75
BORA BORA ART NAEA LOCAL STUDIO Faanui Tél: 67.71.17
PAPARA MOUTAIN ARTIST Faanui Tél: 67.65.31 Fax: 67.65.31
TAHITI ART MAOHI Centre Commercial Nuune Tél: 67.55.79 Fax: 67.55.79
BORA BORA PEARL BEACH RESORT & SPA Motu Tevairoa Tél: 60.52.00 Fax: 60.52.22
CLUB MEDITERRANEE Matira Tél: 60.46.04 Fax: 60.46.10
FOUR SEASONS RESORT BORA BORA Motu Tofari Tél: 60.31.30 Fax: 60.31.40
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HOTEL BORA BORA NUI RESORT & SPA Motu Toopua Tél: 60.33.00 Fax: 60.33.01
HOTEL INTERCONTINENTAL MOANA RESORT Matira Tél: 60.49.00 Fax: 60.49.99
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HOTEL MERIDIEN Motu Tape Tél: 60.51.51 Fax: 60.51.52
HOTEL NOVOTEL BORA BORA BEACH RESORT Nunue Tél: 60.59.50 Fax: 60.59.56
HOTEL SAINT REGIS RESORT BORA BORA Motu Ome'e Tél: 60.78.88 Fax: 60.32.51
HOTEL SHERATON Tél: 86.48.48 Fax: 86.44.40
HOTEL SOFITEL BORA BORA BEACH RESORT Tél: 60.55.00 Fax: 41.05.05
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HOTEL VAIRUPE VILLAS Tél: 67.62.66 Fax: 67.62.79
AVIS Tél: 67.70.15 Fax: 67.79.95
BORA BORA TOURS RENT A CAR Tél: 67.70.31 Fax: 67.62.07
MUSEE DE LA MARINE Faanui Tél: 67.75.24
COMITE DU TOURISME Tél: 67.76.36 Fax: 67.76.36
CHEZ HENRIETTE Anau Tél: 21.34.57
CHEZ MAEVA Matira ( Rosine Masson ) Tél: 67.72.04 Fax: 67.72.04
CHEZ NONO Pointe Matira Tél: 67.71.38 Fax: 67.74.27
CHEZ ROBERT ET TINA Pointe Matira Tél: 67.63.55 Fax: 67.72.92
CHEZ ROSINA Baie de Povai Tél: 67.70.91 Fax: 67.70.91
CHEZ TEIPO Anau Tél: 67.78.17 Fax: 67.73.24
MAI MOANA ISLAND Motu Mute Iti Tél: 67.62.45 Fax: 67.62.39
PENSION LE PARADIS Motu Paahi Tél: 67.75.53 Fax: 67.75.53
PENSION MOON Baie de Povai Tél: 67.74.36 Fax: 67.74.36
PENSION VAITE Faanui Tél: 67.65.69
PRIVATE ISLAND Motu Haapiti Rahi Tél: 74.24.73 Fax: 67.74.50
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BALDINI Vaitape Tél: 67.55.91
BORA BORA PEARL COMPANY Vaitape Tél: 67.76.35
MAEVA PEARLS Matira Tél: 67.69.47 Fax: 67.69.47 GSM: 72.10.76 / 71.01.49
MATIRA PEARLS & FASHION Tél: 67.79.14 Fax: 67.70.45
NYCO'S Vaitape Tél: 60.58.20 Fax: 60.58.21
NYCO'S - LA GALERIE BORA BORA Vaitape Tél: 60.53.25 / 67.50.00 Fax: 60.58.21
OPEC Tél: 67.61.62
PARADISE PEARLS Vaitape Tél: 67.79.79 Fax: 45.48.48
SIBANI PERLES Tél: 67.75.75 Fax: 67.60.60
TAHIA COLLINS Hôtel Bora Bora Tél: 60.37.00
TAHITI PEARL MARKET Tél: 60.38.60 Fax: 60.38.64
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BATHYS DIVING BORA BORA Hôtel Intercontinental Thalasso & Spa Tél: 60.76.00 Fax: 53.34.96
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NEMO WORLD Hôtel Novotel Bora Bora Beach Resort Matira & Le Méridien Bora Bora Tél: 67.77.85 Fax: 67.51.04
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Site: http://www.nemodivebora.com
TOP DIVE Tél: 60.50.50 Fax: 60.50.51
BAMBOU HOUSE Baie de Pofai Tél: 27.17.17 / 74.16.73
BLOODY MARYS Tél: 67.72.86 Fax: 67.76.17
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