« 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 8,927 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
E-mail: aquasafari@mail.pf
Site: http://www.aquasafaribora.com
BORA BORA LAGOONA SKI Tél: 73.53.77 Fax: 67.78.38
BORA BORA EXOTIC LAGOONARIUM Tél: 67.71.34 Fax: 67.60.29
E-mail: lagonarium@mail.pf
Site: http://www/boraboraisland.com/lagoonarium/
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 Tél: 30.04.01
BORA BORA TUPUNA SAFARI Matira Tél: 67.75.06 Fax: 67.75.17
BORA BORA VOILE Tél: 67.64.30 Fax: 67.64.30
BORA SAFARI LAND Tél: 67.71.32 Fax: 60.44.22
LA PLAGE Activités Nautiques Tél: 28.48.66 Fax: 67.68.75
MANU TAXI BOAT Tél: 67.61.93 Fax: 67.61.93
MATIRA JET TOURS Matira B.P. 200 Vaitape Tél: 67.62.73 GSM: 77.63.63 Fax: 67.65.44
E-mail: bborajet.04@mail.pf
Site: http://www.boraborawaverunner.com
MATIRA TOURS EXCURSIONS Matira Tél: 67.70.97 Fax: 67.70.97
MIKI MIKI JET TOURS Matira Tél: 67.76.44 Fax: 67.76.44
MOANA ADVENTURE TOURS Baie de Povai Tél: 67.61.41 Fax: 67.61.26
MOANA JET BOAT Tél: 67.68.10 / 75.62.02 Fax: 67.68.10
MOANA REVA TOURS Baie de Rofau Tél: 67.60.27 Fax: 67.60.27
NONO TOURS Matira Tél: 67.71.38 Fax: 67.74.27
RAANUI TOURS Vaitape Tél: 67.61.79 Fax: 61.67.79
RANDONNEES PEDESTRES Tél: 73.61.23
TAXI MOTU Tél: 67.60.61 Fax: 67.61.01
VAVAU ADVENTURES Tél: 72.01.21 Fax: 60.51.38
CAMPING HENRIETTE Anau Tél: 67.71.32
CAMPING LAGOONARIUM Anau Tél: 67.71.34 Fax: 67.60.29
BORA CAMERA SHOP PHOTO Tél: 67.76.63 Fax: 67.76.63
BOUTIQUE EVA HINE Tél: 67.69.74
BOUTIQUE GAUGUIN Tél: 67.76.67 Fax: 67.72.56
BOUTIQUE HEIARII Vaitape Tél: 67.50.09
BOUTIQUE MOANA ART Tél: 67.75.06 Fax: 67.75.06
BOUTIQUE PAKALOLA Tél: 67.71.82
BOUTIQUE TIMERI Vaitape Tél: 67.50.09 Fax: 67.50.09
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
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
HOTEL BORA BORA EDEN BEACH Motu Piti Aau Tél: 60.57.60 Fax: 67.79.76
HOTEL BORA BORA PEARL BEACH RESORT & SPA Motu Tevairoa Tél: 60.52.00 Fax: 60.52.22
HOTEL FOUR SEASONS RESORT BORA BORA Motu Tofari Tél: 60.31.30 Fax: 60.31.40
HOTEL HILTON 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
HOTEL INTERCONTINENTAL RESORT THALASSO & SPA Motu Piti Aau Tél: 60.76.00 Fax: 60.79.99
HOTEL MAITAI POLYNESIA Matira Tél: 60.30.00 Fax: 67.66.03
E-mail: info@bora.hotelmaitai.com
Site: http://www.hotelmaitai.com
HOTEL MATIRA Tél: 67.70.51 Fax: 67.77.02
E-mail: hotel.matira@mail.pf
Site: http://www.hotel-matira.com
HOTEL MERIDIEN Motu Tape Tél: 60.51.51 Fax: 60.51.52
HOTEL SAINT REGIS RESORT BORA BORA Motu Ome'e Tél: 60.78.88 Fax: 60.78.60
HOTEL SOFITEL BORA BORA BEACH RESORT Tél: 60.55.00 Fax: 60.55.77
HOTEL SOFITEL MOTU BORA BORA BEACH RESORT Motu Piti Uu'uta Tél: 60.56.00 Fax: 60.55.77
AVIS Tél: 67.70.15 Fax: 67.79.95
MUSEE DE LA MARINE Faanui Tél: 67.75.24
COMITE DU TOURISME Tél: 67.76.36 Fax: 67.76.36
BLUE HEAVEN ISLAND Motu Paahi Tél: 72.42.11
BORA BORA ECOLODGE & SPA Anau Tél: 33.80.52
BORA BORA FISHING PARADISE LODGE Baie de Faanui Tél: 67.71.33
CHEZ HENRIETTE Anau Tél: 67.71.32
CHEZ MAEVA ( Rosine Masson ) Matira 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
PENSION BORA VAITE Faanui Tél: 73.57.71
PENSION MOON Baie de Povai Tél: 67.74.36 Fax: 67.74.36
PENSION NONI Vaitape Tél: 67.71.48
ROHOTU FARE LODGE Baie de Povai Tél: 70.77.99
SUNSET HILL LODGE Vaitape Tél: 79.26.48
VILLAGE TEMANUATA Matira Tél: 67.75.61 Fax: 67.62.48
ARC EN CIEL BORA BORA Vaitape Tél: 71.98.89 ( Free shuttle ) Fax: 67.59.98
E-mail: arcencielborabora@gmail.com
Site: http://www.arcencielborabora.com
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BALDINI Vaitape Tél: 67.55.91
NYCO'S Vaitape Tél: 60.58.20 Fax: 60.58.21
PERLA Vaitape Tél: 67.63.91
SIBANI PERLES Tél: 67.75.75 Fax: 67.60.60
TAHIA COLLINS Vaitape Tél: 60.37.00
TAHITI PEARL MARKET Vaitape Tél: 67.57.57
THE FARM - BORA BORA PEARL COMPANY Matira Tél: 60.37.75 Fax: 60.37.77
AQUA SAFARI BORA BORA Matira BP 608 Tél: 28.87.77 Fax: 67.61.98
E-mail: aquasafari@mail.pf
Site: http://www.aquasafaribora.com
BORA BORA BLUE NUI DIVE CENTER Hôtel Bora Bora Pearl Beach Resort Tél: 67.79.07 / 60.52.49 Fax: 67.79.07
BORA DIVING CENTER Hôtel Bora Bora Beach Resort & Le Méridien Bora Bora Tel: 77.67.46
TOP DIVE - Bathys Tél: 60.50.50 Fax: 60.50.51
ALFREDO Tél: 67.58.68
BLOODY MARYS Tél: 67.72.86 Fax: 67.76.17
FARE MANUIA Pointe Matira Tél: 67.68.08 Fax: 60.58.31
KAINA HUT Tél: 67.54.06
LA BOUNTY Matira Tél: 67.70.43
LE SAINT JAMES Centre commercial Helen's Bay Tél: 67.64.62 Fax: 67.64.62
MAIKAI BORA BORA Marina & Yacht Club Tél: 60.38.00 Fax: 67.58.00
BORA BORA INK Vaitape Tél: 67.57.00
MARAMA TATTOO Matira Tél: 67.66.73
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AIR TAHITI Agence Tél: 60.53.53
AIR TAHITI Escale Tél: 60.53.00
TAHITI HELICOPTERS Tél: 67.54.90
MAUPITI EXPRESS Tél: 67.66.69 Fax: 67.66.69
TAHAA TRANSPORT SERVICES Tél: 65.67.10 Fax: 65.67.11
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