What to do in Bora Bora /Pora Pora

What to do in Bora Bora /Pora Pora

Some people think it must be boring to look at the sea every day in Bora Bora , but they are wrong, there are many activities you can do in Bora Bora.

1. Snorkeling 

you can explore the richness of the underwater world with snorkeling  , if you want to snorkeling with many sharks and stingray , it is better to join the snorkeling tour as the local people understand the nature  ,they know what time the shark and the stingray  will swim in which area .

2. Sky Dive

Skydive and / or panoramic flight lagoon by helicopter, seaplane over the or ULM Marine Museum in Faanui
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It is much more expensive than Dubai , New Zealand  and Australia but you definitely get a better view  here .

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3.Lagoon tour 

Lagoon tour around the island by boat is a must do item .
The one I choose is a one day tour , it includes snorkeling  and it includes the lunch on a motu too.

4.Scuba diving 

It is a good experience to dive in Bora bora . 

We joined the couple diving with vedio at Eleuthera Boa Diving Center ,when we arrived the center , we filled a form and then tried the diving suit and shoes  , the instructor kept saying my diving shoes is cute actually I think those in the diving center is much better than the one i was wearing .

 the diving instructor led us to Coral garden , they do not have the female size oxygen tank so it is quite heavy for me and it is the first time i tried to jump to the water form the boat :O. The previous diving instructor was much caring in Maldives and they got the female smaller size oxygen tank.

We did not see as much as fishes in the Coral garden and no shark and stingray in the coral garden , i guess it is easier for the instructor to lead us. there were one diving instructor leading me and my husband and another man took video for us .the depth is around 6 meters to 7 meters.  I feel little ear pain when i dived deeper and it is not easy to balance as the oxygen tank is quite heavy , most of the time we are climbing on the sand.

Surprisingly , we found a pearl in the bottom of the sea .

5.Submarine Activities

It is a great activities if you are going to travel in Bora bora with family and younger kids cannot swim or older parents cannot swim or snorkel .  The trip is around 35 to 45 minutes and you can get a nice boat ride to the submarine and get some nice views underwater .

6.Aqua Bike

Aqua bike are children's favorite activity .
It looks so funny in the sea.

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6.Jetski

7.Fishing.

There are lot of variety of fishes in Bora Bora , you can try the deep sea fishing there .

8. Island  Safari

Safari tour around the whole bora bora is quite worthy , as when you travel a place , you would like to know the history and the facilities there, the tour show you around the school , church , hospital where the water supply to the hotel ? how does citizen get the water ? 

There are only one hospital in the island , if you need to do surgery , you will have to take plane to Tahiti hospital . 

Circle island tour to discover the vestiges of the American military base (bunkers, artillery), marae & archeological sites.  The viewpoint in Povai bay from Mount Otemanu, an ancient volcano. 

 The viewpoint from the Mount Otemanu is spectacular , it is definitely the most stunning view i have ever seen , we both fell in love with this beautiful lagoon .

On the safari tour , there are also another  African couple join it. 

This is the Bora bora college.

This two stone looks like sirens / mermaids . 

9.Helmet Dive

If you cannot swim and do not like diving , Helmet dive is another good choice , you do not need to worry about how to breathe under the water, you can breathe normally under water.

The helmet is quite heavy from my past experience and my shoulder feels painful after the helmet dive.

10. Paddle

You can use the paddle in your hotel and look how clear is the sea and the animal under the water, if there are waves , be careful!

11.Canoe / Kayak 

The St. Regis Bora Bora Resort: Canoe breakfast

Souvenir in Bora Bora (Pora Pora) / Tahiti

Souvenir in Bora Bora (Pora Pora) / Tahiti

Things you have to buy in Bora bora is Black PEARL 

Tahiti is famous for producing black pearl , it has different color pearl , like pink , purple , green .. they are really beautiful and the price vary according to their quality. 
The Tahiti Cultured Pearls are best known for their diversity of size , shape , surface quality and endless shades of natural and endless shades of natural colors, ranging from pale grey to anthracite black.

Tahitian pearls , treasures from the South Seas, are unique by their colors, sizes and shapes.It is a symbols of charm and elegance coveted for a long time around the world.

Pear of Tahiti became knows as "Pearl of Queens" and " Queen of Pearls ,
The first trials of Tahitian Peals culturing began in 1961 in the lagoon of Bora Bora , when the Japanese grafting techniques Maragaritifera oyster . 
The first successful harvest of 1963 proved that a pearl culturing industry was possible in the region.

the Tahiti cultured Peals are made of thousand thin layers of nacre containing organic substances and calcium carbonate( aragonite). The trade designation " Tahiti Cultured Pearl" is exclusively used  in cultured pearls produced by the Pinctada Margaritifera oyster , found in French Polynesia . According to the government regulation , the pearls must display a continuous pearly layer covering at least 80 % of the surface and cannot reveal the underlying nucleus . Pearls not meeting these criteria will be considered as rejects as cannot be sold. When harvesting pearls , the pearl farmer performs an initial sort of his crop, discarding all the rejects. He will then proceed to a more detailed separation , sorting out pearls by size , shape and surface quality . 

I would also recommend Monoï  Tiki Tahiti tiare massage oil, the smell is quite relaxing , it also has vanilla favor and other favors. 

Monoï oil is an infused perfume-oil made from soaking the petals of Tahitian gardenias (best known as Tiaré flowers) in coconut oil. Monoï (pronounced Mah-noy) is a Tahitian word meaning "scented oil" in the Reo-Maohi language. Monoï is widely used among French Polynesians as a skin and hair softener. It is also popular in Europe and gaining recognition in the United States.

Authentic Tahitian monoi oil follows a strict manufacturing code that oversees the entire process from handpicking the tiare flowers to storage and shipping of the final product. This process has been validated and protected by an Appellation of Origin which was awarded to Monoi de Tahiti on April 1, 1992.

Beauty care as well as Monoi is refined  first pressed oil obtained by macerating Tiare blossoms in refined coconut oil, extracted from coconuts (Cocos Nucifera) trees growing in the coral soil in French mail.pf MONO DRCA REPRIS exclusively. Cosmetic laboratories 70 Polynesia fro  m all around the World, appreciate its unique ANITI silky and light feel.


I also highly recommend visitors to buy this book , it shows you the species of fishes in Tahiti , the most special is this book is waterproof , you can carry it when you go diving or snorkeling.

There are also some pretty bags to sell in the souvenir shop.

Tahiti Bora Bora hoenymoon trip ( PoraPora)

Bora Bora is a well known place for honeymoon .
It is famous for  its aqua-centric luxury resort, there is not much place have such geographic location like Borabora in the world.

The Lagoon of Bora Bora has a reputation, well deserved, as being one of the most beautiful in the world. The infinite shades of scintillating blue, from turquoise to sapphire, surrounded by a string of islets waving coconut palms white sand beaches, are the quintessential tropical dream. In the middle of all that blue transparency, the lush green island raises two majestic peaks Mount Otemanu and Pahia. Relax and enjoy the bounty that Bora offers to those who seek to reconnect with life ur un îlot navettes quai de 30 avant on Free transportation is provided from the to the town of Vaitape, crossing the airport lagoon via a shuttle boat. At departure, the airport shuttle leaves Vaitape 1h30min before flight times.



According to the Maohi legends, Ta'aroa ,the supreme being , first created  Hawaii .vavau

O Ru, a land arises,
"What land is it?"
"It's Porapora . 
"Let its password be Parapora the great , the first born..."

Ta'aroa *is the supreme creator god in the mythology of French Polynesia. 
vavau or phosphorus in the Maohi language  , which then became Bora Bora(Porapora means the first born ) is the eldest daughter of Raia-tea, while Maupiti is the youngest Maui , who was the first hight priest of Maohi mythology, then asked the supreme being to organize the universe. Thurs was born Pere, the fire goddess , who left Bora Bora for her new abode , the Hawaiian volcano of Kilauea. 

History

Bora bora is island group of French Polynesia  and  Kingdom of Bora Bora is an independent state until 1888  , In World War II the United States chose Bora Bora as a South Pacific military supply base, and an oil depot, airstrip, seaplane base, and defensive fortifications were constructed. Known as "Operation Bobcat", it maintained a supply force of nine ships, 20,000 tons of equipment and nearly 7,000 men.

Geography 

It is a 30.55 km2 island grup in the Lee ward group in the western part of the Society Islands of French Polynesia.

The main island is located in 230 kilometers northwest of Papeete , it is surrounded by a lagoon and a barrier reef. There is an extinct volcano rising to two peaks, mount Pahia and Mount Otemanu , the highest point is 727 meters.

How to get to Bora Bora?

There are two way to get to Tahiti from Hong kong, the first way is to transit plane in New Zealand , you can take New Zealand airline and stop over New Zealand , another way is to transit plane in Japan .  

And there is a direct flight to Tahiti from USA by United Airline .

We departed from Hong Kong  and  below is the route we planned, it took 5 flights for us to arrive the middle of nowhere-BoraBora.

HK --> Phuket

Phuket --> Bangkok

Bangkok--> Sydney

Sydney--> Auckland

Auckland--> PPT (Papeete) 

PPT(Papeete) --> BOB (BoraBora)

When we arrived in Papeete airport  , it was midnight and there are no air-conditioner , you may need to adapt to the hot weather there :P

There are local people dancing at the airport to welcome us.

Most of the people booked the hotel in Papeete is for one night before taking flight to BoraBora , 

There is one thing to bare in mind , when you book the hotel , please also calculate the time difference . we saw some tourists cannot stay in the hotel due to this reason , they booked a wrong date so they have to immediately find a very expensive hotel at that night.

There is a friendly dog welcome us in the Airport hotel , do not have  much expectation in this hotel  , Actually who cares? you stay there one night only . 

The hotel room is clean and have air conditioner . 

It offers bread and coffee for breakfast .

And then we took taxi to airport and wait for the plane to take us to Bora Bora , our dream travel destination.

Among all airlines I took during this honeymoon , the most friendly cabin crew must be Tahiti airline.

During this one hour flight , they serve us soft drink .
and when the plane land off , the pilot plays the Bora bora songs.
The view from the plane is so beautiful .

The weather is so good and it is like a painting .

 We need to take the ship to the hotel , we are
fascinated by the clear blue sea in the airport , even we have been to Maldives  , here is much more clear and beautiful than Maldives .

 This is the view from the ship.
There are different blue color in the sea .

When we landed off , we took taxi to our hotel - InterContinental Bora Bora Le Moana Resort‎.

Before i go to this trip , i watched a youtube vedio , there's a Hong Kong artist Ella and she came from Tahiti , she introduced Tahiti in a travel show , it mentions people will make the flower crown to wellcome the guest. I wanted to buy one from the shop on the street but they rejected to sell it at that moment , it is interesting!

The staff is friendly and nice , they serves us a cold drink and They arranged a Taiwanese girl to serve us and we became friend :) It is so lucky for us to meet her there.

She introduced us some restaurants near the hotel and tell us how to get to there.

 It is the place to have buffet breakfast every morning.

The staff leaded us to our room , it is a bungalow and in the table , you can see the sea world and the different kind of lagoon fish , I even saw the stingray at night and shark in the morning  . If you open the table , you can feel the wind from the ocean and also feed the fishes  :D, It is our night activity.

View from the room . we brought few floating bed and all are parked under the water house .

There are some facilities in the hotel like gym and snooker.

The hotel organized activities every day ,
we joined it and wore the folk costume .
There are also flower crown lesson taught by the local . 

There is something you should know about Bora Bora.

1.The religion is Christianity.
2.People like wearing flower in the ear . If you are single ,please wear the flower on the ear right side,if you are married ,wear the flower on the left side. Don't wear it in the wrong side.
3.Put on sun oil in the day time or you will get burn under the sun.
I had scalp off after snorkeling for 5 days,better wear swimming hot to protect your scalp if possible.
4. No license is needed if local people need to fish.