temptedtempest t1_j6l1b7q wrote on January 31, 2023 at 1:58 AM

Reply to comment by pcakes13 in "BORA BORA"....The most beautiful Island in the World! by TamerDubai

Could you elaborate? So few people have been to all and have an opinion based on experience.

pcakes13 t1_j6locb1 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 5:05 AM

>Super short version of why I'd pass on Bora Bora is that it's ALL resorts. Any piece of land on the atoll that can support a hotel, has a hotel, and they're SUPER swank. Four Seasons. The Intercontinental. You get the idea. There are a some on the main island, but that's not why you go there. You go there to stay at a super-swank $1200 per/night over-water bungalow. Now that's super crazy and awesome, and it is awesome, but for what it costs to spend 5 nights in Bora Bora you could spend 2 weeks in Raiatea AND take a cruise on a catamaran. Now I wouldn't necessarily stay for 2 weeks, but it's quiet, beautiful, and had better snorkeling than Bora Bora did. Bora Bora was a bucket list location for sure but I'm not sure I'd go back based on the cost alone.

Copy/paste of a reply I made to another person.

tfaw88888 t1_j6m25yf wrote on January 31, 2023 at 7:44 AM

my ex-gf was born and raised in raiatea and yes, what a place.

redshift83 t1_j6lhj7n wrote on January 31, 2023 at 4:04 AM

There is very little to do on bora bora relative to all the other options. It’s stunning beautiful from the room and the snorkeling is the best (must hire a tour though). Otherwise not much is there. I’ll go back but moorea is just as nice or nicer.

atomfullerene t1_j6liyi4 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 4:16 AM

I spent a couple of months in Moorea for graduate school. It was amazing.

mayoriguana t1_j6nn3tn wrote on January 31, 2023 at 4:47 PM

SIO alumnus?

twoinvenice t1_j6nam7m wrote on January 31, 2023 at 3:28 PM

For diving or snorkeling trips where you are going to stick to the more developed islands, the diving around Moorea is better in general…plus it’s quite a bit less expensive. When go back, if I’m not doing a full on dive trip to some of the farther out islands like Fakarava, I’d probably do the same thing I did last time - like 5 nights on Moorea and 3 on Bora Bora.

M0NTY26 t1_j6odn2k wrote on January 31, 2023 at 7:29 PM

Bora bora? More like bora boring.

CrystalStilts t1_j6mi4yw wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:27 AM

I’m partial to Fakarava. There’s a pass there you can snorkel and float down it takes 30 min but it’s super shallow and for snorkeling and seeing all kinds of coral. You just walk back beside the pass and you can do it over and over and over and see so much reef and life it’s pretty amazing. Plus it’s a smaller atoll with less tourists. We flew last time but my husband wants to cross the Panama Canal and then the pacific and spend a year sailing around the south pacific so we can spend 6 mos in the Tuamotus off grid before our daughter gets too old and is in school. If anyone has any other suggestions of their favourite places in the Tuamotus please leave suggestions below also if you have a favourite anchorage.