Bora Bora Travel Guide
Holidays to Bora Bora are a voyage both to an island idyll, but also an alternative reality. Happily, it’s one where butlers drop by with your drink order, dinners are candlelit (and often served on white sand beaches) and days are spent choosing between snorkelling with sharks or snorkelling with manta rays.
Yes, you can hike the peaks on the mainland, but that seems like a lot of effort to go to when you can just as easily get a selfie of Mount Otemanu from your overwater bungalow. But venturing out from the neutral tones of your luxury pad on stilts is worth the effort. After all, you might find yourself whizzing around the island on an ATV. Riding a horse across the sands while feeling bewitched by the impossibly turquoise hue of the sea seems appealing enough to rouse you from your comfy king-sized, too. Or you may just find yourself lost in the pieces created by a local artist who’s found his muse in the island’s beauty.
Billing Bora Bora as an island for honeymooners feels about right. If the couples that land weren’t so smitten with each other, they may well find themselves dropping to one knee and proposing to Bora Bora instead.
Bora Bora Travel Guide
Holidays to Bora Bora are a voyage both to an island idyll, but also an alternative reality. Happily, it’s one where butlers drop by with your drink order, dinners are candlelit (and often served on white sand beaches) and days are spent choosing between snorkelling with sharks or snorkelling with manta rays. Yes, you can hike the peaks on the mainland, but that seems like a lot of effort to go to when you can just as easily get a selfie of Mount Otemanu from your overwater bungalow. But venturing out from the neutral tones of your luxury pad on stilts is worth the effort. After all, you might find yourself whizzing around the island on an ATV. Riding a horse across the sands while feeling bewitched by the impossibly turquoise hue of the sea seems appealing enough to rouse you from your comfy king-sized, too. Or you may just find yourself lost in the pieces created by a local artist who’s found his muse in the island’s beauty.
Billing Bora Bora as an island for honeymooners feels about right. If the couples that land weren’t so smitten with each other, they may well find themselves dropping to one knee and proposing to Bora Bora instead.
Soundtrack of the city
A slice of island life
3 course meal for 2: £25.77
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A regular cappuccino: £2.86
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A medium beer: £3.68
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One-way (Local Transport): £0.14
A slice of island life
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3 course meal for 2: £25.77
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A regular cappuccino: £2.86
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A medium beer: £3.68
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One-way (Local Transport): £0.14
Soundtrack of the city
Weather in Bora Bora
The best time to visit Bora Bora? Some would say year-round, but peak conditions run from May to October. Though all that endless warm weather, lower humidity and barely a chance of rain draws a crowd. To time your stay to perfection? Sit out in the odd shower in April or November.
Discover the real Bora Bora
Will you find the real Bora Bora in the thalasso spa of your resort? Possibly not. Even if it is artfully decorated with hibiscus flowers. Head to Chin Lee’s Supermarket on the mainland for a peek into everyday life. But only if you want to be immediately snapped out of the fantasy island life you flew in for.
You could easily stack your Bora Bora itinerary with water sports, diving, snorkelling, sailing and little else. But don’t miss the mainland highlights. The hikes aren’t for those who’ve left their sturdy footwear back home. You’ll need a guide on all but the most basic of walks. Every step’s worth it though.
Bora Bora’s ingredients are flown in from afar – much like the high end visitors and honeymooners that most of the restaurants cater for. Plate prices aside, try the poisson cru, track down the island’s swish new patisserie and head to the mainland for a greasy snack from the many snack trucks. They come highly recommended.
On an island where butlers, concierges and hosts virtually outnumber the guests, there’s almost no need to lift a finger in the research department. Almost. Whether you’re looking for THE best diving spots or what to do on your honeymoon, Orbzii’s got Bora Bora covered.
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You could easily stack your Bora Bora itinerary with water sports, diving, snorkelling, sailing and little else. But don’t miss the mainland highlights. The hikes aren’t for those who’ve left their sturdy footwear back home. You’ll need a guide on all but the most basic of walks. Every step’s worth it though.
- Food & Drink
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Bora Bora’s ingredients are flown in from afar – much like the high end visitors and honeymooners that most of the restaurants cater for. Plate prices aside, try the poisson cru, track down the island’s swish new patisserie and head to the mainland for a greasy snack from the many snack trucks. They come highly recommended.
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On an island where butlers, concierges and hosts virtually outnumber the guests, there’s almost no need to lift a finger in the research department. Almost. Whether you’re looking for THE best diving spots or what to do on your honeymoon, Orbzii’s got Bora Bora covered.
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More of French Polynesia
This island chain is where you fly to find paradise. Admittedly, that paradise now comes in the form of an air-conditioned grass hut, where breakfast is rowed in by canoe and your every whim is catered to. There is a more rustic side to the islands, but it’s oh so tempting to swerve it in favour of the yacht clubs, spa treatments and exclusive eateries where you may well rub shoulders with an A-lister or two.
