Tahiti, Bora Bora, French Polynesia resorts and hotels

The largest of the Polynesian archipelagoes includes 76 islands and atolls extending over more than 20,000 square kms. Asleep for many years, now it has come back to life through the establishment of some 250 pearl farms and tourism based on rich scuba diving sites which make it a winning destination.

« The Pearl of the Pacific » as Captain Cook baptized it, bears the magic of the most beautiful Polynesian islands. This ancient stretched volcano shows its two peaks, Mounts Pahia and Otemanu, whose green colors stand out against the jade, turquoise and sapphire shades of the lagoon.

Easter Island is an isolated island in the south-east Pacific Ocean, famous for its monumental statues (the moais) and its unique writing Oceania, the Rongorongo.

Fakarava is filled with numerous unexplored « motus » (islets) awaiting new adventurers to discover those pink sand beaches shaded by rows of coconut trees and crystal-clear waters.

This wrinkled land, whose virginal beauty remains untouched by 20th century, tells the long and captivating story of Marquesas which can be discovered while strolling between papaya and banana trees and into the secret valleys.

Huahine, also called the « Woman island », overflows with a savage allure that makes her exceptionally attractive: her velvet slopes draped in exuberant tropical vegetation, her mirror-like lagoon reflecting the phosphorescent coral formations that lay scattered in their silent abode and her numerous snowy white sand beaches that envelope her in virginal modesty.

Manihi's lagoon is a kaleidoscope of magical colors. Her warm waters, perfect for water sports, are also favorable for the production of one of Tahiti and Her Island's strongest symbols, the Tahitian black pearl; world famous for its moonlike beauty.

Maupiti is an island to the west of the Leeward Islands in French Polynesia. It is the westernmost volcanic high island in the archipelago, 40 km west of Bora Bora.

Moorea appears to the visitor as a tropical garden filled with silver pineapple fields, main agricultural product of the island. In the midst of this fairytale landscape, light rays pierce the Mou'a Puta (the pierced mountain), was it just natural eccentricity, or according to the legend, made by the arrow of the demigod Pai.

Many legends take place, waterfalls and rivers follow a trail kept by mossy tikis hidden in the forest, still standing up, their eyes fixed on eternity.

The largest of the Leeward Islands, Raiatea shares the southern part of her lagoon with Tahaa, the vanilla island. As well as famous surf spots such as Faaroa or Miri Miri, one can discover wonderful white sand beaches and underwater gardens on the motus (islets) close to the coral reef surrounding the island.

Rangiroa, ''the big sky'' in the Puamotu language, is one of those atolls that one dreams about without really believing that it exists. One of those fantasy worlds at the door of Utopia when the imagination travels far, far away...

Rurutu (the 'gushing rock' in Polynesian language) is the most northern island of the Austral archipelago.

This enchanting paradise, endowed with a magnificent, turquoise lagoon surrounded by 'motus', islets of superb, white, sand beaches, is an ancient volcano dominated by Mount Ohiri with its exceptional panorama.

More than just an international point of arrival for the other fabulous nearby islands, Papeete, the capital of Tahiti, offers visitors numerous treasures: the colorful market, art and history museums, botanical and flower gardens, animated nightlife and cultural exhibitions such as the traditional 'Heiva' which provides a lively change of scenery full of folklore, dancing, singing, colors and fragrances.

Tikehau meaning « peaceful landing ». This circular shaped atoll, is reckoned to be one of the most full of fish. Peace and quietness have built up the frame of newfound secret harmony between sea and sky.