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Rangiroa Slideshow
Top Hotels in Rangiroa
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Hotel Kia Ora Resort & Spa Rangiroa
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Hotel Maitai Lagoon Rangiroa
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Hotel Raira Lagon Rangiroa
41 reviews
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Merou Bleu Rangiroa
26 reviews
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Novotel Rangiroa Beach Club
66 reviews
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Le Relais De Josephine Pension Rangiroa
44 reviews
Rangiroa
Travel Blogs from Rangiroa, French Polynesia
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Sharks, dolphins, rays and turtles
This is a top pick! ... sampled some of the Cook Islands it was time to leave for the South Seas Paradise that is Tahiti. Actually, the country is called French Polynesia and Tahiti is just one island of many. The country is part of France so we were all disappointed to find ...
Die Tauchlegende Rangiroa
... Geraeuschkulisse im Zelt haben. Da darf man keinen leichten Schlaf haben... Legenden ranken sich um die Tauchgaenge in Rangiroa, und genau deshalb haben wir hier auch gleich vier Naechte eingeplant. Wie wir selbst herausfinden werden ist diese ...
Rangiroa Spectacular Fishes
Friday, February 19, 2010: Rangiroa (vast sky), Tuamotus, French Polynesia: Star Flyer arrived early morning to the Rangiroa atoll, a very flat coral ring just above sea level, reminiscent of the Bahamas when viewed from the ship. The ...
Dolphins and Pearls
Rangiroa is the second largest atoll in the world (the largest apparently is in Marshall Islands) and we had an idyllic stop here in the Tuamotu islands on our way back to Tahiti. There are endless islands here and at one point we could see 43 dotted on ...
With Myriad DEET
... waited in line at the bank in Hiva Oa, on the Tuesday after we arrived (because we arrived Saturday night before Easter, and the French never work, so they take Easter Monday off, as well) to pay it and the stupid commission the bank charges, but the ...
Sunken Volcanoes
Ia orana, Let us share some of the mysterious creatures of the atoll water world with you… Black pointers, lemon sharks, butterfly fish, leopard sting manta rays, turtles, an infinite amount of different kinds of colorful fish… From our ...
Le lagon
Quelle douceur de vivre dans les Tuamotu... encore des couleurs et une ambiance extraordinaires... Et que de belles surprises dans la mer... j'ai pu voir des barracudas, des requins en pagaille, des napoleons, des tortues... un vrai ...
The "Aquarium"
... , and native feelings about the French colonial government. The highlight of the day was an afternoon snorkeling session in Rangiroa's so-called "aquarium" -- a small section of the lagoon with a bewildering variety of fish and coral. It was ...
Kia Ora Sauvage
Paradise on a remote island. Snorkeling, outrigger canoeing, death march on the motu, enjoying ...
Remote Rangiroa
... world and surrounds the largest lagoon in the world. Unlike the mountainous centers that formed the silhouettes of the Society Islands, Rangiroa is flat with somewhat of a wild, windswept look, most likely from the beating it takes from cyclones and ...
Blue on blue
... 1 ½ hrs before slack against a 4 knot current, we can assure you that they are right. Black pearl farming is a major operation in Rangiroa. The most organized had free tours, so we were anxious to visit. A large bus picked us up near the wharf and we ...
We're in the middle of nowhere. . .
... "we are in the middle of nowhere". Actually we are sailing from Bora Bora in the Society Islands ("high islands") to Rangiroa in the Tuamotus ("low islands"). Unlike the Society Islands that have high mountain centers surrounded by a lagoon and outlying ...
Kia Ora Paradise
Diving in the Tuamatu Pass and the Aquarium. Snorkeling around our overwater bungalow. Swimming with dolphins. ...
Rangiroa
... actually an Atoll, which is a group of small islands (motu's) that form a a huge circle creating a gigantic lagoon in the center. Rangiroa is the largest Atoll in the Southern Hemisphere, in fact it is so big that the entire island of Tahiti could fit in ...
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