Pension Mauarii Huahine
Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia
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Last review: Jan 07, 2012405 miles S of Pension Mauarii
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Huahine!
... the inlet to another lagoon for an hour-long drift snorkel. The fish and the reefs were gorgeous. I wish I had an under-water camera! In the afternoon we had a fascinating lecture on marine invertebrates from our instructor Art Reed; I know I'll see things now in the reefs that I totally missed on this morning's snorkeling ...
A day driving around Huahine
This is a top pick!
... and she stayed put, so we were pretty confident that she would hold. However, we also felt safe knowing that there were a few cruising boats around and that if she started to get into trouble, they surely would assist. So we finished out tour of the island after 5.5hrs & dropped the car back. We went through the supermarket again just for a browse, bought a couple of things and headed to Te Manava bar for a beer or two and headed back to the ...
Open water sailing to Huahine
This is a top pick!
... cardinal marks the reef to the south. There are leading marks here which are a little hard to spot on point Matapiri but we stayed on our heading of 114° Magnetic and soon found the leads which took us past the main town of Fare (the GPS waypoint is centre of the pass S16°42’.491 W151°02’.850). We decided to keep going toward the southern end of the island – Avea Bay which is reportedly beautiful and a further 7nm from Fare. We headed down the west ...
Tipping Over
... or right side, when we wanted it to go straight.
After 15 minutes or so, we brought the outrigger canoe back to shore and traded it in for a 2-person kayak. So much better! We kayaked to the deep overwater bungalows and saw tons of tropical fish hanging out at the various corals. We spent close to 45 minutes paddling around and once we got tired ...
Eels, Pearls and a Motu Picnic
... and French children’s songs to keep us entertained. She also showed us how to weave a basket using coconut fronds (which are the “leaves” of the coconut tree). Brian and I worked on weaving together and our basket looked more like a giant floppy fan. It was quite ugly and made me giggle like mad! Neither one of us is very crafty, that’s ...
