Bora Bora Lagoon

Bora Bora was perfect. Worth every centime of the small fortune we paid for our 3-night sojourn. Upon landing at the airport we both had necklaces of flowers placed over our heads and whilst our fellow passengers boarded the public ferry (the airport is ...

... the airport. Our Dash-8 took off on time and within 50 minutes, we had arrived 280 kms west of Tahiti on the glorious atoll of Bora Bora. We were greeted with a flower lei and a Hilton hotel staff member. We had a short wait on the Hilton's massive boat ...

... beautiful. And as you can see, the view is spectacular These are a few of shots of our days. The resort is the Bora Bora Nui, and is beautifully designed. I especially have enjoyed the resort grounds, and the location looking out towards the motu is ...

... , our next little South Pacific Island. The view from the deck as we sailed out of the lagoon was spectacular. The novelist James Michener apparently described Bora Bora as “ the world's most beautiful island”. It is not difficult to agree. ...

... and tried to cut his toe off getting out of the water. We were blasted by strong winds all night long and wondered if Bora Bora was really worth visiting. However we then sailed round the north of the island and anchored in it's spectular lagoon on the ...

... and at least 10 Americans on board!! At approximately 17:30, the ship’s anchors were raised and the Sapphire Princess navigated its way through Bora Bora’s surrounding reefs to the next port of call Pago Pago, American Samoa in 2 days ...

... climb out of the Range Rover and receive jolt of a different sort - before us is a 180 degree panorama of Bora Bora's lagoon. The lagoon is often described as the most beautiful in the world and from this vantage point atop Popotei Ridge we are treated ...

... 50 minute flight to Bora Bora. There are about 118 islands scattered all round Polynesia, with Tahiti as the main hub. I had chosen Bora Bora in the Leeward Islands to the east as the typical, lagoon based, tropical island. Besides that it has such a ...

... all No. 5’s (our groups number) and at exactly 8.30 we set sail across the beautiful lagoon and around the volcanic island of Bora Bora.  Wearing our swimming costumes we soon stopped for our first ‘snorkelling’ experience.  ...

... know I'm partial to a bit of Mr. Loaf !!! Dont know who was more embaressed !!! The guests were in a hurry to get to Bora bora about 10-15 miles away so off we went......and you guessed it, another beautiful island with a lagoon some 3 times larger than ...

... time we’re off to Bora-Bora, the final leg of our honeymoon, where we’ll be spending 5 nights at the InterContinental Bora Bora Resort & Thalasso Spa .  The flight from Huahine to Bora-Bora was pretty smooth & short (I think it ...

... consists of a relatively small island dominated by a steep peak and completely encircled by a calm and verdant tropical lagoon. Bora Bora is the honeymoon destination de rigeur and venturing out of my dormitory inevitably meant being surrounded by doting ...