Arranged with an agency in Tahiti
Eleven islands, their stays and their flight and ferry links, every fact with its source. An agency in Tahiti confirms rates and availability before you commit to anything.
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The archipelago navigator shows why location, transfer and length of stay belong together. Start with a route, not an endless hotel list.
How the nights are split matters more than the choice of any single hotel. These are three shapes our partner agency prepares often; each one can be adjusted.
For a first trip with a single crossing.
One change, by ferry from the Papeete ferry terminal.
Ask about this shape – Tahiti and MooreaFor combining the sister island with the lagoon of Bora Bora.
Two changes: the ferry to Moorea, a domestic flight to Bora Bora.
Ask about this shape – Tahiti, Moorea and Bora BoraFor longer trips and for divers.
Three changes, by domestic flight, except the ferry to Moorea.
Ask about this shape – Society Islands and TuamotuExamples, not fixed packages. Ferry and flight connections are checked against your actual travel dates before any route is confirmed.
207 stays on Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora and in the other archipelagos. Rooms, rates and availability are confirmed for your travel dates.
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A three-bedroom house in the Kuatemumu quarter of Hakahau on Ua Pou, for up to seven guests, with a kitchen open to the living room. Its large, breezy terrace looks over the village. Our partner agency in Tahiti confirms rates and dates on request.
Four-bedroom house, one bedroom in a separate bungalow, in a gated area near Maharepa on Moorea’s north coast, managed by Tahiti Homes. Our partner agency in Tahiti confirms rates and dates on request.
Hotel in Maharepa, at the entrance to Cook’s Bay on Moorea’s north coast. Our partner agency in Tahiti confirms rates and dates on request.
Our guides begin with a clear answer, then explain the facts that genuinely change a travel decision.
View all – GuideHumpback whales reach French Polynesia from July to the end of October, according to the Direction de l’environnement; Tahiti Tourisme extends the season to November. They follow the coasts of the Society, Austral, Tuamotu and Gambier islands. Rurutu, in the Australs, is nicknamed “the whale island”, and trips also leave from Moorea, Tahiti and Tubuai. The whole country is a sanctuary: nobody may come within 15 metres of an animal, no boat within 100 metres, and only three authorised boats may enter the 300-metre observation zone, at under 3 knots and for no more than 15 minutes. Permits run from 20 July to 20 November.
The marae are the former political, cultural and ceremonial centres of the Polynesians, open-air temples built of stone. The most important, Taputapuātea at Opoa on Raiatea, has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2017. It is visited by keeping to the paths, not climbing on the stones, in silence and without picnics. Living culture is met at the Heiva i Tahiti, the dance and song competition that fills Papeete every July, in ’ori Tahiti shows, at the tattoo artists found on almost every island and in the museums of Punaauia and Atuona. French is the official language; Tahitian is widely spoken, and ’Ia ora na opens every conversation.
French Polynesia has its own entry rules, different from those of mainland France and the Schengen area; the border police check arrivals at Tahiti-Faa’a airport. Citizens of the European Union enter with a valid passport and no visa. Other travellers show a passport valid for three months beyond their planned departure, with two blank pages and issued less than ten years ago; they need no visa for 90 days in any 180-day period if their country is on the exemption list (the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Japan among others), otherwise they need a short-stay visa valid for French Polynesia. The competent authority is the Haut-commissariat de la République in Papeete.
Our partner agency is based in Tahiti. Connections between the islands, travel times and the actual location of a place to stay are part of its daily work, not entries in a catalogue.
In French and English, through the enquiry form.
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