Bora Bora

Bora Bora is one of the world’s most coveted destinations, surrounded by a spectacular lagoon, water sports, and leisure activities. What follows is just a sampling – we invite you to contact us to discuss your unique needs.

Morning – Arrive at the Resort

Presenting you with chilled towel and tropical beverages, a Four Seasons staff member greets you at the charming Aeroport de Bora Bora and escorts you to the Resort’s private motu (island) via luxury motor launch. You’ll dock at the resort’s arrival pavilion, followed by a brief tour en route to your over-water bungalow.

Afternoon

• You might snorkel and explore the kaleidoscope of underwater marine life.
• Or play a game of tennis or beach volleyball.
• Go on a deep-sea fishing excursion, which departs from the resort’s dock.
• Enjoy a relaxing massage or sea-salt scrub at the Spa as you take in views of the lagoon.
• Learn about the cultivation and harvest of the prized Tahitian black pearls.

Evening

• Enjoy a Polynesian welcome, complete with an evening reception and dinner by the inner lagoon. Drums beat as the sun sets behind Mount Otemanu and the traditional fire dance begins.
• A colourful hand-painted pareo (wrap) awaits as your gift when you return to your bungalow.

Morning

• Enjoy a leisurely breakfast in your over-water bungalow or in Tere Nui, the resort’s all-day-dining restaurant.
• On the Spa's private yoga deck – overlooking the lagoon and Mount Otemanu – balance mind and body with a session of yoga.
• Invigorate with an aqua aerobics class in the lagoon or Resort pool.
• Follow your workout regimen in the fitness centre.
• Power-walk on the Pacific-side beach.

Afternoon

• Explore the island’s ancient marae temples on a 4x4 Jeep adventure tour.
• Swim with giant sea turtles at Lagoonarium, French Polynesia’s largest underwater aquarium.
• Experience the exhilaration of kite- and windsurfing, parasailing or jet-skiing.
• Learn how to tie a pareo and create a tiare flower lei from a Polynesian expert.

Evening

• Don your pareos and tiare leis for a Polynesian-style lobster-bake on the beach.
• Learn the Polynesian dances of aparima, hivinau and ote’a.
• Map the intensely starry sky with a telescope.
• A gift of an underwater camera awaits when you return to your bungalow.

Morning

• Enjoy a traditional breakfast in your bungalow or in Tere Nui, the Resort’s all-day-dining restaurant.
• Meet at the lagoon for an outrigger canoe rowing class.
• Take a dive excursion to view giant manta rays.
• Play a game of tennis or beach volleyball.
• Charter an exclusive deep-sea fishing excursion.

Afternoon

• Learn to hand-paint or dye your own pareo.
• Take in the beauty of Mount Pahia and Mount Otemanu on a helicopter tour.
• Be soothed into a Polynesian dream with a pineapple and coconut exfoliating scrub at the Spa.
• Join a snorkelling excursion to feed the gentle reef sharks and bat rays.

Evening

• Dine at leisure in Arii Moana, the resort’s specialty restaurant.
• Enjoy live music and drinks under the stars in the Sunset Bar.
• A beautiful Bora Bora photography book awaits as a gift in your bungalow.

Morning

• Start your day with a leisurely breakfast in your bungalow or in Tere Nui, the resort’s all-day-dining restaurant.
• Enjoy a seaweed wrap in the open-air spa suite.
• Practise aqua aerobics in the lagoon or the resort pool.
• Power-walk on the beach.
• Work out in the fitness centre.

Afternoon

• Rent a scooter or taxi on the main island to shop for Tahitian pearls or Polynesian art and crafts.
• Take an all-terrain-vehicle tour of the island's World War II outposts.
• Circle the island aboard a motorised outrigger canoe.

Evening

• Enjoy casual cocktails and dinner at the famous Bloody Mary’s restaurant on the main island. Sample a taste of a signature Bora Bora vanilla rum cocktail; feast on an array of freshly caught fish and grilled meats. Footwear is optional!
• On the return to your bungalow, Monoi de Tahiti (a Polynesian floral-scented beauty oil) awaits as your gift.

Morning

• Savour breakfast in your suite or in Tere Nui, the resort’s all-day-dining restaurant.
• Work out in the fitness centre.
• Meet at the lagoon for an outrigger canoe rowing class.
• Admire views of the lagoon from your chaise on your private over-water terrace.
• Play a game of tennis or beach volleyball.

Afternoon

• Learn the colourful hand art of tifaifai, an appliqué technique similar to quilting.
• Embark on a private motu excursion for a day of casual water sports and enjoy a barbecue lunch on a secluded Tahitian island.
• Join a dive excursion to Bora Bora’s spectacular outer reef.
• Enjoy a monoi oil and stone massage in the Spa.
• Shop for Tahitian pearls or native crafts in the resort’s boutiques.

Evening

• A blend of Polynesian and French cuisines inspires your farewell reception and dinner. Torches flicker over the festivities as colourfully costumed fire dancers, singers, and musicians bid you farewell. Then the beach party begins!
• A gift of a Tahitian pearl gleams when you return to your bungalow.

Morning – Depart from the Resort

Enjoy breakfast at leisure in your over-water bungalow or in Tere Nui, the resort’s all-day-dining restaurant, then transfer by luxury motor launch to the Aeroport de Bora Bora.