Headed to Tahiti and want Recommendations

[mar2112]

You definitely should not miss Fakarava.

 

[reeflady]

Love to hear that, as my wife and I are headed to Tikehau this weekend, after visiting Rangiroa 2 years ago!

shasta12399, we loved Rangiroa and had a great experience diving with Rangiroa Plongee when we were there. We saw dolphins on the majority of our dives and had them come in close to interact with us on four of the 12 dives. Just be advised that it's fairly advanced diving if you want to go through the pass, given the depth and current. As I recall, they require AOW - just a heads up if you don't yet have that.

I will say the snorkeling inside the lagoon right off the Kia Ora Hotel beach wasn't as good as I had hoped. Quite a bit of life around the coral heads, but the sand silts up the water so viz is only 20 or 25 feet. The snorkeling was exceptional at the Aquarium, just inside Tiputa pass, but requires a boat (i.e., paid excursion) to get to.

Where did you stay on Ragiroa? Heading there in the fall.

 

[reeflady]

Where did you stay on Ragiroa? Heading there in the fall.

 

[jameseg]

Where did you stay on Ragiroa? Heading there in the fall.

We stayed at the Kia Ora. My understanding is that it closed for renovations some months after we left and reopened recently as a five-star hotel with significantly higher pricing. We loved just about everything about our experience there, but my guess is that we would have a hard time justifying returning if it was significantly more expensive than when we were there. The Maitai was other place we considered, but I don't have any first-hand knowledge about it. Hope you have a great trip! BTW, the winery on the island is worth a visit if you enjoy wine. The actual production is on a neighboring motu, but there's an informative video and tasting at the shop.

 

[Manuel Sam]

Where did you stay on Ragiroa? Heading there in the fall.

You may wish to refer to my reply to a post called Rangiroa Recommendations in the Pacific Islands Forum.