"Moorea, Tahiti's beautiful smaller sister" Top 5 Page for this destination Moorea by easyoar
Moorea Travel Guide: 331 reviews and 664 photos
If you have stumbled cross this page accidentally, then there is a good chance that you won't even now where Moorea is or indeed what it really is.
Moorea is a smaller, less developed (by this read not badly over-develped) and more beautiful than its sister Island of Tahiti. Moorea is part of the French Polynesian Society Islands of which Tahiti is the largest and most important, and by far the most well known. The name Moorea actually means 'Yellow Lizard'. Apparently this comes about from a legend where a huge yellow lizard opened up the two bays with two huge swipes from his tail.
Most people who go to Tahiti use it for its International Airport and get out as quickly as they can to islands such as Moorea and Bora Bora. Indeed Moorea is where many Tahitians go for weekend breaks, as it is far more relaxed that the more hectic and over-developed Tahiti.
Moorea is only 12 miles (20 km) from Tahiti, and is quite cheap to visit from Tahiti. Unfortunately this is one of the only cheap things in French Polynesia - only visit if your wallet needs to go on a crash diet, because you can rest assured it will be much lighter when it leaves than when it arrived!
Highlights of Moorea are the Lagoonarium (where you can swim with Turtles and sharks [yes - really!]), Tiki Village (where you see local people 'living' in a traditional way as well as an evening show with loclas dancing, preparing food and showing local crafts) and just generally driving round the island and enjoying the views and the beaches/watersports.
French Polynesia was born out of fire (there are extinct volcanoes everywhere), which may account for the fire dance ritual they perform here.
- Pros:Way, way better than Tahiti
- Cons:Still colossally expensive for what you get
- In a nutshell:If you must visit French Polynesia, come here.
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Fruit sellers on the side of the road
Off The Beaten Path
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One of the nice things when you are driving around the island is to come across a local fruit seller on the side of the... more travel advice
The Tiki Village
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The Tiki Village Theatre is around PK31. It puts on a show in the evenings that has Polynesian dancing, fire dancing, a... more travel advice
Batiks
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These colourful Batiks are sold all over the island. They are very colourful and look great blowing in the breeze. As... more travel advice
Spectacular Sunsets
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Around about PK27 to PK28, you can get some really spectacular sunsets. It's a great place to find a bar and just... more travel advice
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Comments (46)
Great tips!
I am very glad that you survived your swim with the overly self-confident turtles and made it back to land in your outrigger canoe ;-) What an adventure holiday! Sissi
wow...that is amazing!
I was about to ask about how to take a pic underwater but my answer was in that tip. The picture is good. Happy travels!
Fantastic swim with the turtles tip on Moorea. I'll be there in 2008 but I don't think I'll be with any biting turtles ;-)
Have never been any place in the Pacific except the Hawaiian Islands which I thought were expensive, but sounds like Moorea may be even more so. May be a good place to go on a diet!
Wonderful tips. Just wish I could afford another trip to that side of the world...
Looks like a little slice of paradise. Too bad it's so expensive. A nice page with great pictures and tips.
Been offline a week cos of my female visitor...5 nights of 'Palinka' and sightseeing has taken it's toll. My ratings are 0 so I have to be active here for an hour. It's +35 and I'm suffering..off home with Clara.Tim
Great page here with lots of great info & as usual stunning photography = nice work
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