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OPENING DATE:
September 2008
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GENERAL MANAGER:
Romain Chanet
Total Number of Rooms: 115
- Bungalows: 108
- Villas: 7
Design Aesthetic:
- Tahitian style, with over-water guest suites
- Traditional teak wood furnishings, high ceilings and thatched roofs made from pandanus leaves
- Striking works of art from throughout French Polynesia
Architect: Didier Lefort and Pierre-Jean Picart
Interior Designer(s): BAMO
Location: Set on a private motu (island) in the string of coral islets surrounding Bora Bora's main island, and overlooking Mount Otemanu and Mount Pahia
Interior Designer: BAMO
Design Aesthetic: Soaring 22-metre (72-foot) ceiling creates temple-like environment, surrounded by native trees and kahaia blossom fragrance
Signature Treatment:
- Taurumi Mind and Body Ritual
Special Features:
- Herbal-scented saunas
- Sensory showers
- Couple's over-water spa villa
Spa Director: Céline Amouyal
Examples of Locally Sourced Ingredients:
- Lagoon fish
- Island fruits
Special Features: Breakfast delivered by canoe
Restaurant: Tere Nui
- Cuisine: Breakfast and themed dinners
- Indoor Seating: 74
- Outdoor Seating: 34
- Designer: BAMO
Restaurant: Arii Moana
- Cuisine: Mediterranean
- Indoor Seating: 28
- Outdoor Seating: 48
- Designer: BAMO
Restaurant: Fare Hoa Beach Bar & Grill
- Cuisine: Modern Grill
- Outdoor Seating: 50
- Designer: BAMO
Restaurant: Vaimiti
- Cuisine: Eclectic Asian
- Indoor Seating: 42
- Outdoor Seating: 34
- Designer: BAMO
Restaurant: Bella Vita at Tere Nui
- Cuisine: Italian
- Indoor Seating: 74
- Outdoor Seating: 34
- Designer: BAMO
Tennis:
- Number of Tennis Courts: 2
- Tennis Lessons: For a fee
On-site Activities:
- Snorkeling
- Stand-up paddleboarding
- Wave runner
Off-site Activities:
- Scuba diving
- Parasailing
- Visiting a black pearl farm
Pools:
- Number of Pools: 1
Fitness Facilities:
- Special Features:
- Overlooks a coral reef and the Pacific Ocean
- Expansive yoga platform is set over the lagoon
- Sample Fitness Activities: Sunrise and sunset yoga
Kids for All Seasons: Supervised children's program in a dedicated facility
- Cultural activities include stand-up paddleboard, making colourful Polynesian wraps, and outrigger canoeing
Total Size: 294 sq m / 3,162 sq ft
Largest Ballroom: 114 sq m / 1,226 sq ft
Banquet Capacity: 90
Outdoor Banquet Capacity: 215
Private Dining Room Capacity: 220
Unique Meeting and Event Facilities: Indoor/outdoor space with private beach on lagoon
- Purchasing program used to seek out food and products that are locally and regionally produced, organic, include recycled materials, and are delivered with no or minimal packaging
- Comprehensive recycling program (including Nespresso pods)
- Energy-efficient lighting
- Energy-efficient heating and cooling systems
- Lo-flow toilets
- Use of grey water for irrigation
- Non-toxic pest control inside and outside of buildings
- Linens and towels changed every third day
- Conversion of worn linens and towels into housekeeping rags
- Solar panels on guest rooms to heat water
- Solar panels (2,300 square metres or 24,750 square feet) on Resort buildings to provide 20 percent of electrical power
- Recycling of guest room soap through the Clean the World program
- Refillable glass bath product containers (no disposable shampoo, conditioner, lotion bottles)
- Bamboo and paper straws (no plastic)
- Led by the Resort’s marine biologist Denis Schneider, the Lagoon Sanctuary is a research facility dedicated to preserving marine life through education of guests, interaction and coral grafting
- Fishing is strictly prohibited around the Resort, to conserve fish and corals
- Annual Cancer Walk benefiting local charity
- Annual Island Clean-Up Day
- Guest teaching at the local hospitality school
- Support local school with tree planting and arts and crafts events
- Support local animal protection association
BP 547, 98730, Bora Bora
French Polynesia
