The Bora Bora City Guides answer the questions every trip to this lagoon raises: how to eat well when one resort dinner costs as much as a week of meals elsewhere, which coral garden you can reach with a kayak instead of a boat tour, why a lagoon trip booked straight with a local operator beats the one sold at the activity desk, and how to fit Taha’a or a day in Papeete around your flights. Each guide is a short, honest list that tells you why a place is worth it, what to order or look for and one useful tip, and it opens in your browser as soon as you have paid.
About the Bora Bora City Guides
- 65 places
- 3 guides
- 7 languages
- Works offline
- Print or PDF
- Instant access
- Free updates
The three Bora Bora guides
Food guide
24 places
Beach snacks on the sand at Matira, French bakeries and supermarkets in Vaitape for cheap breakfasts and picnics, lagoon-side tables that earn their prices, three big splurges and where to eat on day trips to Taha’a and Tahiti.
Things to do guide
22 places
Lagoon tours, snorkelling and diving booked direct, Matira Beach, the hard climb up Mt. Pa’ia and the wartime guns, Vaitape’s church, marae and pearl dealers, then day trips to Taha’a and Tahiti.
Day trips guide
19 places
Matira and the lagoon on a small budget, a loop of the 32 km coast road past marae and WWII guns, the rum, vanilla and pearl farms of Taha’a, Marae Taputapuatea on Raiatea and a day in Papeete.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
Tick places off
Mark each place as done and watch your progress, so you always know what is left.
Your own notes
Write notes on any place and add your own finds. They stay on your phone.
One tap to Maps
Every place opens in Google Maps, and the day route puts your picks in a sensible order.
Open now, near me
Filter by what is open right now or what is closest to you.
Works offline
Open the guide once with a connection and it keeps working without data.
Print it or save as PDF
On a computer, print any guide or save it as a PDF to take with you.
Three places from the guides
Restaurant Saint James
On the water in Vaitape
A French dining room on stilts above the lagoon, where reef fish and now and then a small shark drift under the deck while the sun sets straight ahead. Order the local fish cooked the French way and leave room for the crème brûlée made with Tahitian vanilla. From the food guide.
Coral Garden
Across the lagoon from Matira Point
Clear, shallow water over coral heads, giant clams and crowds of reef fish, and the one good snorkel spot you can get to without joining a boat tour. Hire a kayak or paddle board on Matira Beach and paddle roughly 800 metres over. From the things to do guide.
Champon Pearl Farm
South-east Taha’a, facing Raiatea
A family farm that walks you through the life of a black pearl, from grafting the oyster and the years it spends in the lagoon to sorting the harvest by colour and lustre. The visit is free and nobody pushes you to buy, so you leave knowing what a good pearl looks like. From the beaches and day trips guide.
Plan your days in Bora Bora
Day one: spend the morning on Matira Beach, then hire a kayak and paddle across to the Coral Garden to snorkel over giant clams and coral heads. Have lunch at Snack Matira a step from the water, and in the evening go to Bloody Mary’s, where you pick your fish from the ice before you sit down. Day two: rent a bike in Vaitape, pick up croissants at La Pâtisserie by Saint James and ride the 32 km coast road, stopping at the turtle carvings of Marae Fare-Opu and the American guns at Fitiiu Point, then watch the sun go down from the Bora Bora Yacht Club. For a rainy or slow day, learn how pearls are graded at La Perle de Maimiti, linger over lunch at Aloe Cafe and book dinner at Restaurant Saint James; or give the whole day to a boat trip to Taha’a for the drift snorkel, the vanilla farm and the rum distillery.
Questions about the Bora Bora guides
What do the Bora Bora City Guides include?
Three guides with 65 places in total: food, things to do, and beaches and day trips. Every entry tells you why it is worth going, where it is, notes on opening times and one tip you can put to use.
How do I receive the guides once I have paid?
The links show up on your order confirmation page and in the email that follows. They open in the browser of any phone, tablet or laptop, with no app to install and no account to create.
Can I use the Bora Bora guides without internet?
Yes. Open each guide once while you are online and it keeps working offline after that, ticks and notes included. Only opening a place in maps needs mobile data.
Which languages are the Bora Bora guides available in?
The guides open in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese. You can switch the language inside the guide at any time.
How much do the guides cost?
One guide is €4.99, two are €8.99 and all three together are €13.98.
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