rethinking excursions options

jacketwatch · July 29, 2006

:cool: Hi guys. I had been under the impression that finding tour operators in port in FP wasn't as easy as in the Carib. or the Med. so I booked all our trips thru the ship. However recently I read just the opposite, that there are always tour operators just waiting at the pier like we are used to. Does anyone have any info about this? The stops include:

Huahine

Raratonga

Raietea

Bora Bora

Moorea

Papeete.

jbond · July 29, 2006

There are lots of tours available on the dockside and many on the internet. We booked all our own tours with the exception of the 4X4 in Bora Bora, where Princess had it all sewn up.

Huahine We did the picnic in the water with Marc, awesome. Booked over the internet.

Raratonga We got a taxi on the dock and took a 3 hour taxi ride around the island. A lot of people rented jeeps and drove themselves around, but I thought that they missed out on the narration. Don'r forget to eat at Trader Jacks.

Raiatea Cruised around Taha'a with Bruno. Visited a private motu for lunch and snorkeled the coral garden. Strenuous, but beautiful. Booked over the internet.

Bora Bora Swam with the sharks with Johnny on the second day. An incredible experience. He handled rays like he knew them on a personnal basis. Booked by phone ahead of time. Johnny appears to have left the scene, but Shark Boy has a great reputation and he was on the dock. First day we did the 4X4 and it was rough, tough and awesome. Booked through Princess. It's pretty scary in places.

Moorea My favourite island. It's so beautiful, it's hard to believe it's for real. We rented a private boat for eight of us for $600. We swam with the sharks, played with the rays and a pet barracuda named Jojo. You can't imagine how great it was.

Papeete. The day we arrived we did a tour with Patrick into the centre of the island. It was an eye opener. Swimming in the waterfalls and four wheeling it over the rough terrain. Fantastic. Booked over the internet.

The last day we just walked around town and shopped. Ate at Le Retro. Great baguettes with ham and cheese.

This is a good website and the guy is really helpful. www.thetahititraveler.com

jacketwatch · July 30, 2006

:cool: Awesome site JB. Thank you. I took a short look and will take a long look later, prob. Monday, and decide. Not enough time now. I'm at work SHHHH! Don't tell. :grin: Larry