Hotel Bora Bora
The simple lifestyle, the luxury on tap from nature, and the mesmerising mythical quality of this region, has endowed Hotel Bora Bora with a blissful status. The island is known as the ‘Pearl of the Pacific’ alluding to both its gem-like scenic quality and to its once legendary stocks of coveted black pearls. Legend has it that the mesmerizing lagoon, on which Hotel Bora Bora is situated, was gifted by the god Oro with a stash of the black-lipped oyster, the mollusc that creates the shimmering black jewel of the sea.
Hotel Bora Bora was the first hotel on the island to introduce overwater bungalows, a magical architectural concept that has conjured up the ultimate island hideaway ever since. The 54 bungalows and farés are dotted throughout the resort’s palm-laden tropical gardens, as well as beside three pristine white, soft sand beaches. Fourteen of the bungalows are stilted above the aqua lagoon sea, featuring a two-tiered sundeck and steps down to the water.
Others enjoy a variety of settings from garden view, to palm and hammock lined beach front, while the farés, meaning ‘home’ in Tahitian, are authentically designed in the spirit of an old trader’s house. The resort is blessed with a thriving sea, bragging an array of fluorescent sea life, fantastical reefs, dreamy island excursions over land and sea, culminating into one of the world’s most romantic island retreats.