The view of the island from the window of an Air Tahiti flight has been compared to that of “a tiny emerald in a setting of turquoise, encircled by a protective necklace of sparkling pearls”. The airport is built on a palm fringed motu approximately 20 minutes by motor launch from the main village of Vaitape. The view of the main island from the motu is truly spectacular. As you travel across Bora Bora's world famous lagoon, you'll soon discover why it is the center of interest for most visitors to the island. Activities include island tours, glass bottom boats, guided reef walking excursions, motu picnics, sunset cruises, snorkeling and the popular shark feeding excursion - where from shallow water you watch as local divers feed the small 4’ to 5’ well fed and non-threatening lagoon sharks by hand. For shoppers, when visiting the boutiques, look for the lovely watercolor prints of the island done by Titi Becaud. Titi, her husband and their son live on the lagoon in the 40’ boat they sailed to the islands from France several years ago.
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