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The Polynesian Blue
Nine nights around the Society Islands with an overnight in Bora Bora's lagoon — the voyage the word "paradise" was invented to describe.
The journey
Day by day
Papeete, Tahiti
Roulottes on the waterfront, black pearls at the market, and a late sailaway under the green wall of Mount Orohena.
Moorea
Anchor in Opunohu Bay, Cook's anchorage. Stingrays in the shallows, poisson cru ashore, and the jagged crown of Mount Rotui all day.
Huahine
The garden island: sacred blue-eyed eels at Faie, marae temples in the forest, and a lagoon you will have largely to yourself.
Raiatea & Taha'a
Taputapuatea, the great voyaging marae, in the morning; a vanilla plantation on Taha'a in the afternoon; a coral-garden drift snorkel between.
At Sea — The Leeward Pass
A blue day between islands. The marina platform opens; the spa suggests something with monoi oil. Say yes.
Bora Bora
The lagoon, in every blue. Circle the island by outrigger, picnic on a private motu, and watch Otemanu turn violet from your veranda.
Bora Bora
A second full day: rays and reef sharks off the marina platform, the Bloody Mary's bar for those who must, and the lagoon at dawn for those who understand.
Tupai — The Heart Atoll
A heart-shaped atoll ten miles north, uninhabited. We slow, we circle, we take the long photograph.
Papeete, Tahiti
Farewell over one last plateau de fruits de mer. The island keeps your heart; that is the arrangement.
All-suite veranda accommodation · All dining and beverages · Marina platform and snorkel programme · Shore experiences in every port · Butler service · Gratuities and Wi-Fi
The destination
French Polynesia
The lagoon is not really blue; it is a ladder of blues, from gin-clear over the sand to lapis at the pass. Gauguin ran out of words. You will too.
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