Bora Bora Bungalow Resort

Hotel Bora Bora is located on Bora Bora, a French Polynesian island about 260 kilometers northwest of Tahiti. The resort opened in 1961 and remains the quintessential symbol of French Polynesia.

The resort’s 39 Polynesian-style bungalows and farés are linked to the resort’s public areas by black, lava-stone walkways. These individual accommodations enjoy a variety of settings, from garden-view to beachfront. Whether bungalows or farés, the oversized rooms at Hotel Bora Bora take on the eclectic taste of an old trader’s house. Each is furnished in rattan and bamboo, with Tasmanian oak floors, red-cedar walls, ceilings of pandanus lashed to beams of Douglas fir, ball-and-claw, cast-iron tubs, overhead fans, CD players and personal safes.

Deluxe bungalows are set on the beach, bedrooms facing the sea. With an elevated sundeck built on columns, and steps leading to the lagoon, they have the mood of an overwater accommodation. Deluxe bungalows also include a separate lounge overlooking the sundeck.

Superior bungalows are located on the palm-thick beachfront. Aside from a spacious bedroom and bathroom, they come with a sitting area that leads to a small patio facing the lagoon. The bungalows are set within tropical gardens, and are of the same design as superior bungalows.

The deeply thatched farés are set in white-beach sand or surrounded by tropical gardens. The resort’s eight pool farés, each enclosed by a lava-stone wall, come with a private swimming pool and an outdoor sun pavilion for two. Three farés feature a Jacuzzi set into a teak sundeck within a garden setting. Premium farés are located in prime beach areas. All come with a living room, a bedroom with a king-size, four-poster bed, an en suite sitting room, a bathroom and a large sundeck. Each faré embraces an area of 117m² (1,200 ft²), among the most spacious and private of accommodations on Bora Bora.

Breakfast and dinner are served in the Matira Terrace Restaurant, which overlooks the lagoon. Lunch and refreshments can be taken at the Pofai Beach Bar . A light menu and tropical refreshments are available in the Matira Terrace Bar, with its open-air, sunset views of the lagoon. The Matira Bar’s tables are built from monkey-pod trees felled during the occasional South Pacific storm; the roof is of pandanus thatching. Afternoon tea is available from Hotel Bora Bora’s Pofai Beach Bar.
The region’s 115 islands and atolls are grouped among five archipelagoes: the Marquesas, the Tuamotu, the Gambier, the Tubuai and the Society Islands. The Society archipelago is further divided into the Windward Islands, dominated by Tahiti, and the Leeward group, with Bora Bora as the main island. Bora Bora is only 10 kilometers long and four kilometers wide. Thirty-two kilometers of road rim the island. The hotel is situated on Point Raititi. From this southern peninsula on the very edge of the island’s shimmering blue lagoon, the views run 270 degrees -- from the lagoon and the 40-kilometer barrier reef that rims it, to the green-wreathed volcanic peaks that lend drama to the island. Mount Otemanu (mountain of the bird), at 727 meters (2,385 feet), dominates Bora Bora.

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