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Raiatea Hawaiki Nui Resort & Spa, like a traditional Tahitian
household, is friendly and casual, yet it lets you go native in total
comfort. The hotel is located adjacent the lagoon and
offers 9 overwater bungalows, 3 lagoonfront bungalows, 12 garden bungalows
and 8 garden-side lanai rooms. The restaurant and bar overlook the
swimming pool which fronts the lagoon. Activities available include
snorkeling, outrigger canoe excursions, horseback riding, marae excursions
and jeep safaris. Best of all, the people you meet here are priceless.
They'll entertain you with tales of the islands and help you to discover
the secrets of Raiatea.
Free Activities: Swimming pool, social games and
snorkeling equipment.
The recently renovated hotel specializes in
personalized service. Guests will appreciate the comfortable overwater,
lagoonfront, and garden bungalows or the garden lanai rooms with
refrigerator/mini-bar and hairdryer. There are also a poolside restaurant
and lounge which overlook the beautiful lagoon. Excellent snorkeling and
scuba diving in the deep-water lagoon, outrigger canoe excursions, jeep
safaris, marae (ancient temples) tours, horseback riding, and hiking will
add to your visit.
In addition, the
Raiatea Hawaiki Nui Resort & Spa has an
indoor-outdoor bar, and its restaurant is reputed to be the finest on the
island.
There is also a lovely boutique and a swimming
pool to accommodate everyone.
However, the
Raiatea Hawaiki Nui Resort & Spa is above all, the gate to discovering
the island of Raiatea. The sacred Raiatea, the secret Raiatea… a
tropical volcanic island in all its splendor.
Accommodations
Each room is equipped
with a minibar, television, video and stereo system, telephone and safety
deposit box.
The garden bungalows offer a lounge area, while the
overwater bungalows have a lovely veranda overlooking the lagoon.
Activities, Excursions and Tours
The hotel is host to a number of excursions, each
of which is more tempting than the next.
The two sister islands:
Raiatea and Taha'a are unique in that they are two high islands trapped in
an immense lagoon and protected by a common barrier reef. They offer 259
square kms of land to be explored on foot, on horseback or by jeep.
And Raiatea boasts the
only navigable river in French Polynesia... the Apoo ma'u in the Bay of
Faaroa.
The numerous bays and
alluvial plains, the mountains and plateaus are an enchanting splash of
color and aroma (lemon and grapefruit trees, pineapples, mangoes, guavas,
papayas, chestnuts, frangipani, ylang-ylang, tiare and vanilla...) all
contrasting with the green valleys. The scenery is a constant invitation
to dream. From high above, the colors of the lagoon splinter into an
exploding symphony of blues and greens with occasional highlights from the
coral reef and white sand beaches.
Sacred Raiatea and
Taha'a the island of vanilla are choice destinations for both snorkeling
and scuba diving. There are more than 50 catalogued sites for both
beginners and experienced divers.
As well as the coral
drop offs and abundant underwater plant and animal life, there are several
wrecks to visit, such as the Nordby, a 57 ton schooner (50m long) which
sank in 1900 and can be found directly in front of the
A visit to the magical
universe of the sister island: Taha'a, promises a timeless encounter with
Polynesia of yesterday.
The outrigger canoe
allows time to pass slowly, making possible a fragile link between an
often inaccessible Polynesian lifestyle and the visitor to this remote
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