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NOMADE YACHTING BY BORA BORA CRUISES
Itinerary
Cosmopolitan in style, our yachts were built in Australia using the talents of Austal Ships and OceanFast. Both are incorporated into a contemporary design that successfully marries Polynesian art and the audacious style of Tillberg Design.
LE VOYAGE
BORA BORA – TAHAA – RAIATEA – HUAHINE – BORA BORA
PROGRAM OVERVIEW – departures every Monday for a six night, seven day “nomad yachting” escape.
Participate in an intimate voyage of discovery through French Polynesia’s Leeward Islands, in a unique, exclusive and sophisticated manner. Share an experience outside of the usual tourist clichés, where senses are indulged with colour, emotion and pleasure. Take the opportunity to create memories that will last forever after such an exceptional experience. Appreciate the pleasures of a fine setting for breakfast - feet in the warm lagoon water or the magic of a cinema under the stars. Take part in the discovery of natural beauty whilst paddling a kayak up a tropical lagoon river, or indulge in the hedonistic pleasure of time spent in a Jacuzzi watching the colours of the and sky slowly merge together…
Lagoon Yacht Cruise - Itinerary
| Day |
Island |
Program |
 Monday |
Bora Bora |
AM – Savour, right from the start, a personal welcome at the airport, refreshments on the beach whilst casting a glance towards the multi-hued lagoon and your awaiting yacht. Embark and discover life aboard at your own rhythm. A continental breakfast buffet will be set up at the back of the Uporu deck. Lunch on board, whilst the yacht sails to the Motu Tevairoa.
PM – The tenders are ready to conduct you on the “motu”. Towels, chairs, pillows, snorkelling material and kayaks are available at the beach. The NOMADE SPA is set up as well. Enjoy tea time, coffee/tea/cakes & sandwiches, onboard or on the beach. Dinner onboard will be followed by local digestive liquor offered at the bar with the compliments of the Captain. The Yacht will leave for Taha’a in the evening (approximately 2 hours & half of navigation in the open sea).
From the dictionary : Motu (mo’too)n.a tiny sand and palm- tree adorned islet. |
| Tuesday |
Taha'a |
AM – Discover the untouched beauty of this island with it’s fragrance of vanilla. Slide into the lagoon and reach for a cocktail from a floating bar, share and enjoy the traditional secrets of preparing a Tahitian oven on a “motu” with a local family. This “Tahitian lunch” will be a real experience, with tables laid on the sand along the clear waters of the lagoon. However, one may choose to have lunch onboard.
PM – Back onboard, meet Tavita, the island’s tattoo specialists. Circumnavigate the island toward sunset, champagne in hand, whilst gliding upon a calm lagoon path between the reef and the verdant growth of the island. Saturated colours will fill the horizon as the sun sets across the lagoon, the reef and the towering mountains of Bora Bora. |
| Wednesday |
Huahine |
Huahine, the authentic, the island of bards greets the arrival of Ti’a Moana through the pass near the main village of Fare on the island’s north-west coast and drops anchor in the bay of Havaai also called the Cook’s bay.
Ti’a Moana drops anchor in front of Fare to allow you to have a walk in the village. Lunch is served at the “VAHINE TUA” Restaurant while Ti’a Moana sails towards Vaiorea to anchor in the Bay of Bourayne
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| Thursday |
Huahine |
AM – Huahine, the authentic, greets you at dawn after 2 hours &half of sailing. Camouflage yourself as a local whilst wandering the seaside village of Fare or choose the option to do a tour of the ancient Huahine. During lunch a short navigation will allow you to smoothly reach your next halt.
PM – At anchor in front of the mystic and beautiful site of “Hana Iti”, enjoy an idyllic beach, your feet sunk in pure sand. Tenders are available anytime; towels, chairs, pillows, waters bar, snorkelling equipment and kayaks are available on the beach. NOMADE SPA will be set up. Enjoy tea time on the beach or onboard – coffee/tea/cookies,sandwiches,cakes... Before dinner, rock yourself gently to the sights and sounds of an island’s choir who will express the traditions of their island in songs and hymns and then in the evening, we will invite you to a moonlight dinner. |
| Friday |
Raiatea |
AM – Arrival in Raiatea after 2 hours of high sea navigation from Huahine. To day, learn the clever moves of the pearl grafter at a pearl farm and spend a morning at leisure, strolling in the streets of Uturoa, the small administrative capital of the Leeward Islands.
PM – Afternoon at leisure – bar-lounge-library is set up under the trees of the sacred site of the Marae Taputapuatea to feel and hear the message of the Polynesian gods. You will also have the opportunity to visit and shop at the vanilla farm of Opoa, reputed for the quality of its products.
Ti'a Moana spends the night at anchor at Motu Nao Nao.
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| Saturday |
Raiatea |
Breakfast is served on the beach (weather permitting) –white sand, coconuts, monoï, feet in the lagoon or,onboard, if you prefer. Tender departures for beach activities on motu Nao Nao.
In the late afternoon, Ti’a Moana pulls alongside the quay. Enjoy a music and dance performance on the pier with local dancers from Raiatea. The dinner is served as Ti'a Moana leaves the quay.
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| Sunday |
Bora Bora |
Ti’a Moana glides towards the Motu Toopua, home of Hiro the thief’s god who managed to detach a large chunk of the island, which is called Toopua Iti.
Tenders are ready to transport you to a Tahitian temple to hear religious songs that will engrave the Tahitian soul in your mind until your next voyage to our islands.
Farewell at the airport from 02:00pm to 04:00pm.
Bon Voyage ! |
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