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Moorea Island Tour We rented a car from Avis and went on a tour around the island of Moorea. |
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Pension Motu Iti (Hotel Motu Iti) We stayed at Pension Motu Iti which is one of the cheap pensions on the island. It was a very nice, clean hotel with a great location next to the Sheraton, but lacked a beach. |
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Moorea Horseback Riding We went horseback riding with Ranch Opunohu Valley. It was beautiful and relaxing, even though we have no idea how to ride! |
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Whalewatching and Dolphin Watching Cruise We went on a whalwatching / dolphin watching cruise with Dr. Michael Poole's Whalewatching Tours company. |
We struck out for restaurants on Moorea. Since there is no public transport in Moorea, and the island is fairly big, independent travelers are at the mercy of the restaurants sometimes-included transfer services. We found only the restaurants in Cook’s Bay were willing to pick us up. We tried Restaurant Chez Jean-Pierre, since Lonely Planet ... (read more →)
We did a 2 hour horseback riding trip with Ranch Opunohu Valley. It cost $55 apiece, and was definitely worth it. Our guide picked us up from our hotel exactly on time, and 15 minutes later we were on horseback for a guided tour of the interior of the island. The views were incredible, ... (read more →)
Our Pension owner arranged a rental car with Avis for us. It cost $75 for the day and only standard/manual transmission was available. The pick-up was 25 minutes late, but they gave us a free upgrade to an A/C car. We drove up to Belvedere Point for a great view of the mountains of Moorea. ... (read more →)
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This pension is one of the very few reasonably priced options ($90 US for a garden-view room) on Moorea. The hotel has about 6 bungalows, and an open-air dorm ($20 per person).
Our room was very spacious, and very pretty – lots of windows, room safe, clean, good bathroom ... (read more →)
The next part of our trip took us back to Moorea (with an obligatory layover at Chez Myrna in Papeete again, since the flight arrives at midnight).
In the morning, we took the Moorea Express boat over to Moorea from Papeete. The ferries leave from the port in the middle of town. There’s a couple of ... (read more →)
