{"id":3829,"date":"2016-03-15T10:04:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T15:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/?p=3829"},"modified":"2021-03-25T23:09:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T04:09:00","slug":"family-guide-tahiti-moorea-borabora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/oceania\/french-polynesia\/family-guide-tahiti-moorea-borabora\/","title":{"rendered":"A Family Guide to Tahiti, Moorea & Bora Bora"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We visited Bora Bora for a familymoon… and I can’t believe we waited so long to visit!  Here is our family guide to Tahiti, Moorea and Bora Bora<\/strong><\/em>. We loved our visit to Bora Bora, Moorea and Tahiti in French Polynesia tne think you will love it too. Tahiti is often touted as a honeymoon destination and was not on our budget or radar until this trip, but when we were there we saw a lot of families and multi-generational families which made us wonder why we waited so long to visit this beautiful slice of paradise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Part of the Society Islands of French Polynesia about 143 miles northwest of Papeete, the islands were discovered and named by Captain James Cook during his first voyage.  He supposedly called them the Society Islands because they lay contiguous to one another. The islands are divided into Winward and Leeward islands. Bora Bora, Tahaa, Huahine are part of Leeward Islands and Tahiti, Moorea, Tetiaroa are part of the Windward Islands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In ancient times Bora Bora island was called “Pora pora mai te pora<\/em>“, meaning “created by the Gods” in the local Tahitian dialect. This was often abbreviated Pora Pora<\/i> meaning simply firstborn<\/i>. Because of ambiguities in the phonemes of the Tahitian language, this came to be pronounced Bola Bola<\/i> or Bora Bora<\/i>. During our trip, we also visited Moorea, the island that is roughly shaped like a heart from overhead.  Eight voluminous mountain peaks rise from its translucent lagoon, creating a distinctive and rugged silhouette visible from the western coast of Tahiti. Splitting the northern shore are two symmetrical bays: Cook’s or Paopao and Opunohu Bay.  The hills were a verdant green against the turquoise bay with abundant plantations of pineapple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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