The Selfish Guide to Bora Bora

This is a really simple guide to Bora Bora. Just go there. That’s pretty much all you need to do. It’s paradise.

Here’s more information if you want it.

Step 1 – Fly to Tahiti. Apparently, flights are quite limited. Here’s a thread on flyertalk about it.

Step 2 – Stay in Tahiti as little as possible. We stayed at the Intercontinental Tahiti in a regular room. The grounds were beautiful but the room in which we stayed was just average.

Step 3 – Fly to Bora Bora.

Step 4 – Take a boat to your hotel in Bora Bora. Yes, it’s a pain in the butt to get to, but we have discovered that the harder the place is to get to, the more like paradise it will be.

Step 4 – Stay in Bora Bora as long as possible. Mr. Selfish and I stayed at the Hilton Bora Bora, which was a lovely property.

Optional sub-steps:

A. Upgrade to an overwater bungalow with your own private deck.

B. Get up early to see the sunrise.

C. Watch the sunset.

D. Jump off your own private deck into pristine water.

E. Go snorkeling and/or diving. You can go snorkeling right off of your deck. We also dove with Patrick from Dive N’ Smile and had a wonderful time spotting half a dozen lemon sharks, a giant school of blue-spotted eagle rays, and a couple of very active eels.

F. Go kayaking or paddle boarding.

G. Get a massage.

H. Eat at the roulette trucks in town. French Polynesian food is, of course, a mixture of French and Polynesian food. So, there is a wide variety of food at the roulette trucks. You can enjoy steak frites, Chinese food, or even poisson cru, which is raw fish marinated in citrus juice and coconut milk

I. In fact, eat as much poisson cru as possible.

J. For the similar budget conscience out there, bring your own food and drinks. Yes, that is a box of bad, bad wine. We also brought instant ramen with us.