#13 in Top 20 Bora Bora for A Honeymoon · ★★★★
Manava Beach Resort & Spa Moorea
Moorea overwater bungalows, the cheaper-flight Polynesian honeymoon.
Moorea overwater bungalows, the cheaper-flight Polynesian honeymoon.
"Moorea overwater bungalows, the cheaper-flight Polynesian honeymoon."
Manava Beach Resort & Spa sits on Cook's Bay near Maharepa on Moorea, the island a short flight or 30-minute ferry from Tahiti, and that is the whole value case: a real French-Polynesian honeymoon, overwater bungalows included, at a fraction of Bora Bora money. The resort has 90 rooms and bungalows, among them 28 over the lagoon and beach bungalows with private plunge pools; an overwater bungalow or a Pool Beach Bungalow is the room to book. Cook's Bay frames the jagged ridge of Mount Rotui, and the sheltered water is ideal for the resort's free kayaks and snorkelling straight off the beach. Best for couples who want the Polynesia photograph without the Bora Bora price, with rates well below the Bora Bora resorts and below the Hilton Moorea and Sofitel Kia Ora too. The honest catch is that this is a comfortable four-star rather than a top-tier lodge, and the bungalows sit over a deep, dark-water bay rather than a bright turquoise lagoon.
Pool Beach Bungalow (the private-pool flagship) or, for the entry option, an overwater bungalow for the classic Polynesia view.
Take a free kayak out across Cook's Bay first thing, when the water is glass and Mount Rotui is mirror-clear. The Moorea ferry from the island's terminal at Vaiare runs day trips across to Papeete on Tahiti if you want a change of pace.
Manava Beach Resort & Spa Moorea sits within our broader Top 20 Hotels in Bora Bora for a Honeymoon list. It scored an aggregate 9.3/10 across the three editorial criteria, competitive against the field but, on a honeymoon-specific factors, the angle above is what earned its rank. For the alternatives in the same Bora Bora neighbourhood, see Moorea, Cook's Bay and adjacent. For a different city entirely, see the related lists below.
Have firm dates? Our editor's advice is to book roughly twelve weeks in advance. Rooms with the coveted orientation are claimed first, while popular-month availability runs out months in advance. The plunge-pool and terrace suites, the categories that justify this ranking, tend to sell out before anything else.
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