#15 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 Moorea sits on Cook's Bay (the working west-coast Moorea bay, the working geographic-protected anchor that Captain Cook used in 1769) — the working budget-tier Moorea property at the value rate. Eighty-eight rooms and bungalows, the upper-tier Pool Bungalow Beach (with private outdoor pool and direct beach access) is the working honeymoon-flagship. The asset is the working Cook's Bay-and-volcanic-mountain position — the property has the most-direct Mount Rotui sightline of any Moorea resort, and the working Cook's Bay protected-anchorage handles the working snorkel-and-kayaking programmes from the property's beach. Manava Beach Resort is the right pick for the working budget-tier French-Polynesia honeymoon where the Moorea-cheap-flight position and the working Cook's-Bay-volcanic-mountain views are the working assets — the rate is 50-60% below the Bora Bora-cluster competitors and 30% below the Hilton Moorea or Sofitel Kia Ora.
Pool Bungalow Beach (the private-pool flagship) or Premier Lagoon View Room for the working couple-of-friends option.
The working Cook's Bay kayak programme is the working morning ritual — the property runs free kayaks from the beach. The working Moorea-Tahiti ferry from Cook's Bay handles the working day-trip to Papeete.
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.
If you have already chosen the dates, our editor recommends booking the room twelve weeks ahead. The best suites with the right view orientation go first, and inventory for the popular months is quoted in months, not weeks. Suite-level rooms with private plunge pools or terraces — the ones that earn this rank — are typically the first to sell out.