As we strolled slowly towards our bungalow we could see the ragged, jagged, ridiculously green peaks of Mount Otemanu rising above Bora Bora island, just across the sparkling, crystal-clear lagoon that separates the main island from its surrounding atolls, where you’ll find some of the top hotels, including the Four Seasons.
Bora Bora might be the most beautiful island on the planet, the subject of countless photographs, paintings and almost pointless descriptions by authors like me who can’t come close to capturing the serenity of those green, spiky mountains and the myriad, magical shades of water, which switch from turquoise to baby blue to navy and back again.
But I think it was when we walked into the room and saw the subtle Tahitian touches and the stand alone bath tub overlooking the water and how our bungalow was perched directly over the lagoon with a large deck and a ladder for clambering in that my wife went from extremely impressed to utterly gobsmacked.
The FS Bora Bora breakfast buffet at Tere Nui restaurant is as good as anything you’ll find; a massive display that offers fruits bursting with flavour, tropical juices, sparkling wine, yogurt, bircher muesli, smoothies (some are an extra charge), breakfast meats, eggs, smoked fish, omelettes, croissants and even chilled coconut water served inside the coconut.