September 2019

Bora Bora moorings
Francis works for them and is very helpful.
Tel : 89 44 08 88 or call him on channel 9 , he speaks very good English .

These are the costs of moorings
1 night 2000
3 nights 5000
7 nights 10000
This means you can move around the island to different moorings without paying individually at each destination. Francis will also tell you if there is a mooring available on the otherwise of the island . At the time of writing this 17th September 2019 they were in the process of removing the moorings outside Bloody Mary’s, they were going to replace them with 20 new ones. Francis also collects garbage, I think this is every other day ( not on Sundays). Separate glass and other recycling from general rubbish.

There didn’t seem to be any rules in place regarding anchoring and we saw a number of boats anchored, we just found it easier to get a buoy, although maybe not so easy during the earlier months .

Bloody Mary’s, best dinghy dock in a long time. Happy hour ( Mon, Weds, Fri ) BOGOF on cocktails and on a pitcher of beer ! We really liked the atmosphere here, there was a band on there on a weds.

If you walk around the road to the right of Bloody Mary’s ( about 20 minutes) there is a public beach with a couple of restaurants. There is also a local snack bar but it wasn’t open when we went ( on a Monday) . There’s a mini market a short walk to the left of bloody Mary’s.

We took our dinghy to the town ( Vaitape) and put it near to the ferry dock, right in front of the tourist information office. It’s quite protected in here. There’s a Chin Lee supermarket then a hardware store and further on there’s another bank ( ATM), and if you walk further there’s a Super U.