October 2019

Fakarava for Noonsite
October 2019

The petrol station is now open and you can take your boat up to the dock – it’s about 4-5 metres deep. There are bommies around but they are deep too.
We got duty free fuel here but the man took our original duty free certificate, something that the customs lady in Papeete told us they shouldn’t do. He insisted though and said that he needed the original or he couldn’t claim back the duty. I think he doesn’t know that it is ok to submit a copy – probably because they have only been open for about a month. It was ok for us because it will have expired by the time we come to fill up again.

When you go to pay your garbage tax at city hall, you don’t need to take any paperwork, just your wallet although we paid for 9 days and it was just short of 2000 francs .

Fakarava

July 2019

Boulangerie sells petrol for your outboard . Price is 200 francs per litre, diesel is not available in Fakarava ( or so we were told). The bakery also has a place to recycle plastic bottles and cans.
You will need to reserve eggs if you want them! Bread can be gone by lunchtime. Don’t forget to take your beer bottles in for money off your next lot of beer!
The main dinghy dock is right near the petrol station but it doesn’t sell petrol or diesel, apparently they are waiting for Tahiti to give them permission to open. The shop is open and is fully stocked.
You can get potable water ( fill up your cans) if you pay the tax at City Hall, the water tap is only manned between 8-9am and 13-14 or 14-15 pm . You can also put your rubbish at the main dock, there isn’t any recycling although one day there was a bin with plastic bottles in, you are supposed to pay a tax for leaving your rubbish.
The one restaurant is open only on Friday , Saturday and Sunday evening 6-9pm. Good prices and good service.
You can have dinner at the resort but you need to reserve a table the day before.
Fakarava Yacht Services are about a 20 min walk( south)from the town quay, or you can beach the dinghy and then it’s 2 mins. We hired bikes 1000 for 4 hours, we also hired the e-bikes and would definitely get them again 3000 for 4 hours . Much better to use these to go off road and past the airport.

We got our gas filled at Fakarava Yacht Services 1200 for 3KG and our laundry was done at 1000 per load ( wash only) Or wash, dry,fold 2000 per load. It was worth the extra. Especially when you get to Tahiti and you have to pay 900 per load and do it yourself.

There are 3 white mooring buoys. We were on the middle one and we snorkelled on it and it looked in good condition.
The yellow mooring buoy is for the dive boat.