Event Guides

Molokai Hoe

Molokai Hoe

The Molokai Hoe is one of the most exciting canoe races in the world. Read our guide to learn about the history and a first-hand experience.

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Hawaiki Nui Va’a Guide

Here is a complete guide on everything you need to know about the Hawaiki Nui Va'a race. One of the most famous events in the island.

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Christmas in Bora Bora Guide

This is how Christmas is celebrated in the beautiful island of Bora Bora. Learn more about the Christmas traditions and how we celebrate.

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Miss Bora Bora Pageant

Miss Bora Bora queens are crowned every year. Here are some of the pageants I've been to and what you can expect when you attend.

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Arrival of the Evangelists Holiday

The Protestant Missionaries first arrived in Tahiti aboard the "Duff" on 5th March 1797. It's an intriguing piece of trivia, but the 'Duff' crossed the

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Bora Bora’s Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is the most important festival worldwide for the Chinese community, a festival centuries old & an important opportunity to honor

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Waterman Tahiti Tour

Learn more about the Waterman Tahiti Tour and what it's all about and how you can experience it first hand when you visit.

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Petanque World Championships

Pétanque is a form of bowls played with metal boules (“balls”) where the goal is to throw the balls as close as possible to a small wooden jack (ball)

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The Maraamu Surfski Race

The Maraamu Surf-Ski Race is arguably the world’s greatest downwind race. The course takes paddlers from the island of Tahaa across one of the world's

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Bora Orero – Keeping Culture Alive

The Orero is an ancient artistic form of oral declaration most often taking into account Polynesian genealogy, history & geography delivered as fact

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Tahiti Pearl Regatta – The Bora Leg

Tahiti Pearl Regatta - 2015 Update The Tahiti Pearl Regatta - 2015, the 12th consecutive running of this the largest & most prestigious sailing event