Bora Bora Private Island Lunch: Alone on Your Own Motu

Free cancellationExcellent quality

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Duration7h

GroupPrivate

PickupAt your hotel

Your own motu for the day: lunch with your feet in the lagoon

You arrive by private boat to find your own island waiting. Spend the day snorkeling in the coral garden, eating Polynesian lunch with your toes in the sand, learning to weave and crack coconuts, and sleeping in a hammock under the palms. Hotel pickup and all meals, gear, and entertainment are included; you just show up and let the day happen.

Step-by-step itinerary

Private island day with Polynesian experience

Private ride from hotel
Welcome with ukulele and cocktail
Enjoy local entertainment shows
Eat Polynesian buffet by the water
Drink champagne, wine, or sodas
Nap on loveseat with beanbag
Snorkel at coral garden by VAA

The Experience

Gliding across the lagoon in a private boat, the main island shrinks behind you and the water turns from turquoise to something almost unreal. The motu—your private island—sits ahead, empty except for the staff waiting with a ukulele and a welcome cocktail. This is the whole point: no other tourists, no schedule except the one you set, just the sound of palms and the Pacific lapping at sand that belongs to nobody but you for the day. Hotel pickup is included, so you leave whenever suits you, and the boat ride itself is part of the unwinding.

Lunch arrives with your feet in the water—a Polynesian buffet built around raw fish in fresh coconut milk, the kind of thing you cannot order anywhere else. Ken, who was born in Bora Bora, cooks it on the island, and the meal comes with wine, champagne, sodas, whatever you want. Before that, there is the Coco Show (cracking open a fresh coconut with your hands), a pareo-tying lesson, and someone teaching you how to weave a hat from coconut leaves. It sounds like a lot, but it moves at the pace of people on holiday—nobody rushing, nobody performing. After lunch, you collapse into a FATBOY beanbag in the shade and actually sleep.

When you wake up, the two-seater vaa (a traditional outrigger canoe) is ready to take you to the coral garden. Snorkeling equipment is provided, and the water is so clear you can see the bottom from the boat. Thousands of multicolored fish, the kind you see in photos and assume are edited. They are not. You float there as long as you want, then head back to the island, back to the boat, back to your hotel as the light changes. The whole day is about six to seven hours on the motu, but it does not feel like time passing—it feels like time stopping.

What’s included

Your day includes private hotel pickup and return, a private boat ride to the motu, a welcome cocktail, Polynesian entertainment (ukulele, Coco Show, pareo tying, hat weaving), a traditional Polynesian lunch with wine and champagne served on the beach, use of a two-seater vaa canoe, snorkeling equipment, and access to the coral garden. Snacks and drinks are provided throughout the day.

Good to know

Easy physical level

Operated by Motu Only You - Bora Bora

Is this one for you?Right for couples, families, or small groups who want a full day away from other tourists without arranging boats or meals themselves. Expect to be on the island for six to seven hours—long enough to eat, rest, snorkel, and actually feel the pace slow down.