Nov 6, 2024
Best tour ever! - What an amazing day. Don’t hesitate booking this tour jam packed with so much. Vanilla farm (cookies are delicious!) Pearl farm which was so interesting. Snorkelling then a beautiful lunch on a private island. Staff were so funny and such a delight. Take me back!!!!
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Nov 5, 2024
Great people, great experience. - ARE Tours was early to locate at the central wharf and greeted us warmly. The group size was perfect for the boat and there was plenty of space to sit comfortably and for our gear. Unfortunately the weather was not perfect but despite the rain and wind our captain made sure to keep us happy during the tour. The coral garden was beautiful, our captain took the time to guide us through the area pointing out coral and fish we would have certainly missed on our own. Lunch on the motu was very good and very much authentic. The pearl farm stop was excellent, we were shown step by step the process of creating the black pearl. The only negative was the vanilla farm stop. This portion could have easily been skipped, while informative, more work needs to be done to create a better experience worth the time. Overall, highly recommend this experience.
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Nov 5, 2024
Great people, great experience! - ARE Tours was early to locate at the central wharf and greeted us warmly. The group size was perfect for the boat and there was plenty of space to sit comfortably and for our gear. Unfortunately the weather was not perfect but despite the rain and wind our captain made sure to keep us happy during the tour. The coral garden was beautiful, our captain took the time to guide us through the area pointing out coral and fish we would have certainly missed on our own. Lunch on the motu was very good and very much authentic. The pearl farm stop was excellent, we were shown step by step the process of creating the black pearl. The only negative was the vanilla farm stop. This portion could have easily been skipped, while informative, more work needs to be done to create a better experience worth the time. Overall, highly recommend this experience.
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Nov 4, 2024
Don't hesitate on this one! - Absolutely awesome trip!!! These guys did a fantastic job on this trip, every bit of it. We can't say enough....hands down one of our favorite trips ever! Vanilla farm was so interesting, pearl farm was beautiful(expensive) and informative. The island and the snorkel experience far exceeded our expectations. We would very much recommend water shoes for walk through the island to get to snorkel starting spot. Don't forget them...it will affect your experience. They cooked a fantastic meal that really felt and tasted "authentic"...loved it, every bit!
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Oct 31, 2024
Exceptional with a team at the Top. Company deserving to be known and recommended - Amazing discoveries 👍le everything in a cheerful Polynesian mood🤟🤟generous and very good meals with feet in the water surrounded by fish 👍 very informative visits without commercial pressures and it s Super👍 discovery coral garden Motu river Faaroa of the island of Taha,'a. Maruuru Maitai has all of you for these memories, you will have left your mark on us forever. Very sincerely Pascal and Véronique from Vendée. Thank you also for taking care of transfers from Fare to round trip boat 🙏🧘👍
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Oct 28, 2024
Brilliant trip - It was a brilliant trip, we enjoyed the pearl farm and snokelling but the best things were the delicious Polyneasian meal on the beach with the sharks swimming around your feet. The guides looked after us and entertained us with their song and dance.
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Oct 27, 2024
A full day of fun and exploration - The vendor communicated with us timely, and timely met us at the pick up location for our trip. Our guide had a great personality. There were three boats total of about 12 persons each. Once we were on the island for lunch, they played instruments sang and performed. Our drift float was great fun and the water was warm and beautiful. The rum factory and vanilla making stops were informative and worthwhile to learn the process. It was a long day and very very enjoyable. We arrived back from our excursion at about 5:45 PM.
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Oct 25, 2024
Excellent Excursion - This is one of the best excursions we have ever taken. Felt very authentic and we had small groups on the boats. Vanilla farm, snorkeling at a coral garden, visited pearl factory and had an authentic Polynesian lunch on picnic tables in the water.
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Oct 22, 2024
Fun day! - The tour was fun and informative. Our guide was fun and interactive. The surrounding islands and water were beautiful. I would not hesitate to book this tour again.
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Nov 7, 2024
Disappointing - Very disappointing !
Of the whole six hours of the trip, we really spent only 30 minutes snorkeling at the coral green in Ta’haa.
We spent two hours in boring shopping for vanilla and pearls , and then two hours in waiting for the guides to prepare the lunch on the motu, and then performing for us ( which was nice),
The planning of this trip should change, to allow more time for water activities, at this unique place! I feel we partially wasted the day.
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