Tahiti to Moorea - Fam day 2

After touring Tahiti hotels and some island sights, we boarded the Aremiti ferry for the 30 minute trip to Moorea. We were met at the ferry by Moorea Explorer - the yellow bus -and taken to the Moorea Pearl Resort and Spa. I checked into my garden pool bungalow, had a rest and dip in my private plunge pool prior to cocktails and a lovely dinner hosted by our charming host.

garden pool bungalow - Moorea Pearl

Next day we had breakfast and a tour of the property. The Pearl is a lovely resort with many on site amenities - bar, restaurant, pool, spa, shops, water sports and activities - but it is also walking distance to shopping and local restaurants. There are a number of different room categories to suit all needs.
They have a beautiful open air lobby where you are received with a cold towel, drink and sit down check in service.

poolside - Moorea Pearl

Next stop was the Intercontinental Resort and Spa - still one of my favourite hotels on Moorea. As with the Pearl you are met with a cold towel and refreshing drink with sit down lobby check in service. It is a larger property set a little further away from other amenities, but it is a beautiful property. There are lagoon and garden view rooms in the main building; garden bungalows with recently added plunge pools, beach and over water bungalows. The over water bungalows here are different - you enter from land and enter the water from the balcony. They have two restaurants, bars, two beautiful new pools with a swim up bar, expanded beach, a  turtle rehabilitation centre and a dolphin centre.

Intercontinental Moorea - looking toward Legends Resort

Both hotels have local artisans displaying their wares for sale in the lobby. I was pleased to see Nathalie of L'atelier du Chat at the Intercontinental. We bought a beautiful Tiki carved by her husband on our first visit to Moorea in 2004. We were treated to a nice lunch in the poolside restaurant and were then off to see the Legends Villa resort - on the mountain behind the Intercontinental.