full description on this page - go down. Only for the two of you. Print out the brochure. You have just found a place which is unique in Bora Bora or maybe even in the whole of French Polynesia. A small hotel on a private island. Just three bungalows on the beach. Lush, tropical vegetation. Crystal waters of the lagoon all around. Peace and quiet. All you hear is splashing of water and the music of sea breeze. You forget all the world and stay enchanted by tranquility and nature. And you do not have to share all this with hundreds other clients. MAI MOANA ISLAND is a private island in the lagoon of Bora Bora; We receive senators, politicians, international stars but also people who love nature like you and me All our bungalows are located close to the waterline. In this paradisiac setting completely different from your everyday life, you will however discover all the comfort you need. There is hot water heated by a solar energy system and electricity provided by a generator. The generator works only in the evening between 6.00pm and 10.00pm yet there are battery lights in the bungalows so you can have your light when you need it. Our bungalows are spacious and consist of a bedroom, a dressing room, a bathroom with hot water and a terrace. They are equipped with a television-set. As there are only three bungalows, we can accept maximum six visitors so it is never crowdy or noisy on Mai Moana. Especially that we do not admit children younger than 12 years. And if the two of you wish to be our only guests without other clients around, choose. In the morning we will serve you a breakfast consisting of tea or coffee, fruit juice, bread, butter and jam. If you have chosen full-board, you will be served a tropical lunch; we call it tropical as it is light and simple - a homemade pizza, a hot sandwich, a salmon tourte... A fruit or a dairy dessert to finish your meal. A dinner is composed of an entree, a main dish and a dessert. We serve mainly fish (mahi mahi, tuna or salmon) but also meat and poultry. The menus are always chosen and prepared by us. We must depend on the provisions available which are often limited. If however you have dietary restrictions and you will let us know that in advance, we will try to take it into account. We can serve you the most popular aperitifs: whisky, pastis, martini or gin. We have also some wines: a bordeau, a cotes du Rhone, the rose de Provence, a Muscadet. If you wish to celebrate something or just have a romantic dinner under the open sky (if the weather is good), you can order a candlelight dinner. It costs only about US$20 more than a standard one but it is an unforgettable experience. The nicest thing you can do on Mai Moana is to do nothing. The beach and the lagoon around plus of course enjoying tasty meals fill up the whole day for most of our clients. Yet you can also have a walk to the reef; on foot!; or paddle around in a kayak that is at your disposal on our motu. And a very rare and interesting activity - watching hermit crabs that live on some motus only and are numerous on our island. You can also participate in the activities available on Bora Bora such as scuba diving, tour around the island in a pirogue during which you can feed sharks and meet rayas, a helicopter flight above the lagoon, a short yacht cruise, a jeep excursion... All these activities are organized by professionals and are charged separately. We can, if you wish, organize for you a Tahitian wedding (even if you are already married!) - have a look at the page. Phone: (689) 67 62 45 (689) 73 75 73. Mail address: PO Box 164, Bora Bora, French Polynesia

Accommodation and meal rates 2008. All the prices are given in french pacific francs (cfp). To have the price in euros divide the amount in cfp by 119; if you wish to have the approximate price in US dollars, divide the amount in cfp by 100 (at the moment by 80 ). Bungalow for two people : 24.000cfp/night 201,12; Additional person : 8.000cfp/night 67,04; Children younger than 12 years are not admitted, except July August. Breakfast/pers : 1.600cfp 13,41; Lunch/pers : 2.500cfp 20,95; Dinner/pers : 3.800cfp 31,84; Candelight dinner for 2 : 12.000cfp 100,56; Half-board for two people (bungalow, breakfast,dinner) : 34.800cfp 291,63; Full board for two people (bungalow, breakfast, lunch, dinner) : 39.800cfp 333,53; Transfer from or to the airport 1 or 2 pers., one way : 3.000cfp 25,14; Transfer vis-a-vis for 1 or 2 pers., one way : 3.000cfp 25,14; Transfert to Vaitape, 1 or 2 pers., one way : 4.500cfp 37,71; The whole island for the two of you, bungalow only : 45.000cfp/night 277,11; The whole island for the two of you, half board : 55.800cfp/night 467,61; The whole island for the two of you, full board : 60.800cfp/night 509,51; The whole island for 3 to 6 people, accommodation only: 70.000 cfp/nuit 586,60; FAQ: How much will I pay if I travel alone? If you are alone and you stay at least 3 nights, you will pay only 25.800 cfp / night for the half-board and 28.300 cfp / night for the full board. Tour around the island in a pirogue with feeding sharks, and a tahitian picnic on a motu: 8.000cfp per person. Diving session or your first lesson: 7.500cfp per person per session. Helicopter flight over Bora Bora: 15.980 cfp for a 15 minutes' flight per person. Derniere mpise a jour:

CATALOGUES, REVUES, JOURNAUX... ils parlent de MAI MOANA ISLAND... NOS CLIENTS NOUS ECRIVENT. BILL EST RADIOAMATEUR... Bora Bora for those of you who don't know has a population of about 6000 and is really rural, except for those really expensive hotels you've read about. A gorgeous place, even with an almost cloud filled sky. The airport is built on the remains of a strip constructed in 1943 as an American supply base. But the terminal is pure tropics. Walls are unheard of, and the airport itself is on a motu (small island) in the northwest corner of the lagoon. Transportation from the airport to anywhere else is by boat; some big, fancy, high speed boats, some medium sized boats, and the one that met me, a 14 foot aluminum outboard powered skiff. As soon as I met my host, Stan Wisniewski, I knew that I was home! Stan (FO5IW) is a retired filmmaker who has chosen to make his home on a really small motu (how small? I could walk around the perimeter in under five minutes) which is about a 10 minute boat ride from the airport. On this motu lives Stan, his wife, their two year daughter, Anais, a cat named Vodka, and a dog named Martin. Also there are three bungalows, a dining room, and a ham shack. The resort is called Mai Moana and has been in operation for about seven years. In 1997 however, a major hurricane swept over and through the island and essentially everything but the concrete building which now houses the generator and workshop disappeared. So effectively everything has been rebuilt since then. Words are simply inadequate to describe the beauty, tranquility and serenity of the island and the setting. The colors, the smells, the sounds, the people, everything combines to define the perfect fantasy of a South Pacific desert island. It can be experienced or imagined, but not really described. Facilities are excellent - not luxurious, but far above adequate. And the food - have I mentioned the food? Truly exquisite. Local stuff, lots of seafood of course, but with a leavening of classic French cuisine and style. I've been fortunate enough to eat some pretty good stuff in lots of interesting places in the world, but I have to say that never have I experienced such consistently good food for so long a period. I not only never had a bad meal, I never even had a mediocre one! Here's a partial list - broiled mahi-mahi served with a local vanilla cream sauce, chicken marinated in lemon juice, then covered in honey, broiled and topped with ground peanuts, Polynesian style ceviche with the addition of coconut milk (yes, from coconuts that fell off the trees on the motu), a classic French charcuterie served with Feta cheese and super virgin olive oil, New Zealand green lipped mussels cooked in white wine and onions, and it goes on and on... In conclusion - in retrospect I can think of nothing about the trip that I would change to make it better (except to make it longer of course!) I would highly recommend Mai Moana as a place to go and rediscover yourself and one of the most beautiful places in the world. Stan and his wife and daughter provide some absolutely magnificent hospitality. My bottom line is that before I left I gave Stan a deposit for my next visit. I'll be back in late May for another stay and will do the CQ WPX CW contest from there. Recommendations don't get any more solid than that. Thanks to all who worked me, you contributed to a perfect holiday! 73 de Bill, W1HIJ/FO0SCH. ILS SE SOUVIENNENT... Un petit bonjour et tous nos meilleurs v;ux de Bonne Annee pour ce nouveau Millenaire. Vous nous avez ravis pendant trois jours durant notre voyage de noces en Juillet 2000. Vous nous avez permis de garder un souvenir imperissable des ces instants feeriques passes sur votre ile. Vous avez faits deux Marseillais heureux qui ne revent que de retrouver la beaute et la vie que nous avons partage avec vous et votre famille durant ce voyage inoubliable!!! En vous souhaitant encore une bonne et heureuse annee pour vous et votre famille, qu'elle vous apporte tout le bonheur et la plenitude dont vous revez. Cordialement, Celine et Patrice NOTO. EUX AUSSI SE SOUVIENENT... One year ago we began our honeymoon with a stay on your lovely motu. We often talk about how much we enjoyed Mai Moana, the hospitality that you and your wife showed us, and the wonderful cuisine. So, a year later, thank you again for the memories. Matt and Suzanne Kennedy. Marketing Project Manager, the Mariner Club. 16 Digital Drive, Novato CA 94949

Three days in paradise... It is not a long stay in such a lovely place but you will discover a lot. Have a look what we have planned for you: a lunch in the lagoon - your table, your chairs and your legs in the water a lunch on a desert island - you will go there in the kayaks with a picknic basket a tour in a pirogue with shark-feeding and a tahitian picknic on a motu with local music a car tour around the main island with shopping and visiting a candlelight dinner served - if the weather allows - under the open sky tubas and snorkels as well as kayaks at your disposal. 169.500 cfp Three days in paradise 1.420; The price includes accommodation in a bungalow for three nights with full board (drinks are not included), excursions mentioned above, transfers from and to the airport on arrival and departure, transfers required for the excursions planned above.