Bora Bora day 2

We had the unusual experience of an overnight tender stop in Bora Bora. For our second day we had two excursions planned: a snorkeling tour that would stop for a swim with sharks and rays plus another in a coral garden, and a catamaran tour.

We met in the lounge around 8:30 and tendered over to the dock for our meetup. We took a nice little boat out to the shark and ray snorkeling area with about a dozen other folks. This was the same place we’d been the previous day on the glass-bottomed boat tour, but that was fine as now we’d get a chance to get into the water. It was fun swimming with the black-tipped reef sharks and a couple of species of ray. Henry loaned me a dry bag for my phone so I could take some pictures, but they all came out pretty blurry. Hence not so many photos in today’s footprint.

After spending 45 minutes or so with the sharks, we went out to the “coral garden.” This was a nice snorkel area with multiple coral formations threaded through with sandy patches. It was pretty shallow, so you mostly needed to swim over the sandy parts to avoid any contact with the coral. There were plenty of fish, including a few varieties we hadn’t seen on our other snorkeling outings.

We were back to the dock around noon. We had tickets for a catamaran snorkeling outing at 1:00, but after being in and out of the water for three hours we decided to skip that. I don’t think I’ll ever really tire of snorkeling, but getting into some clean dry clothes was welcome.

The Grand Dining Room was serving their spinach and mozzarella cannelloni, which has become a family favorite, so we ate there. And that was a wrap on Bora Bora, which we loved. A stunning locale with excellent snorkeling around the reef and lagoon and not overly crowded. What more could one ask for?Read more