An overwater villa beneath a green peak
Overwater villas curving across the lagoon
Your villa at sunset
A humpback, close enough to hear
A walkway over the lagoon at dusk

An overwater villa beneath a green peak

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French Polynesia · South Pacific

Motu Vaiora

The entire atoll · from $58,000 a night

A ring of twelve islets around a lagoon so clear you can read the sand, forty minutes by plane from Tahiti. Ten overwater villas, manta rays at the reef every evening, and a staff of forty who live on the next motu and arrive by outrigger each morning.

  • An atoll of twelve islets
  • Ten overwater villas
  • A staff of 40

Handled for you

  • A car at your door, and at every door after it
  • Bags collected at home and unpacked before you arrive
  • A concierge on call, day and night, until you are home
  • Every flight, seaplane and boat timed to the minute

Best time to go

May to October

May to October, the dry season. Humpbacks arrive from July to October.

In pictures

Overwater villas curving across the lagoon
Overwater villas curving across the lagoon
Your villa at sunset
Your villa at sunset
A humpback, close enough to hear
A humpback, close enough to hear
A walkway over the lagoon at dusk
A walkway over the lagoon at dusk
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Your journey

Nights
6 nights
Guests
2 guests

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