Mar 23, 2015, 11:08 pm
Last edit by: jigri2003
Some info:
Prepaid meal plan rates as of Feb 2015 per post 1305: (breakfast price updated as of Jan 2020)
Breakfast: 4860 xpf (tax incl) per person per day
Half board (breakfast and a 3-courses dinner): 13 053 xpf (tax incl) per person per day
Full board (breakfast, a 2-courses lunch and a 3-courses dinner): 17 632 xpf (tax incl) per person per day.
Breakfast 50% discount: available only at check in time if it is taken for the entire stay. It does not apply for half board and full board. Post 1376
Guaranteed Upgrade Costs as of January 2015 per post 1293
Emerald to Sapphire: 15,000 XPF + 14% taxes per night
Emerald to Diamond: 25,000 XPF + 14% taxes per night
Emerald to Diamond Otemanu: 35,000 XPF + 14% taxes per night
Emerald to Diamond End of Pontoon: 45,000 XPF + 14% taxes per night
Full prepayment prior to arrival required
Direct Boat Transfers to/from Airport One-way: 7334 XPF (updated Dec 2019) (about 15 minutes). Resort will email you to arrange this ahead of time if desired.
Boat transfer from the Airport is not mandatory despite what any hotel emails might imply to the contrary. It's possible to take the free Air Tahiti shuttle to Vaitape (15 minutes), followed by a taxi to the IC Le Moana for 2000XPF (15 minutes), then the IC's shuttle between Le Moana and Thalasso for 3390 XPF per person one way (updated Dec 2019) (15 minutes). If all transfers go smoothly, the journey could be as short as an hour, or longer than two hours if you're unlucky.
Boat Times (as of Oct 2016, and current as of Jan 2020)
Leaving Le Moana:
7:45am
8:45am
11:45am*
12:45pm
1:45pm
4:30pm
5:30pm*
6:30pm
8:30pm
10:00pm
Leaving Thalasso:
8:15am
9:15am*
12:15pm
1:15pm
2:15pm*
5:00pm
6:00pm
7:00pm
9:30pm
10:30pm
* Boat times with a * can connect with the bus shuttle between IC Le Moana and Vaitape town, as shown below:
Bus Shuttles between IC Le Moana and Vaitape town:
Depart IC Le Moana:
9:45am
2:45pm
Depart Vaitape:
11:15am
5:00pm
The bus shuttle costs 1150 XPF RT/person.
Note: There is no ATM at the Thalasso. The closest ATMs are in Vaitape, the main town where the airport ferry stops. However, both IC Le Moana and Thalasso will give you a "cash advance" on your credit card for a fee of 5%. The transaction will post as a purchase.
XPF is also available at the airport in Pappeete from several ATMs.
POST 1795
Resort Email: [email protected]
Prepaid meal plan rates as of Feb 2015 per post 1305: (breakfast price updated as of Jan 2020)
Breakfast: 4860 xpf (tax incl) per person per day
Half board (breakfast and a 3-courses dinner): 13 053 xpf (tax incl) per person per day
Full board (breakfast, a 2-courses lunch and a 3-courses dinner): 17 632 xpf (tax incl) per person per day.
Breakfast 50% discount: available only at check in time if it is taken for the entire stay. It does not apply for half board and full board. Post 1376
Guaranteed Upgrade Costs as of January 2015 per post 1293
Emerald to Sapphire: 15,000 XPF + 14% taxes per night
Emerald to Diamond: 25,000 XPF + 14% taxes per night
Emerald to Diamond Otemanu: 35,000 XPF + 14% taxes per night
Emerald to Diamond End of Pontoon: 45,000 XPF + 14% taxes per night
Full prepayment prior to arrival required
Direct Boat Transfers to/from Airport One-way: 7334 XPF (updated Dec 2019) (about 15 minutes). Resort will email you to arrange this ahead of time if desired.
Boat transfer from the Airport is not mandatory despite what any hotel emails might imply to the contrary. It's possible to take the free Air Tahiti shuttle to Vaitape (15 minutes), followed by a taxi to the IC Le Moana for 2000XPF (15 minutes), then the IC's shuttle between Le Moana and Thalasso for 3390 XPF per person one way (updated Dec 2019) (15 minutes). If all transfers go smoothly, the journey could be as short as an hour, or longer than two hours if you're unlucky.
Boat Times (as of Oct 2016, and current as of Jan 2020)
Leaving Le Moana:
7:45am
8:45am
11:45am*
12:45pm
1:45pm
4:30pm
5:30pm*
6:30pm
8:30pm
10:00pm
Leaving Thalasso:
8:15am
9:15am*
12:15pm
1:15pm
2:15pm*
5:00pm
6:00pm
7:00pm
9:30pm
10:30pm
* Boat times with a * can connect with the bus shuttle between IC Le Moana and Vaitape town, as shown below:
Bus Shuttles between IC Le Moana and Vaitape town:
Depart IC Le Moana:
9:45am
2:45pm
Depart Vaitape:
11:15am
5:00pm
The bus shuttle costs 1150 XPF RT/person.
Note: There is no ATM at the Thalasso. The closest ATMs are in Vaitape, the main town where the airport ferry stops. However, both IC Le Moana and Thalasso will give you a "cash advance" on your credit card for a fee of 5%. The transaction will post as a purchase.
XPF is also available at the airport in Pappeete from several ATMs.
POST 1795
Resort Email: [email protected]
IC Thalasso Bora Bora Master Thread [merged]
Aug 20, 2015, 9:22 pm
#1711
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When the flights were on the morning, we've stayed at both the IC Tahiti and the LM Tahiti.
After Bora Bora, I must say that both properties were a little depressing.
Our next trip has a return flight in the evening.
The one thing that we never did during our numerous stays is to rent a car. Anyone experienced the Avis agency near the Moana?
After Bora Bora, I must say that both properties were a little depressing.
Our next trip has a return flight in the evening.
The one thing that we never did during our numerous stays is to rent a car. Anyone experienced the Avis agency near the Moana?
Aug 21, 2015, 5:35 am
#1712
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 787
Unfortunately I am doing things backwards. Heading to BOB first then to MOZ, but that's the only way I could get the flights to work with thalasso availability. Going to be going OWB to a standard room at IC Moorea...would much prefer the other way around! I am not amb, but am platinum...fingers crossed for an upgrade at Moorea, but certainly not counting on it.
Aug 21, 2015, 10:09 am
#1713
Join Date: Apr 2014
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Posts: 901
at the end of our 2 weeks stay, we end back at tahiti on a wednesday pm, stay at IC Tahiti and flyout thursday pm (~11 pm ish flight). So we will have one night at IC tahiti. I ended buying the advance rate and we will see what our stay is like.
Aug 22, 2015, 8:31 am
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Aug 22, 2015, 9:00 am
#1717
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Aug 22, 2015, 11:57 am
#1719
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Exact same experience, which we repeated many times. None of the other island, beach or lake resorts, that we've been to, come even close. And we've been to quite a few nice places (the Maldives, a couple of islands in the Turks and Caicos, a few more in the Bahamas, the British Virgin Island, St Lucia, all over south of Thailand, Corsica, the French and Italian Rivieras, a few places in Mexico, Bali, Lombok, Langkawi, most of the islands in Hawaii, some beaches in Vietnam and probably others that I am forgetting at the time of this post).
The Inle lake in Myanmar is very different, but it can also have this deep relaxing feeling, although things might have changed after our second visit, with the increase of visitors.
We've stayed at 3 other properties in Bora Bora and the Thalasso tops them all for this pacifying effect.
PS: this being said, there are still many other places in the world that we did not visit and some are probably up there, in the list.
The Inle lake in Myanmar is very different, but it can also have this deep relaxing feeling, although things might have changed after our second visit, with the increase of visitors.
We've stayed at 3 other properties in Bora Bora and the Thalasso tops them all for this pacifying effect.
PS: this being said, there are still many other places in the world that we did not visit and some are probably up there, in the list.
Aug 22, 2015, 12:03 pm
#1720
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Exact same experience, which we repeated many times. None of the other island, beach or lake resorts, that we've been to, come even close. And we've been to quite a few nice places (the Maldives, a couple of islands in the Turks and Caicos, a few more in the Bahamas, the British Virgin Island, St Lucia, all over south of Thailand, Corsica, the French and Italian Rivieras, a few places in Mexico, Bali, Lombok, Langkawi, most of the islands in Hawaii, some beaches in Vietnam and probably others that I am forgetting at the time of this post).
The Inle lake in Myanmar is very different, but it can also have this deep relaxing feeling, although things might have changed after our second visit, with the increase of visitors.
We've stayed at 3 other properties in Bora Bora and the Thalasso tops them all for this pacifying effect.
PS: this being said, there are still many other places in the world that we did not visit and some are probably up there, in the list.
The Inle lake in Myanmar is very different, but it can also have this deep relaxing feeling, although things might have changed after our second visit, with the increase of visitors.
We've stayed at 3 other properties in Bora Bora and the Thalasso tops them all for this pacifying effect.
PS: this being said, there are still many other places in the world that we did not visit and some are probably up there, in the list.
Aug 22, 2015, 12:19 pm
#1721
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Midwest U.S.A
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Posts: 1,407
Aug 23, 2015, 7:33 pm
#1724
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