Family Vacations in Tahiti

Islands in the Sun continues to lead the way, offering packages specifically designed for families traveling with children, ages 4-10 years.

Children will love getting involved in Polynesian culture, with their own special Kids Club activities like flower crown weaving, shell lei making, tamure dance lessons, plus a Beach Olympics, garden discovery tour, and lots of water games in the lagoon. Meanwhile parents can enjoy their own separate snorkeling trip and 4WD safari tour. A perfect family vacation!

Kids Only Club - InterContinental Beachcomber Resort Moorea

Open Monday through Friday, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, the -Kids Only Club- provides fun activities for children 4 to 10 years of age. 

Activities include supervised swimming and initiation in the pool and lagoon, beach Olympics, discovery tour of the botanical garden, flower crown weaving, shell lei making, pareo dyeing, tamure lessons, croquet games and more. Lunch and an afternoon snack are included.

Cost: $55 per child, per day. Advance reservations are requested. 

Optional Activities: Dolphin Quest Kid's Ocean Adventure--$100

Swim with Dolphins

Play with dolphins in their natural habitat, cavorting with them in the lagoon. Share an enchanting moment with these magnificent mammals. 

At Dolphin Quest, on the property of the InterContinental Beachcomber Moorea Tahiti, you can interact with dolphins in three different programs. 

Shallow Encounters are 1-hour programs, available to anyone 5 years of age or older. It is not necessary to be able to swim. 

In the 1-hour Snorkeling with the Dolphins, swimming ability is required. Here you will actually learn the basics of training a dolphin, and watch them under the water with a mask.

Sea Quest, a 3-hour program, includes a canoe trip to a special breakfast locale, snorkeling with rays and reef fishes, and an encounter with an entire dolphin 'family.' Swimming ability is required for Sea Quest. 

Scuba Diving initiation, Bathy's Club - $32

Scuba Diving

Moorea is scuba diving heaven. Warm water, great visibility and abundant fish life await the diver and the snorkeler, and the biggest problem you're likely to encounter is trying to decide which awesome site to choose. Fortunately, the capable instructors at Moorea's dive centers will make that choice for you. So, relax, suit up and blow some bubbles! 

Several sites on Moorea are suitable for novice divers, but the fish life is varied and exciting enough to thrill the most experienced divers. Unlike Tahiti's reefs, with their sheer drop-offs, Moorea's underwater topography is characterized by gently sloping reefs and generally shallower dives. 

There is plenty of coral on Moorea, but coral is not the main attraction: it's the fish, and the friendly reef sharks are undeniably the star performers. 

Beginners
Although it is located on the ocean side of the reef, The Tiki is a calm, safe site for the beginning diver. The maximum depth is about 82 ft; on a calm day the visibility can exceed 200 ft. The fish life is astonishing. You'll swim through schools of snapper and yellow clouds of butterfly fish, see parrotfish and Picasso triggerfish, blacktip reef sharks, grey sharks, and more. Best of all, The Tiki is where divers of all levels can witness a shark feeding. The Tiki gets it name from the tiki statue that rests at the bottom of the sea--put there by a far-sighted dive center operator.

In addition to the friendly pelagics that give this site its name, Sting Ray World is also an ideal place to encounter whitetip sharks and eagle rays. The depth here ranges from 30 ft. to about 50 ft. Sting Ray World is ideal for snorkeling.

The Rays Corridor is perfect for beginners or refresher dives. The depth ranges from 15 to 60 ft., and the calm lagoon waters are alive with beautiful corals, reef fishes, eagle rays and whitetip sharks. 

Intermediate to Advanced Divers
Taotoi is a popular spot for all levels of divers. Just outside the reef across from the InterContinental Beachcomber Moorea Tahiti, Taotoi ranges from 30 to 75 ft. in depth. As with most dives on Moorea, the fish life is outrageous. Most days you will encounter dozens of sharks, several moray eels and an occasional Napoleon wrasse, in addition to the usual cast of characters--Moorish idols, tangs, butterfly fish, snapper, barracuda, and parrotfish.

The Opunohu Canyons radiate outward from the reef at 30-70 ft. and create great diving conditions when there is no swell. Expect to see blacktip sharks, moray eels, large triggerfish, and occasional sea turtles and Napoleon wrasses.

If you're an experienced diver with very good buoyancy control, you can explore The Rose Garden, a huge field of Montipora coral that stretches across the ocean floor at a depth range of 98 to 130 ft. The Rose Garden is one of the most photographed underwater features in French Polynesia. 

Dive Centers

Bathy's Club
The only PADI 5-Star Dive Center in French Polynesia.
InterContinental Beachcomber Moorea Tahiti
Mr. Juan-Pedro Duran Lopez, Owner/Manager (CMAS *** International Supervisor;
State Supervisor BEES1, PADI OWSI)
Beginner dives, ocean dives, 2-Tank dives, night dives. PADI Open Water Certification
and specialty courses.