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Glad you had a great time, Stephanie and Robert used to be on Rangiroa at raie manta, great to hear they are doing well in Tikehau. they were moving there 2 trips ago I think. I would also never ever go Top Dive. Ever.

Katie, I'm about your size, and I love the aqualung zuma. I cannot stand the jackets, and love that this is small and not bulky and fits me plus it travels easily. I dont feel at all unstable, in fact, I feel much more comfortable than I ever did in any rental bc as I never really had one...

They actually can, it's how we call them in when we get to splurge on an over water bungalow in an atoll. I won't expand more, but we DO throw in fish and they DO come in eventually, like about 30 or so. The only reason would be the blood/smell of food. Not twitching, the food is very much...

If you have GE, then you will also get pre check, which makes security MUCH shorter. I love it, and will never not have it. It makes TSA easy and fast. But if you dont put your GE number on your reservation you won't get pre check. With pre check, security is maybe 10 minutes on domestic...

Yes, you first go through immigration where you go to the kiosks (or you should) The kiosks print out your receipt. You will show that receipt to immigration and they wave you through to customs (where baggage claim is) Then, you go wait for bags. Once get bags, there is a global entry line...

While there are less dive sites (these are either near or in the passes, north or south depending where you stay) each dive is likely to be very different and never boring. We have been to Fakarava twice, and both times the dives were spectactular.

We got every year, mid to late march through early april, and we go to Rangiroa now We've been to bora bora, huahine, tahaa, moorea, fakarava, tikehau Now, we go to rangiroa I loved the lagoon in bora bora, worth seeing to see the lagoon, diving is not stellar there We have had iffy weather...

$600 for a transfer? Well, this is why on our trip of a lifetime trip to FP, we just didn't look. Paid the TA in advance, and just signed at the end. It was easier that way than if we had looked at each item separately (like this boat transfer) We knew what the total was, so it was just...

Dive, he hasn't ever in FP before, he (and you) won't have rangiroa and fakarava to compare to. Our first time was in society islands (first time ever OW diving) and we absolutely loved it! We dove Bora Bora, Huahine and then Tikehau. Saw our first sharks (other than in pictures, movies...

sometimes they will run those fare sales, but most often when they do the nights are limited. (like no more than 10 nights, sometimes 5) And, the dates they apply and the dates you can purchase during, limited like most fare sales. We did take advantage of a fare sale last July to take our...

the bold is absolutely true, however, we always bring our own gear. Raie is an excellent choice, and I am not surprised you enjoyed diving with them.

The Raira lagon is a nice, smaller property, the units are with AC, there is an on site restaurant and one of the units is beach side on the lagoon, the rest are Garden. There is a nice pension, that is our personal favorite, tevahine dream. There are 5 bungalows, 3 on the lagoon and 2 garden...

That's why I said most people, not all people. The atolls of FP are not about the beaches, they are about the lagoon. However, you can find a beautiful beach on Fakarava, and on Tikehau you can find beautiful pink coral beaches. But people aren't going to FP for the white sand caribbean...

^^^^^ this We have most of our dives here, not one has been the same, not one has been boring, and even the ones where your location/type are the same, are not the same. But the guy we choose to go with, is terrific! He always has things to surprise us. He and his wife both seem to be...

Exactly, because FP is a vacation, where you may also dive. And while there, most people will be staying at a resort. Finding the cheapest possible accommodations is not the goal. It isn't even on the radar. We stay in pensions, and we don't even do that. I've seen some of those low end...

Few, if any, of the pensions market through a travel agent, the resorts do. There is a lot of traffic on trip advisor,however, most of that traffic focuse on bora bora and moorea, with some mention to rangiroa which has a resort, and tikehau, which also has a resort and now a fairly high end...

That is what we were told, given the departure time, the currents, and the arrival time at the South. It wasn't worth it to us, we loved the diving in the North anyway,a nd didn't feel like doing the trip if the times were off. Also, you ahve to leave at an early enough time, so you are back...

I agree on Top Dive, and we don't dive with them. And we made that decision before the above. Kia Ora does seem to push them though. There are other great dive ops there, and I would choose one of them. In general, you will have a much smaller group if you use the other ops as well. We...

You could go to trip advisor forums, and get on the one for french polynesia. There are several destination experts posting there who may have ideas and suggestions of how to hire someone for dive times for a day or two. If you go to Rangiroa, they dive in the morning and again in the early...

All the advice sounds great, I'll throw in another pension to consider, because we love it, we love the owner/operator, he will take you pretty much wherever you want to go too, and the bungalows are beautiful (there are 5, 3 beach, 2 garden and the garden have lap pools) He is close to...