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Anse amiot toau7/8/2023 ![]() We were all stuffed! Valentine and Gaston gave me a beautiful shell necklace and a perfectly polished pearl shell, and our cruiser friends gave me unexpected, and much appreciated, gifts of rum, fishing lures, a red flare and an LED finger flashlight! We then watched a slide show on Sherry's computer of their recent dives just beautiful! A very memorable evening, and tomorrow morning there's a beach clean up scheduled at 1000. Everyone sang Happy Birthday to me in English and then French, and one couple even sang it in Portuguese! For dessert, there was chocolate covered coconut cake, an upside down pineapple cake, a banana tort, and a peach broulee. There was freshly caught mahi mahi, chicken stew, rice, couscous, cornbread, baguettes, pate on homemade bread, cole slaw and other food there. For dinner, Valentine and Gaston had suggested we use the restaurant area for a cruisers potluck, and all the boats in the anchorage participated. We later snorkeled the reef nearby, seeing eels, grouper, and multitudes of tropical fish. Jon and I then helped several boats with their mooring lines as they came into the area. We then went for a beach walk and exploration, shelling and going to the ocean side of a neighboring motu. Contact us for our conditions and price.What a wonderful birthday! Sue cooked multigrain pancakes and we had them with the real maple syrup, unavailable here, that Jon had brought with him. You can plan to disembark in Rotoava by 4 p.m.įor this cruise, embarking and disembarking port is Fakarava. We will spend our day visiting the motu close to the North pass and the village. We will arrive in the North of Fakarava by the end of the afternoon. We will enter in the lagoon through the Otugi pass.Īnchor close to a motu at the South of the entry pass : very nice mooring and fantastic spots for snorkeling.Īfter lunch we will sail back to Fakarava. We will visit the fish traps.Īfter breakfast, sailing in the direction of the south of the atoll. We will meet with the only family living on the atoll. ![]() We will snorkel there and will try to meet with the manta rays which remain at this location.īy the end of the afternoon, night sailing to the atoll of Toau.Īfter a 55 miles sailing, we will arrive in the morning at Toau. We will stay at his location for the night.Īfter breakfast, sailing to the entry pass located at the South West of the atoll. We will enjoy the beautiful beaches and snorkelings. Kauehi is a tiny place compared to the atolls we visited previously. In the morning, visit of the village where we will meet the inhabitants of the atoll. We will find there our mooring for the night. We will anchor close to the entry pass Arikitamiro.īy the beginning of the afternoon, sailing to the main village of Teavavero. Rest and preparation for a night sailing to the atoll of Kauehi. We will spend the day at this location to enjoy our Robinson's life : swimming, snorkeling, reef walk and picnic on the motu.Īfter breakfast, sailing to the North of the atoll and stop at Motu Tootaona in the beginning of the afternoon. In the afternoon navigation in the direction of the East and anchor at the ancient village of Otao.Ĭontinuation of the sailing and anchor for the night close to a motu of the South East part of the atoll. In the morning, with the dinghy, snorkeling and spear fishing around the large corals heads in the lagoon. ![]() We will anchor at Motu Puapua : this is a very nice mooring whith a beautiful reef close to it. The south pass area is famous for its exceptional snorkeling and diving spots : black tip sharks, grey sharks and sting and spotted rays.īy the end of the afternoon, we will get ready for a night sailing to atoll of Tahanea.Īrrival in the morning in Tahanea through the central pass of Teavatapu. We will remain in the South of the atoll for the day. Then, navigation in the direction of the South.Īnchor by the end of the afternnon at the ancient village of Tetamanu. We will remain at this location for the night.Īfter breakfast, visit of a pearl farm on the Motu Vahapiapia. After installation on board, we will visit the main town of Rotoava.Īfter lunch, sailing in the direction of the South of the atoll.Īnchor by the end of the afternoon on North East coast, close to a little motu.
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