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On Bora Bora island, you can swim with stingrays and feed sharks by your hands.
Bora Bora island is known for its lavish resorts with the straw bungalows and bathing in blue lagoons, where the most friendly skates live.
Photo: Take a look how a stingray is smiling
In the lagoon on the south-west coast, the islanders created a large outdoor lagoonarium - a part off the ocean separeted by a net in order to preserve the natural habitat for marine animals.
In the Lagoonarium, you can swim with stingrays without worries for your life - they are friendly, and they themselves come to get acquainted. Snorkeling among the tropical fish shoals, diving to coral reefs and even feeding reef sharks by your hands.
Photo: Take a look how a stingray is smiling
In the lagoon on the south-west coast, the islanders created a large outdoor lagoonarium - a part off the ocean separeted by a net in order to preserve the natural habitat for marine animals.
In the Lagoonarium, you can swim with stingrays without worries for your life - they are friendly, and they themselves come to get acquainted. Snorkeling among the tropical fish shoals, diving to coral reefs and even feeding reef sharks by your hands.
How to do?
1. Bora Bora is only 9 kilometers longwise - you can easily cross the island on foot. The Lagoonarium is on the south-west coast of the island, near the Le Meridien Resort Hotel.
2. Instructors here work from 8 am till 3:30 pm every day except for Saturday. They will provide you with a mask and snorkel tube, make a brief on how to hug a stingray and not get stung. Instructors will also allow you to feed reef sharks at noon.
3. In addition, you can go canoeing around the island and see all the lagoons, visit the coral park and go on a picnic.
2. Instructors here work from 8 am till 3:30 pm every day except for Saturday. They will provide you with a mask and snorkel tube, make a brief on how to hug a stingray and not get stung. Instructors will also allow you to feed reef sharks at noon.
3. In addition, you can go canoeing around the island and see all the lagoons, visit the coral park and go on a picnic.
Where to do?
Bora Bora LagoonariumThe lagoon on the east of the island, which is fenced off by a net. Here you can swim with tame stingrays and sharks.
9Location: Bora Bora island, near the Le Meridien Bora Bora Hotel
Open hours: 8 am - 3 pm, daily except Saturday
Open hours: 8 am - 3 pm, daily except Saturday
When to do?
Daily from 8 am to 3:30 pm except Saturdays.
How much?
Swim with stingrays + lagoons sightseeing tour with a guide around the island - €88
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