Le Taha’a Island Resort & Spa is the kind of place that needs very little selling. What could be more self-evident than the appeal of a private island on a lagoon in the Tahitian archipelago, surrounded by 48 overwater bungalows? You could probably just about wade there from the main island of Taha’a, but it’s just a five-minute boat ride around the lagoon. And once you’re there it feels more like a private world than just your ordinary everyday private island.
There are twelve beach villas with private plunge pools, in case you’re the sort for whom ultimate walled-in privacy trumps overwater romance. But the bulk of the accommodations are of the on-stilts variety, such that the first order of business upon waking could quite reasonably be a little dip in the South Pacific. Some have views of the main island of Taha’a, others the distant Bora Bora, and still others are ideally positioned to watch the sun set — but when that’s the extent of the choice you have to make, it’s a sign that things in general are going pretty well.
The name mentions the spa, although it should rightly go without saying at a resort of this caliber. So if for some reason you’re stressed here, they’ll help you relax. It’s not cheap, but it’s hard to see how it wouldn’t be worth it — Le Taha’a is about as far as you can go in the Robinson Crusoe direction without actually getting yourself shipwrecked.
How to get there:
Le Taha’a is a 5 minute boat ride from the main island of Taha’a and 35 minutes by boat from Raiatea Island. To reach Raiatea, guests can fly to Papeete, the capital of French Polynesia, and then board one of the daily 30-minute Air Tahiti flights to Raiatea.
author watson@mouselink.net, source www.tablethotels.com
