Visit a Pearl Farm in Bora Bora on the motu of Taufari'i

• Pick-up from selected sites (see "special terms"): approx. 30-minute journey.
• Transfer by water shuttle to the activity site on motu Taufari'i.
• Meet your guide at the motu Taufari'i site, where you will be shown how black pearls are made.
• Transfer by boat to the oyster lines (5-minute journey).
• Snorkel with a guide in the water near the pearl oyster lines (30 minutes)
• Select an oyster to be opened once back on the motu (30 minutes).
• If you don't want to take part in the snorkelling, a guide will bring up a cage of oysters for you to choose an oyster from.
• Return by boat to motu Taufari'i (5-minute journey).
• Enjoy fresh seasonal fruit and cool drinks (water, juice, soft drinks, beer) to the sound of ukuleles.
• The guide will demonstrate how to open oysters that have previously been reeled in, and you'll discover the black pearl.
• Photo session with the guide and captain, in the magnificent setting of motu Taufari'i (with a backdrop of turquoise sea and a view of Bora-Bora's famous Mount Otemanu)
• You can choose to take your pearl with you in a velvet pouch or a transparent vial with white Bora Bora sand.
• The activity ends with your return by water shuttle to the pick-up point (hotel pontoon or Vaitape quay): approximately 30 minutes' journey.

If you have any major health problems, please let us know before booking.

Please arrive 30 minutes before the start of the activity.

Minors under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

The pick-up service is only available from the Vaitape quay, at the TAXI sign or from the reception pontoon of the following hotels: Conrad Bora Bora Nui, Four Seasons Bora Bora, Bora Bora by Pearl Resorts, Intercontinental Bora Bora Resort Thalasso Spa, Westin Bora Bora Resort Spa, St Regis Bora Bora Resort.

Cruise ship guests are collected directly from the Vaitape quay where the cruise leaves them.

This activity is free for children up to 5 years old. Swimming at the snorkelling site is not forbidden or compulsory, but requires a great deal of care, as the water is 10 to 20 metres deep in places. Buoys and ropes are available if required. No pearls are offered to children aged 0 to 5.

This activity is not open to women who are more than 5 months pregnant (more than 23 weeks of amenorrhoea), people with motor/mental/psychic/cognitive disabilities, people aged over 75, or pets.