We stayed for one week in a beach pool villa, and an extra two days (one in overwater bungalow, one in smaller beach villa) due to fligh cancellation.
The location of Le Taha’a is out of this world. The natural beauty of the lagoon and especially the eye-popping coral garden biosphere is out of this world. And I have been to several places in Polynesia (French and Cook Islands) and the brilliance, clarity, diversity, and ease of access (walk up the beach a bit, get in the water, and float down the channel) is an 11 out of 10.
The hotel staff was another highlight. They go out of their way to help and are professional in all aspects (manners, training, languages). Way, way beyond what I expected. Some even learned and remembered our names.
We stayed the week in a dream villa; brand new and super luxurious and elegant and spacious.
Just amazing.
About half of the 58 ‘rooms’ of the hotel are updated or in the process right now. I expect that by fall this year, it will be completed.
Of course we couldn’t help but notice the construction work going on, but the workers went out of their way to make their impact as small as possible: stepping off the path to let us go by; loud equipment like cement mixers and generators tucked away from hotel grounds and behind fences and shrubbery, making for much more walking for the workers; workdays end at 4:30 pm; and all workers wear identifying vests (“construction, garden, maintenance
I’m already planning my return for next year