Island Romance

Sunset sails, private dinners, and nothing else. A private, tailored journey of 5-7 days in Bora Bora & French Polynesia, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$19,000 per traveler.

Few places on earth pair a caldera peak, a ring of coral motus and a lagoon this luminous, all arranged for private, unhurried days.

When to go

May through October brings the dry, cooler season, when the lagoon turns its clearest turquoise and skies stay reliably open. Your advisor times it to the light, the crowds and your own calendar.

The experiences

A sense of what this journey can hold — each one arranged privately and shaped to you:

• A sunset sail across the lagoon, the sails set and the island turning gold behind you.
• A private dinner on the sand, the table set at the water's edge and the tide the only sound.
• A morning of doing nothing at all, breakfast brought to the deck and the day left open.
• A late swim under a sky thick with stars, the reef phosphorescing where you move.

A sense of the rhythm

This is romance stripped of everything but the essentials: water, light, one another. The pace is deliberately unhurried, with days shaped by the tide and the sunset rather than any list of sights. What you remember afterward is not what you did but how completely you stopped.

Bora Bora or Moorea for a romantic escape?

Moorea is greener, wilder and quieter, better suited to those who want mountains at their back. Bora Bora is the postcard made real, all lagoon and luminous water, with a polish Moorea doesn't chase. For pure romance and the iconic setting, Bora Bora is the one people picture; Moorea is the one they discover.

How to do it well

The counsel our advisors give travelers planning this journey:

• Time the sunset sail to the last hour of light, when the lagoon holds the colour longest.
• Ask us to arrange one dinner entirely off the resort, on the sand and by candlelight.
• Travel in the dry season for still evenings and warm, windless nights.
• Resist filling the days; the island's romance lives in the unscheduled hours.

What only your advisor can open

The difference between a good trip and an unrepeatable one is access — and access is a relationship, not a booking. Every guide, room and moment is chosen and sequenced for you.

Who it's for

Travelers who value privacy, time and doing it once — beautifully — and who would rather have one trusted advisor orchestrate every detail than assemble it themselves.

Estimated investment

From US$19,000 per traveler, based on double occupancy — scaled to your dates, party size and level of privacy. A starting point, not a final quote; confirmed once your advisor tailors the itinerary.

Designed entirely around you

Nothing here is a package. A Forest Travel advisor shapes the whole journey and stays one message away before and throughout your trip.

Your Virtuoso privileges

As a Virtuoso member, Forest Travel includes benefits reserved for Virtuoso guests at the finest luxury hotels, at no added cost: a room upgrade on arrival when available, daily breakfast for two, a property credit toward dining or spa, and early check-in with late check-out when the hotel allows.

Continue exploring Bora Bora

Part of our Bora Bora travel guide. Related private journeys:

• The Overwater Honeymoon
• The Lagoon, Privately

Begin the conversation

Tell a Forest Travel advisor how you like to travel and they will design Island Romance around you — privately, every Virtuoso privilege included. Request your private consultation →