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Vaiare
quay on Moorea-
sometimes a confusing place for the newcomer... |
If
you've already pre-arranged a pickup with your hotel or local Pension-
be on the lookout for someone looking for you. Sometimes, their representatives
will have signs, and sometimes they will just wait by their car, truck,
bus, or minivan with their company logo on it, and wait for you to find
them. Most of the high end hotels will send their own vans to collect
you.
If you haven't made arrangements for pickup-
then your best bet is to take Le Truck to your hotel. They're easy to
find, and will be there for you, since that is their mission- to take
the ferry people to the various hotels and pensions around the island.
See Le Truck section below for details.
Other options for
traveling around Moorea- include Rental Cars, Scooters and
bicycles, Taxis, walking, and hitchhiking. SEE THE INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS
BELOW FOR DETAILS ON ALL THESE OPTIONS.
The BEST WAY TO
GET AROUND THE ISLAND- (that provides you the most
freedom), is to rent a car, scooter, bicycle, or walk. Hitchhiking isn't
really a good option. (see note below for details).
Note: Some places that provide rentals
are listed below, however ALL hotels, and most Pensions will be able
to do the arranging for you. (Depending on your chosen accomodations,
some will charge a nominal fee for this service). For most, this is
the easiest and fastest way to get your rental going. For those penny
pinchers and self arrangers, you may save a buck or two, but you'll
definately have to work for it.
RENTAL CARS
In
the opinion of TST, Rental cars on Moorea are the best way of getting around
the island. The value of the freedom your own car affords most certainly
offsets the price. Not really "cheap", but rather the same as with
the other islands of Polynesia, we feel rental cars offer the best dollar for
dollar value of any of your transportation options, not including walking, of
course... When you have a car, you can really setup your own schedules, stop
and explore whatever you want, and have a dry place to store your gear all the
while.
The ever present EUROPCAR is here, of course,
along with a few other local businesses listed below. They all are fairly competitive
with the others as far as price goes, so it's really a matter of where you end
up locationwise or who has available cars on the day you need them as to which
one you will choose.
EUROPCAR
MOOREA
Main office: Haapiti- directly across
from the CLUB MED entrance.
P.O. Box 1067- 98 729 Papetoai- MOOREA
Tel. (689) 56.34.00, Fax (689) 56.35.05,
Vaiare quay: Tel. (689) 56.28.64
Moorea Beachcomber Parkroyal hotel: Tel. (689) 55.19.50
Sofitel Coralia Ia Ora hotel: Tel. (689) 56.42.30
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ALBERT
RENT- A- CAR
Main office: Cooks bay- facing Club Bali
Hai
P.O. Box 77- 98 728 Maharepa- MOOREA
Tel. (689) 56.19.28, Fax (689) 56.40.58
Haapiti office: (facing Club Med) Tel. (689) 56.33.75 |
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AVIS PACIFICAR
Main office: Vaiari quay- MOOREA, P.O.
Box 4466- 98 713 Papeete, TAHITI, Telephone- (689) 56.32.68, Fax
- (689) 56.32.62
Temae airport- Tel. (689) 56.32.61, Bali Hai hotel- (689) 56.52.04,
Haapiti (facing Club Med)- (689) 56.50.07 |
Note: Many of the places listed above also
rent motorscooters by the day, or by the week.
SCOOTERS/
BICYCLES, & MINI CARS
A
great way to experience Moorea island is by scooter, bicycle, or a special
little 3 wheeled car that really has no official name. Some people call them
"Sun cars" or "Fun cars". We just call them funky mini cars.
Anyway, the scooters are quick, the bicycles
generally kept in good condition, and the little cars all run good. A relatively
flat, good quality, paved road circling the entire island make these forms
of transportation probably the best combination of price versus functionality
on Moorea.
*TST thinks that these forms of transportation are the ultimate forms of transportation
on the islands when the weather is good!
They can be rented at the local
car rental places, listed above, or here:
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TEIHOTU LOCATION
P.O. Box 77- 98 728 Maharepa- MOOREA
Offices at the Vaiare quay, Bali Hai hotel, and entrance to Club Med.
Telephone- (689) 56.13.53, Fax - (689) 56.40.58 |
GROUND
TAXI SERVICE/ MINIBUSES
You
will sometimes see small vans or minibuses cruising around, but they generally
won't pick you up unless you're staying with the hotels they represent.
If you can catch them when they're stopped and smile a lot, you may convince
them to take you to where you're going, but they simply aren't reliable.
Local
Taxi service is another option, and quite good. It can be a bit weighty on your
budget for regular daily island travel, but you can't beat it for convenience. Here's
the listing:
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MOOREA TAXI
SERVICE
Pk 5 - 98 728 Maharepa- MOOREA, Telephone-
(689) 56.18.10 / 56.18.39, Fax - (689) 56.40.58, President: Mr. D'esli
GRAND
Minimum 4, maximum 7 passengers. Taxi service available at the ferry
dock or from the airport. |
WALKING
Walking
around on Moorea island is quite lovely. You may not end up walking around
the entire island (as it has over 30 km of island encompassing road), but
you will definately enjoy walking around and exploring the areas you are
staying in by foot. This is the best way to meet locals and really see and
appreciate the relaxed lifestyle of the islanders.
Walking is also one of
best ways to appreciate the beauty of Moorea. Not only will you be able
to stare in awe at your surroundings, but nobody will be hurrying or distracting
you either. This is also the time to pull out your camera and get the best
shots of your trip. Bring a daypack and make a full or 1/2 day out of it.
If you pack a towel and a snorkel, you can also "dip when necessary"
along the way!
HITCHHIKING
Every traveler knows how, or has had an experience
with hitchhiking. For fairly small, enclosed islands such as Moorea, the
danger factor, (every hitchhikers most important concern) is rather low.
Unfortunately, this form of travel on Moorea isn't really a great option.
(in our opinion...). The problem on this island is that you can't really depend on getting picked up. (in our experience...)
Perhaps
if you are a ravishingly beautiful girl traveling alone you may be able
to entice the locals to pull over by displaying a little leg or other body
part... but most others will have to get more creative or lucky than that. The drivers will usually simply ignore you. Whether
this is a French thing, or possibly a Tahitian phenomenon, is unknown, but
the point to remember is: hitching rides on Moorea can be tough! The same holds
true for Bora Bora and Tahiti.
On these islands, if you plan on making
this form of travel you're # 1 mode of transportation, you may end up walking
a healthy distance before realizing the truth... In general, the smaller
and more remote islands in French Polynesia offer the hitchhiker much better
possibilities for covering distance than the most heavily touristed.
Note: Different people over the years may have had better or worse hitchhiking experiences than ours on Moorea.... we're not telling you to give up on the idea of hitching, just in our opinion, to not count on it...
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