Princess Cruise Lines
Tahitian Princess - Moorea

Apr. 26, 2004

Our next port of call was Moorea in French Polynesia. This island is the "sister island of Tahiti". This was our last port of call before returning to our starting port of Papeete.

We arrived in Moorea around 8 am and sailed around 5 pm. This gave us a full day to see the sights of Moorea. After breakfast, we took a tender to the pier and did some shopping in the tents that were setup near the tender dock. We could have hired a local driver to take us to a shopping area, but we really didn't need to do that. If you haven't booked an organized tour, there are several vendors to help you dockside.

Our final Moorea 4wd Safari from 12:45 pm to 4:15 pm.

Make sure you check out the pictures of Moorea. On webshots.com there are well over 1000 images to choose from. I've selected a few slideshows from just the first few pages of search results (click this link to do search for yourself). This is not meant to be an endorsement of webshots.com -- I simply couldn't believe the shades of blues in these pictures and had to share them with you.

Planning for a cruise on the web is really half the fun. It builds anticipation, and often exposes you to some hidden secrets that you don't typically find in those tour guides. Moorea has one of those unexpected finds, UC Berkeley Moorea, which I found while surfing the web. Check out their website for information about the Richard B. Gump South Pacific Research Station and also learn about Moorea's weather, birds, flora, and other useful information.