Exclusive Vahine Island Resort is located on its own private motu (islet) on the northern side of the island of Tahaa.

Upon your arrival at the quaint airport of the nearby island of Raiatea, your are taken on a 25 minutes speedboat ride across the transparent lagoon to this intimate and romantic resort.

Surrounding you are white sandy beaches, coconut groves, and the sheltering coral reef with the open ocean on one side and a tranquil lagoon on the other.

Beautifully integrated into its environment, the resort has only 3 spacious Overwater Bungalows, plus six Beachfront Bungalows hidden among the coconut trees.

All the bungalows as well as the restaurant are designed and crafted in traditional local style, with exotic woods and pandanus roofs.

If you are looking for romance and seclusion in a magical environment, the Vahine Island Resort will absolutely enchant you.

Facilities:
There is a lovely beachside restaurant, a bar and a small boutique.
The restaurant features excellent French and Tahitian cuisine and provides room service.
Cocktails are served on the veranda-bar overlooking the lagoon, and during these magically romantic evenings, you will feel that there is nothing else in the world but you and your loved one in this tropical paradise.

Activities:
Outrigger canoes, snorkeling and windsurfing equipment are at your disposal.

Meal Rates: (P.P.) Tax, Service & Tip Included
Meal Plan (Brkfst./Dinner) : $150
Buffet Breakfast: $35
Published Room Rates: from $750 to $950 per night for 2 people.

When you book through TahitiTravel, you always pay less than the published rate

Resort Reviews
(by TahitiTravel clients)

Vahine Island - We stayed in an OWB. The hotel is about a 40 minute boat ride from the airport. Beautiful resort in an idyllic setting with an intimate feel. Sylvie, the new manager and Thierry were both wonderful as were most of the staff. Only 9 total bungalows so you feel like part of a family while you are there. Our bungalow was large and nicely equipped with many small touches of luxury such as high thread count sheets, Turkish cotton towels, Molton and Brown bath amenities. The lagoon around the OWB is almost entirely fine sand, ideal for swimming but no significant snorkeling. The channel between the hotel motu and the adjacent motu has very good snorkeling but a bit shallow in many areas so you have to work your way around carefully. Great views of Bora Bora, especially at sunset.
Food:  you are required to purchase a half-board meal plan at Vahine but since you cannot easily go anywhere else to eat and the food was gourmet so we were not disappointed. Breakfast includes cereal, bread and pastry basket, jams and butter, homemade vanilla yogurt, fresh fruit, eggs and bacon. It is served rather than buffet style. For Dinner, you are given a menu for that day at breakfast and you make your choice between 2 different appetizers, main courses (one fish and one meat), and desserts. All the food was excellent. Lunch is a la carte but again, all the food is tasty and well-prepared. Service was always attentive. Entertainment was provided and for a small motu, they boated over some darn good uke players accompanied by singers and dancers.

Vahine vs. Le Taha’a – Vahine wins hands down in my opinion. At Vahine we were the only English-speaking guests so we felt like we really were someplace different. There was a much more intimate feel to Vahine island whereas Le Taha’a felt much more like a large resort. The staff is friendly at both places but at Vahine we got the feeling they genuinely cared about us whereas at Le Taha’a we felt like they were just politely doing their job. Vahine was a wonderful experience and we are sure to go back. I’m glad to have seen Le Taha’a but it is not the right place for us – and I stress us. My wife and I both think Vahine Island is a hidden gem.

We loved Taha'a and Vahine Island. After visiting FP 6 years ago and staying in OWBs the whole time, we were tempted not to stay in one this time. But, we decided to splurge in Taha'a. Well, this is the one place where an OWB was worth the money. They had coffee tables that lifted up. So, every night after dinner, we took extra bread and laid on our floor and fed the fish. The first night it was really, really windy and we saw 3 sharks swimming under our bungalow! They came around about a total of 10 times! Considering they were pretty large, and the water wasn't that deep, it was pretty creepy the next day snorkeling. Anyway, there were also tons of fish - day and night - under our bungalow. The room was beautiful, and had a great deck, which was wonderful for hanging out in the afternoon and getting sun. Also, there was a perfect sunset view of Bora Bora from our deck (except for the last day when the Maltese Falcon sailing yacht blocked our view). It was a $100 million sailing yacht - Google it and you'll see what it looked like. It was huge! It wasn't docked off our bungalow or anything, it was just between us and Bora Bora.
Anyway, we were the only Americans there. The food was excellent, and unlike the J. Prince book said, they didn't charge us for the breakfast and dinner. (It was weird - everywhere we went in FP we got free upgrades or discounts without asking.) My only complaint was that the water pressure in the shower was severely lacking - more like a few drips. But, the staff was very friendly. Beware - if you go out snorkeling with the "beach boy" - he will open urchins and clams, rinse them and give them to you to eat in the water. It was cool, but a little freaky at the time. We did only one excursion at the island, as we did several in Huahine. We went to the coral gardens. They take you by boat and drop you off on another motu. The snorkeling is okay. We actually found a couple of pieces of coral near the hotel that had interesting fish and an eel. I think I would save the coral gardens trip for another island. The water was very shallow, even for me at 5 feet tall. And, there weren't that many fish. I would recommend enjoying your time at Vahine and explore the snorkeling in front of the OWBs and try the canoes. It was so beautiful there, I don't know why you'd ever want to leave.