Bora Bora
Bora Bora is the most famous island in the South Pacific, and one look tells you why. The jagged green peak of Mount Otemanu rises straight from a lagoon of unreal blues and greens, ringed by a necklace of white-sand motus and water so clear it seems lit from within. It is the picture most travelers carry of paradise, and standing on the shore it somehow looks even better than the photographs.
This is the birthplace of the overwater bungalow, and waking in one is one of travel's great experiences. Picture a glass floor over the lagoon where fish drift beneath your feet, your own deck and ladder leading straight into the warm, waist-deep water, and Mount Otemanu framed perfectly in the open doorway. Mornings begin with a swim before breakfast and a sky still soft with first light.
Days here drift gently between the lagoon and the deck, with little reason to be anywhere else. It is the ultimate honeymoon and special-occasion escape, romance distilled to its purest form, and the kind of place that rewards slowing all the way down. We handle the flights, the lagoon transfer and the choice of bungalow, so all you have to do is settle in and let the island do the rest.
