InterContinental Bora Bora Resort & Thalasso Spa
Motu Piti Aau, Bora Bora, French Polynesia
Location
On Motu Piti Aau
The resort sits on Motu Piti Aau in eastern Bora Bora, with the island's best Mount Otemanu views, and shares a free boat shuttle with its sister resort Le Moana on the main island.
Transfer
By flight and boat
Via Tahiti to a fifty-minute Air Tahiti flight to Bora Bora, then a twenty-minute resort boat transfer.
Villas
Eighty-four overwater villas
84 overwater villas of around 95 square metres, each with a bi-level terrace, a ladder to the lagoon and a glass-floor table, differing by view from Emerald to Diamond Otemanu.
Best For
Who it suits
Wellness-led couples, honeymooners and divers wanting an all-overwater setting with the island's best Otemanu views and a thalassotherapy spa.
Board Basis
Room only
A room-only base, with meal packages available.
About the Resort
French Polynesia's only thalasso spa
The InterContinental Thalasso is Bora Bora's wellness flagship — the first hotel on the island with only overwater villas, and home to French Polynesia's only thalassotherapy spa, where treatment rooms have glass floors over the lagoon. Its 84 villas on Motu Piti Aau have the island's best Mount Otemanu views, the wedding chapel has a glass bottom over the water, and the whole resort is cooled sustainably by deep-sea water drawn from far below the lagoon.
Accommodation
Overwater Villas
84 overwater villas of around 95 square metres, with bi-level terraces, glass-floor tables and ladders to the lagoon, in view categories from Emerald to Diamond Otemanu.
Entry
Emerald Overwater Villa
Sleeps two to three, king. Around 95 square metres with a bi-level terrace, a freshwater shower, a lagoon ladder and a glass-floor table, with lagoon views.
Glass floorLagoon access
Premium
Sapphire Overwater Villa
Sleeps two to three, king. The same layout with an elevated lagoon outlook.
Lagoon view
Signature view
Diamond Otemanu Overwater Villa
Sleeps two to three, king. On an inner pontoon with a direct Mount Otemanu view from the bed and bath — the island's signature outlook.
Otemanu view
Suite
Brando Suite
Sleeps two, king. Enhanced amenities with Deep Ocean Spa access, with lagoon or Otemanu views.
Spa access
Food & Drink
Dining
A lagoon-terrace restaurant, beachfront dining and fine dining over the water.
All-day
Le Reef
Breakfast and dinner on a lagoon terrace.
Beach
Le Sands
Dining on the private beach.
Fine dining
Le Corail
Overwater fine dining.
Wellbeing
Deep Ocean Spa
French Polynesia's only thalassotherapy spa, with glass-floored overwater treatment rooms using deep-sea water and minerals.
Thalassotherapy
Glass-floored overwater treatment rooms.
Infinity pool & diving
An infinity pool, tennis and an on-site dive centre.
Manta diving
Diving at the Anau manta-ray cleaning station.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
Wellness over the water.
The Deep Ocean Spa
Thalassotherapy in glass-floored overwater rooms.
Best Otemanu views
The island's finest views of Mount Otemanu.
Dive with manta rays
The Anau manta cleaning station nearby.
A glass-bottomed chapel
Vows over the lagoon.
A sustainable resort
Cooled by deep-sea water.
Getting There
Location & Transfers
By air
About 50 minutes to Bora Bora
An Air Tahiti flight from Tahiti to Bora Bora.
By boat
About 20 minutes
A resort boat transfer to Motu Piti Aau.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
★★★★★
“The most extraordinary place I have ever stayed. Nothing prepares you for the depth of the silence, the beauty of the reef, or the sheer generosity of the experience.”
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★★★★★
“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
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★★★★★
“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting InterContinental Bora Bora Resort & Thalasso Spa. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Room-only, with meal packages available.
The spa
- French Polynesia's only thalassotherapy spa.
Sister resort
- A free boat shuttle and spa privileges with Le Moana on the main island.
Getting there
- Fly via Tahiti to Bora Bora, then a resort boat transfer.
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