Dive Review of Bora Diving Center/Intercontinental Hotel in
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Bora Diving Center/Intercontinental Hotel, Mar, 2005, by Art & Gerry Burke, TX, USA . Report 1780.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	We booked with Bora Diving Center through Trip N Tour Travel agency because they said Bora Diving Center were friendly, flexible and offered easy diving. This was an understatement! Upon our arrival at the Intercontinental Hotel, we had a message from Bora Diving Center about our diving plans for the next day. They picked us up at the hotel promptly and had a short 10 min ride to the Bora Diving Center where we met the staff. It is a small operation but they are very friendly and adaptable to our needs. The first day we did a lagoon dive to see Mantas. No problem – 3 mantas showed up on cue. The divemasters were all helpful and friendly, spoke English or French and knowledgeable about the area. They only have small fast boats that carry up to 6 divers that made travel to and from the dive sites quick. Entry was a back roll and exit was up a ladder after you removed your weights and BCD. I had a digital camera system that they assisted with in and out of the water – the only negative was no camera table because the boat was small. They did 1 morning dive and 1 afternoon dive so you could return to your hotel in between dives. The dive center had room to store your gear overnight if you did multiple days as we did. I tipped in cash to the divemaster each day because the divemasters did rotate days on and off. The owners, Anne & Michel, were not in Bora Bora while we were there but they sent me a personal note thanking me for diving with Bora Diving Center. There was no complaint with any of the staff on the boat or in the office. Everyone was helpful and lived up to their slogan of “famous for our personal service and attention to the individual…” The Intercontinental Hotel was excellent. All transport from the airport is via boat so we had a great view of the island as we traveled to the hotel on the southern end of Bora Bora. We had a beachfront bungalow that had ample space with a separate bedroom from a living room. We could walk right out onto the beach and snorkel over the small reefs. The pool was excellent and had an infinity edge which gave a view to the beach. There was a wide assortment of food to eat at the main restaurant or beach café – the Chicken Alfredo was excellent. There were also restaurants outside of the hotel – you have to go to Bloody Mary’s Restaurant if you want a tropical atmosphere (sand floor) and excellent seafood. We rented a car to tour the island – it isn’t that big – where we did shopping and sight seeing. Overall we had a great experience on Bora Bora.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Caymans, Belize, Bonaire, Maldives, Seycelles, Grand Turk,
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	80-84°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-75 Ft/ 15-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	All dives lead by DM due to either currents or drift dive. No restrictions on depth or time - dependent on group of dives to define.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Small fast boats did not have camera table, hotel had ample outlets to recharge batteries.

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Dive Review of Bora Diving Center/Intercontinental Hotel in French Polynesia/Bora Bora

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