Marae Manunu

I admit, when in FP I want the 5 star overwater bungalow experience…but we were blown away by the design, attention to detail and beauty of our room at Apatoa! Pinned as “Glamping” due to the structures it was anything but! On entering our room we were met with a five star interior! The pool is lovely, as was our private pool on the deck overlooking the lagoon. There is a beautiful fish filled reef just at the end of the dock. You can swim for hours with the fish, right out your front door! Dinners were impressive and the owners accommodating and friendly. The Island of Raiatea is laid back and peaceful. We highly recommend a visit to this hotel!

Amazing hotel. Staff are awesome. Premium OWB was the best room I've stayed in. Staying at the property is like living in a painting. -Coral garden is fairly easy to navigate and easy to get to, the hotel gives pretty clear instructions. I also followed behind other snorkelers that were already there. Hotel provides regular water shoes, I bought water shoes that were more thick / boot like just in case. I also preferred to swim there in a swimsuit that covered my skin, but wasn't too hard to avoid the coral.