Blue Lagoon - PRIVATE ISLAND -Pink sand beach and wildlife reserve

A beautiful, unique place! We had a great trip. Not sure if it was just the sea conditions, but the boat ride there and back was rough. Lunch was great, and the wine was a special touch. The restrooms on the island need some work. Snorkeling at the Aquarium was great. Our big complaint was that we felt rushed and would have loved some more time at the Aquarium. Could have done with less time basket weaving.

Honestly the best excursion in all of Rangiroa! The views were insane. The food was sooo good- probably the best meal we had in Rangiroa. The first and second captain made it an unforgettable experience for us. We had a little bit of a language barrier as we only speak English, but they made such an effort with us and really made it worth while. Thank you for making this the highlight of our honeymoon.

The locations on Rangiroa (the passes - especially drift snorkelling Avatoru, the blue lagoon, the pink sands...) sell themselves without the tour guides needing to do anything. However, compared with other similar excursions in Polynesia, we missed the animation and engagement that can really make such a day. We were lucky to be able to understand some French because the guides really weren't able to say much in English but even in French the communication was minimalist and there was certainly no singing/music/"vibe". There wasn't any water offered at all on the boat, let alone beer or rum punch. At lunch there was some juice/water and a mouthful of local wine but nothing else. The food was nice enough and the usual motu fare. At the sands and blue lagoon it was very unclear what was happening when and we found ourselves having left our suncream on the boat. Thankfully we didn't burn much at the blue lagoon. There were some kids from the other boat on our tour that thought it'd be amusing to chase the baby sharks and throw lumps of coral at them and the guides did absolutely nothing. The parents also just nervously laughed from a distance when we ourselves repeatedly said no to them. That did the trick thankfully but again it was indicative of the fact that the "guides" were more just taxi drivers taking us from one spot to the next. As per other reviews, the boat ride across the lagoon is quite a trip and thankfully we picked a good day for it. Not an awful lot the tour(s) can do about it though other than travelling considerably slower, which would really eat up the day. On the whole we enjoyed the day and in particular the multitude of adult and baby sharks around the pink sands is quite special. We'd recommend the itinerary but not necessarily the company though.