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The 15 Best Snorkelling Tours in Bora Bora

31 tours  ·  from $106

Bora Bora’s reef is a short ride from Vaitape and the stops barely change between operators. The 15 below are compared on hours in the water, group size and price, half day against full day.

Half day Snorkeling Shared Boat Tour in Bora Bora - Stop one: manta rays in their natural setting
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Half day Snorkeling Shared Boat Tour in Bora Bora

1.Half day Snorkeling Shared Boat Tour in Bora Bora

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 688 reviews · from $130Our pick

Join H2O Bora Bora for a 3.5-hour morning boat trip to three or four snorkeling sites. Guides such as Matt, Vincent, Wilson, Rudolph, and Winston select stops according to sea conditions, with manta rays, eagle rays, coral gardens, and tropical fish on the agenda. Pickup is offered, and groups are limited to seven.

“The personal approach with our group of four was so much better than being in a big group from the ship. Vincent and Teri always made sure that we were safe and enjoying our time. Teri taught us a lot about the sea life. Vincent talked about the surrounding areas. We would definitely do this excursion again!”

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Full-Day Bora Bora Lagoon Cruise Including Snorkeling with Sharks and Stingrays - Searching for manta rays and reef sharks
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Full-Day Bora Bora Lagoon Cruise Including Snorkeling with Sharks and Stingrays

2.Full-Day Bora Bora Lagoon Cruise Including Snorkeling with Sharks and Stingrays

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 630 reviews · from $158

Spend six hours exploring Bora Bora by powerboat with local guides such as Manu, Ari, and Moana. Swim with black-tip reef sharks and stingrays, search for manta rays, visit coral gardens, then enjoy a barbecue lunch, coconut demonstration, music, and views from a private motu.

“Best day in Bora Bora!! We got to swim with sharks and the sting rays! We also saw a manta ray and eagle rays, the guides were so friendly and knowledgeable, they took us to the best spots and kept the vibes great. The lunch was probably the best meal we’ve had all trip!! We loved the coconut demonstration and the fresh coconut milk.”

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Bora Bora Eco Snorkel Cruise Including Snorkeling with Sharks and Stingrays - A Coral Garden filled with fish and clams
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Bora Bora Eco Snorkel Cruise Including Snorkeling with Sharks and Stingrays

3.Bora Bora Eco Snorkel Cruise Including Snorkeling with Sharks and Stingrays

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 501 reviews · from $118

Spend 2.5 hours on Bora Bora’s lagoon with Moana Adventure Tours, seeking blacktip sharks, stingrays, manta rays, and eagle rays before snorkeling through a coral garden. Guides such as Tema, Manu, Tane, and Captain T help with local insight, safety, and boat access. Groups are capped at 12.

“What an amazing experience! The rays are so sociable; they come right up to you & let you touch them. Getting into the water with the black tip reef sharks was both exhilarating and terrifying, but our guide helped us feel comfortable & safe in the water. Afterwards, we drove to the coral garden to snorkel. I have never seen such beautiful colors and so many colorful fish, clams & other sea life. I highly recommend this trip! Bring a camera because pictures speak much louder than words ever could to describe this adventure.”

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Bora Bora Jet Ski Tour, & Eco Shark / Ray Snorkel Cruise - The Motu Stop and Coconut Lesson
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Bora Bora Jet Ski Tour, & Eco Shark / Ray Snorkel Cruise

4.Bora Bora Jet Ski Tour, & Eco Shark / Ray Snorkel Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 376 reviews · from $323

Spend about 6.5 hours on Bora Bora’s lagoon with Moana Adventure Tours. Ride a single or double jet ski past Mt. Otemanu, stop on a motu for swimming and coconut husking, eat at Lucky House, then snorkel by boat with reef sharks, stingrays, coral, and fish. Guides may include Ali, Tema, Marama, or Tarepa.

“It was a lot of fun and the tour guides we had were great! It was a great way to see Bora Bora. Loved the coral reef!”

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Tohora Bora Bora Snorkeling Lagoon Tours - Coral gardens and tropical fish
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Tohora Bora Bora Snorkeling Lagoon Tours

5.Tohora Bora Bora Snorkeling Lagoon Tours

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 340 reviews · from $175

Join Tohora Bora Bora for a 3 to 3.5-hour lagoon trip with guides such as Simon, Tom, Ben, or Hiro. Swim among manta and eagle rays, blacktip sharks, tropical fish, and coral gardens. Gear and hotel pickup are included when the boat can dock, and whale sightings may be possible in season.

“Guide vraiment sympathique, drôle et très attentionné. Snorkeling formidable pour ne pas dire EXTRAORDINAIRE WoW se balader avec 3 raies Manta, 5-6 requins à pointe noire…et le jardin de corail !!! À faire sans faute”

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Bora Bora Combo Tour: Lagoon Cruise and 4WD Tour Including Snorkeling - What the bumpy 4WD section is really like
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Bora Bora Combo Tour: Lagoon Cruise and 4WD Tour Including Snorkeling

6.Bora Bora Combo Tour: Lagoon Cruise and 4WD Tour Including Snorkeling

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 200 reviews · from $213

Spend about eight hours seeing Bora Bora from land and sea. A local guide takes you by open-air 4WD to island viewpoints, wartime cannons, craft workshops, and fruit stands. Then snorkel with stingrays, black-tip reef sharks, and tropical fish before lunch on a motu. Guides may include Manu, Matu, Ari, or Maui.

“It was funny! The guys were very nice and friendly! It was amazing when we swimming with the sharks into the lagoon and the lunch was delicious!! Noemi”

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Bora Bora Snorkel Cruise by Polynesian Outrigger Canoe with BBQ Island Lunch - Stop one: the coral gardens
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Bora Bora Snorkel Cruise by Polynesian Outrigger Canoe with BBQ Island Lunch

7.Bora Bora Snorkel Cruise by Polynesian Outrigger Canoe with BBQ Island Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 195 reviews · from $296

Spend about six hours circling Bora Bora’s lagoon in a motorized Polynesian outrigger canoe. Guides such as Sam, Jean, Ruma, or Tarepa lead you to coral gardens, sharks, stingrays, manta rays, and eagle rays, followed by a BBQ lunch, music, and island hospitality.

“We had a fantastic time! I highly recommend this excursion. Jean, our guide, was incredibly friendly, spoke perfect English, and was so knowledgeable (about the local culture, the fish, the sharks, and the rays (we saw both sting rays, and eagle rays, and black tipped reef sharks). He was a joy to spend the day with and made sure everyone was having a great time. The BBQ lunch was some of the best food we've had. The homemade ceviche, which was prepared in front of us, and was unbelievably delicious! Highly recommend!!! Thank you!”

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Half-Day Small-Group Cruise in Bora Bora with Snorkelling - What the small boat adds to the day
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Half-Day Small-Group Cruise in Bora Bora with Snorkelling

8.Half-Day Small-Group Cruise in Bora Bora with Snorkelling

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 172 reviews · from $142

Spend four hours circling Bora Bora’s lagoon with a small group of up to 12. Guides such as Tau, Arii, Mike, and Rony lead you to coral gardens, stingrays, and black-tip reef sharks, with gear, towels, island stories, music, and light refreshments included or offered during the outing.

“Captain Ronny was amazing! Super friendly, funny, and a great singer too! as a local he is very knowledgeable with the history of the island. The whole tour was magical with amazing views of the island. We had 3 snorkelling stops- sting rays, beautiful coral reef with amazing fish, and black tip sharks. A must do tour when in Bora Bora.”

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LUXURY Catamaran Bora Bora : Sailing, Snorkeling & Floating Bar - Mount Otemanu from the lagoon
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LUXURY Catamaran Bora Bora : Sailing, Snorkeling & Floating Bar

9.LUXURY Catamaran Bora Bora : Sailing, Snorkeling & Floating Bar

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 157 reviews · from $327

Sail Bora Bora’s lagoon aboard the 40-foot Vitamin Sea, a former racing catamaran limited to small groups. You’ll see Mount Otemanu, snorkel at a private coral garden, relax on deck, and stop at a floating bar for drinks. Hotel transfers and a professional crew are included.

“This was an amazing experience for me and my new wife. We had done a catamaran ride in another location but this tops it! The couple who operates this is nothing short of amazing. The group size is small enough to enjoy but not quite private. The locations where we went were amazing and the floating bar was awesome. Can’t recommend this enough!”

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Bora Bora: Eco Shark and Snorkeling Safari - First stop: black-tip sharks and friendly stingrays
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Bora Bora: Eco Shark and Snorkeling Safari

10.Eco Shark and Snorkeling Safari

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 156 reviews · 2h 30m · from $112Best value

Ride from your Bora Bora hotel across the lagoon with an English- or French-speaking guide. Expect three snorkeling stops for black-tip sharks, stingrays, eagle rays, moray eels, and a colorful coral garden. Guides such as Will, Marama, Ruma, and Sam have helped swimmers feel safe and confident.

“Amazing outing. Incredible to snorkel with rays and sharks but the coral garden was an unexpected highlight. Appreciated how our guide got in the water to lead us through that. Transportation to/from our hotel was great. Highly recommend.”

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Bora Bora Full Day Snorkeling with Lunch - Anau and the manta ray encounter
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Bora Bora Full Day Snorkeling with Lunch

11.Bora Bora Full Day Snorkeling with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 118 reviews · from $153

Set out from Tiare Market at 8:30 a.m. for four water stops around Bora Bora. Snorkel with manta rays, stingrays, reef sharks, eagle rays, and tropical fish, then spend several hours on Motu Fanfan with a Tahitian lunch, coconut demonstrations, beach time, and lagoon views. Guides such as Chris, Jeff, and Geff are praised for helping weaker swimmers.

“Our Captain Jeff was incredible fun and patience. My parents cannot swim that he accompanied them on the whole snorkeling journey and encouraged them a lot! Jeff has great personality that my family was so happy with the experience with him and booked with Jeff for the second day of the same tour! He has a beautiful conch shell as horning. I loved the coral garden hope can visit again in near future!”

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Bora Bora: Full-Day Lagoon Snorkelling Tour - Setting out on Bora Bora’s turquoise lagoon
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Bora Bora: Full-Day Lagoon Snorkelling Tour

12.Full-Day Lagoon Snorkelling Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 112 reviews · 7 hours · from $142

Join Vavau Adventures for a seven-hour Bora Bora lagoon tour with guides such as Manu, Ari, Maui, and Mata Nono. Circle the island by boat, swim with rays and blacktip sharks, snorkel a coral garden, then enjoy a barbecue lunch on a motu with coconut and craft demonstrations.

“It was amazing! Everyone is really nice and happy.”

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Bora Bora Lagoon Snorkeling Tour by Private Boat - Manta rays and eagle rays in open water
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Bora Bora Lagoon Snorkeling Tour by Private Boat

13.Bora Bora Lagoon Snorkeling Tour by Private Boat

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 105 reviews

You’ll cruise Bora Bora’s lagoon in a private boat with a guide such as Hiro, Rudolph, Wilson, or Taki, stopping at four or five snorkel sites. Expect coral gardens, manta and eagle rays, reef fish, and possible sharks, with gear, towels, water, and hotel-dock pickup included.

“So happy we booked this trip. I’ve snorkeld all over and this is the best experience I’ve had. Our guide Wilson was great. Seeing a manta ray in the wild was an amazing experience.”

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Bora Bora 4WD Tour & Eco Shark & Ray Snorkel Cruise - The 9 a.m. pickup and first ride around Bora Bora
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Bora Bora 4WD Tour & Eco Shark & Ray Snorkel Cruise

14.Bora Bora 4WD Tour & Eco Shark & Ray Snorkel Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 94 reviews · from $260

Spend about seven hours seeing Bora Bora from an open-air 4WD, stopping at World War II sites and hilltop viewpoints before lunch at Bloody Mary's. Then join a lagoon cruise with guides such as Toiki, Sam, or Will for shallow-water snorkeling with stingrays, black-tip reef sharks, and colorful reef fish.

“Probably my favorite part of Bora Bora. The 4WD gave us a view of how people live in their town. Was pretty cool. Lunch at Bloody Mary's was very filling and gave us time to rest. Shark/Stingray was scary but so worth it. I got great pictures of the sharks and stingrays. I've gone shark cage diving and I was more terrified of this excursion because I was not in a cage! Highly Recommend.”

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Private Tour: Bora Bora Lagoon Eco Snorkel Cruise - 3hrs or 6hrs - What the eco approach means in practice
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Private Tour: Bora Bora Lagoon Eco Snorkel Cruise – 3hrs or 6hrs

15.Private Tour: Bora Bora Lagoon Eco Snorkel Cruise – 3hrs or 6hrs

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 70 reviews · from $346

Cruise Bora Bora’s lagoon in a private Cap Camarat boat with a guide such as Heimana, Maui, Will, or Nicholsen. Snorkel at three weather-dependent sites, look for rays, sharks, turtles, and coral, then add a private motu lunch on the six-hour outing.

“What an amazing trip! Sting Rays, Sharks, beautiful coral reefs. Crystal-clear waters. Magical! Our guide, Maui, was so great. What an excellent BBQ chef. Good was great!! I’ll never forget this trip and this day.”

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