credit: Audrey Svoboda
Day 1: Discover Manihi and check out Paeua /Turipaoa village and pass
- Pick up shells, nice little rocks and dried pieces of wood to make your own little souvenirs
- Learn how to weave coconut leaves and make o’ini for the food + niau hat +niau bags + niau broom purau plates
- Coprah experience and learn how to make monoï the traditional way
- Circle island tour
- Check out a Pearl farm and find out about the Korori
- Snorkel in the clear waters of the Turipaoa pass
- Visit the Paeua village
- Go for a Va’a (one man canoe) /kayak session
- Line fishing in front of your pension at night
Day 2: Deep sea fishing
- Whole morning deep sea fishing
- Clean your catch of the day
- Make raw tuna fish with coconut milk + lemon (“poisson cru au lait de coco”)
- Help in the kitchen and learn how they cook the catch of the day
- Tahitian dance class
- Watch the beatiful night sky with all the stars
- Learn how to start fire without lighter or matches
Day 3: Trip to Ahe for diving and more – back to Manihi
- Pick up by Dive N’ Co for a diving experience in Ahe located 9,3 miles (15 km) west of Manihi
- Check out the Puka tree in Ahe and learn about its importance
- Spear fishing in Ahe
- Flower leis making
- Look for Tupa & hermite crabs
- Look for uto to make uto bread and ipo with coconut milk
- Singing around a bonfire with ukulele and guitare + dance
- Relax : you’re in Manihi and it’s your last day there
