Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Moorea is the easy add-on the whole collectivity is built around: a heart-shaped island about 17km northwest of Tahiti, reached by a 30 to 45 minute ferry rather than a flight, greener and considerably cheaper than Bora Bora, and close enough for a day trip if you’re truly short on time.

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Seven days is the sweet spot for French Polynesia: enough time to do 2 or 3 islands properly rather than rushing 4 into a single week. This plan gives Tahiti a day, Moorea 3 nights, and Bora Bora 3 nights, more breathing room on each island than our tighter 6 day itinerary allows.

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Six days is enough to do the classic French Polynesia trip properly: Tahiti, Moorea, and Bora Bora, each with real time rather than a rushed stopover. This is the honeymoon-brochure version of the collectivity, and it holds up, but expect the transfers, a ferry, then a flight through Papeete, to eat a meaningful chunk of the week.

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Five days is the point where the classic French Polynesia combination, Moorea and Bora Bora, 2 to 3 nights each, actually works without feeling rushed. This plan splits the trip roughly in half: Moorea first for the bays and the lagoon, then a flight to Bora Bora for the overwater-bungalow half of the trip.

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Four days is right at the edge of where Bora Bora starts to make sense as an add-on. This plan bases you on Moorea for most of the trip and adds a short Bora Bora taste at the end, but read the budget alternate below before you commit to the flight, adding Bora Bora to a 4 day trip means one of your 4 days goes almost entirely to transfers.

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Three days is enough to add real depth to a French Polynesia trip: a brief look at Tahiti bookending two full nights on Moorea, rather than the rushed day trip our 2 day itinerary has to settle for.

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Two days is barely enough to land in Tahiti and add a genuine taste of Moorea alongside it, so this plan keeps things simple: one day acclimatizing in Papeete, one day on a Moorea ferry trip.