Saturday 30th April – Papeete – Tahiti
Our little princess Port Guide reads "Think of any superlative – beautiful, stunning, magnificent, spectacular- and you'll just begin to describe Tahiti, that island paradise….."
Well I have one more word to add to the list WOW, not a word but we sure used it plenty today. WOW describes the views, the land the waterholes and the time we spent together today.
I was the organiser of today's tour; eight of us went 4WD driving through the centre of the island. Another group of 8 CCers were in a second vehicle.
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We met our drivers at 930am for our full day tour. The first stop we made was for food so that we could picnic later. Our two vehicles then headed out of the town and towards the interior of this pretty island. Waterfalls were a plenty, the winding and sometimes rough roads took us higher and higher towards the clouds. We stopped and our guide Patrick gave us times to photograph his backyard and told us about the flora and fauna. We tasted native fruit growing along the way.
When lunch time came around we stopped and Patrick lead us up and then down on a tiny path to a place he called his office, you could only wish to have an office like this one. Not every one of the 16 made it to the office but those of us who did enjoyed a wonderful dip in a waterhole. We had a waterfall to get a massage from and rocks to sit on in the water when not swimming about. WOW! How great was this. We had to hike back to the rest of the group to have our lunch while sitting in a river bed, under the shade of trees. WOW!
Onward we went up and up, then through a tunnel in the mountain to the other side of the island. By now we had passed the centre point and all that was left to do was head back to the ship. This tour took us 8 ½ hours for a cost of $80US per person.
The tour operator is Patrick 4x4 Adventure website: papeete.com/patrick/
Email him on patrickaventure@mail.pf if you are travelling to Papeete, you are sure to have a WOW time.
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| Hiking to the 'office' |
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| Patrick at his "office" |
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| The gang in the "office" |
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| Lunchtime |
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| View from "office" window |
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| WOW what a view |
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| Waterfall |
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| Light at the end of the tunnel |
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| Looking back to where we had been |
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| Great day coming to an end |
Hey Helen.. It's Phil. We were in the other 4wd on your tour .... As you said Wow .... this was the tour I enjoyed most on the whole cruise. Patrick was great, can't recommend him highly enough. To say the roads were rough is an understatement ... But this just made it more fun :-) I would do it again In a heartbeat, shame I didn't have ny shorts to go for a swim under the waterfall,
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