Manihi has a small, working-class populace, and there isn’t enough demand to facilitate a club scene. When night falls on this scenic atoll, the locals participate in simple activities such as pool and shark fishing.

Most of the dining to be enjoyed on this island is provided by the local hotels. There is a market in Manihi that offers bread, tinned fish, bottled water and other basics

Land Activities

Biking

Biking on Manihi might take you through shady coconut groves, or along lone roads pockmarked with land crab burrows. Cycles can be rented at Manihi Pearl Beach Resort. Guests at other hotels should consult management at their lodges.

Water Activities

Beaches

Manihi Pearl Beach Resort provides excellent opportunities for swimming and snorkeling. Non-guests can use the hotels facilities with permission.

Diving

Dives sites in Manihi are numerous. As its name would imply, the Drop Off is a steep wall just outsdie the reef that descends over 5900 (1800 meters). The waters are alive with giant jack fish, snappers, marlin and other marine life.

At Tairapa Pass you’ll find barracuda and tuna, as well as the occasional manta ray or eagle ray.

Fishing

Visitors seeking to catch some the atoll’s mahimahi, tuna or jack fish should inquire about fishing excursions at their hotel.

Snorkeling

The snorkeling on the atoll is among the best on the South Seas, and fish and marine plant life are especially plentiful here.

Land Activities

Biking

Biking on Manihi might take you through shady coconut groves, or along lone roads pockmarked with land crab burrows. Cycles can be rented at Manihi Pearl Beach Resort. Guests at other hotels should consult management at their lodges.

Water Activities

Beaches

Manihi Pearl Beach Resort provides excellent opportunities for swimming and snorkeling. Non-guests can use the hotels facilities with permission.

Diving

Dives sites in Manihi are numerous. As its name would imply, the Drop Off is a steep wall just outsdie the reef that descends over 5900 (1800 meters). The waters are alive with giant jack fish, snappers, marlin and other marine life.

At Tairapa Pass you’ll find barracuda and tuna, as well as the occasional manta ray or eagle ray.

Fishing

Visitors seeking to catch some the atoll’s mahimahi, tuna or jack fish should inquire about fishing excursions at their hotel.

Snorkeling

The snorkeling on the atoll is among the best on the South Seas, and fish and marine plant life are especially plentiful here.

Manihi is home to many private and co-operative pearl farms. As a result, black pearls cost far less here than on neighboring isles.

WIth the exception of the pearl trade, shopping on Manihi is scarce. Visitors can find some novelty items such as handicrafts, curios and pareos in the hotels.

Places to visit

Walk through Manihi and be thrust back to a time when simplicity was the order of the day. The modest, quiet surroundings and well-kept homes will make many visitors long for the good old days.

Manihi Village

The homes here are surrounded by handsome yards adorned with shells, shrubs and flowers. The village boasts one main concrete dock, a flagpole and a square where older residents gossip under the shade of a huge tree.

Turipaoa Village

This modest village is home to many of Manihi’s 769 inhabitants. The colorful homes here are shaded by breadfruit trees and ornamented with frangipani, hibiscus and bougainvillea. Other citizens reside on the pearl farms built on struts beside the lagoon.

Land Activities

Biking

Biking on Manihi might take you through shady coconut groves, or along lone roads pockmarked with land crab burrows. Cycles can be rented at Manihi Pearl Beach Resort. Guests at other hotels should consult management at their lodges.

Water Activities

Beaches

Manihi Pearl Beach Resort provides excellent opportunities for swimming and snorkeling. Non-guests can use the hotels facilities with permission.

Diving

Dives sites in Manihi are numerous. As its name would imply, the Drop Off is a steep wall just outsdie the reef that descends over 5900 (1800 meters). The waters are alive with giant jack fish, snappers, marlin and other marine life.

At Tairapa Pass you’ll find barracuda and tuna, as well as the occasional manta ray or eagle ray.

Fishing

Visitors seeking to catch some the atoll’s mahimahi, tuna or jack fish should inquire about fishing excursions at their hotel.

Snorkeling

The snorkeling on the atoll is among the best on the South Seas, and fish and marine plant life are especially plentiful here.

If you want to take home some fine indigenous crafts, then you should plan a visit to the boutiques, shops and art galleries of Moorea.

In keeping with the island’s proud heritage, merchandise on Moorea has a decidedly Polynesian feel. Visitors can select from an array of goods, including black pearl jewelry, paintings, pottery, sculpture, wood carvings and woven artifacts. Moorea’s laid-back lifestyle is chronicled in the work of many of the island’s local artists.