Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora spans 54 acres of its own private motu in Bora Bora’s lagoon, combining ultramodern pampering with deep-rooted Tahitian tradition. At its heart sits the Vaitea Lagoon Sanctuary, an inner lagoon ecosystem developed in partnership with WiseOceans, where guests can participate in coral grafting and guided snorkelling alongside the marine biologists working to protect it.
The resort holds 115 accommodations — 108 overwater bungalow suites stilted above the lagoon and seven beachfront villa estates on the sand — and it can also be taken whole: a published complete island buyout covers all 115 accommodations for up to 246 guests. However guests arrive, the service runs around the clock, from 24-hour in-room dining to breakfast delivered to a bungalow by Polynesian canoe.
THE ISLAND IN MOTION
The listing’s own film — supplied with this listing · 2 min 23 sec
Accommodations & Design
The overwater bungalow suites are built with high ceilings, thatched pandanus-leaf roofs and traditional teak wood furnishings, each offering over 1,000 square feet of living space, a private terrace and glass floor panels for watching the marine life below. Twenty-seven of them are specialty suites with private infinity-edge plunge pools — 11 by 8 feet, temperature-controlled — on decks of 250 to 400 square feet, with ladders straight down into the lagoon.
The seven beachfront villa estates run from two to five bedrooms, on plots spanning a third of an acre to over a full acre of private white sand, each enclosed in its own garden with a private infinity pool and a full outdoor kitchen. Estates come with a dedicated Villa Host team, personal pre-arrival planning, round-trip private airport transfers and a private beach setup.
The architecture is by Didier Lefort and Pierre-Jean Picart, with interiors by BAMO in a contemporary Polynesian aesthetic.
Amenities & Inclusions
There are four open-air restaurants: Arii Moana, serving Mediterranean classics at the water’s edge; Tere Nui, the breakfast room, which also hosts themed dinners; Fare Hoa Beach Bar & Restaurant, a modern grill with its toes in the sand; and Vaimiti, serving eclectic Asian dishes over the water. Oro’a stages a Polynesian dinner show with fire dance, and in-bungalow dining runs 24 hours a day.
Te Mahana Spa stands at the lagoon’s edge, cathedral-like, its ceiling soaring 22 metres. Signature treatments include the Taurumi Mind and Body Ritual, and the overwater Fare Miti Spa Suite sets its treatment beds on glass panels above the water; the spa also has a sauna, a steam room and two outdoor whirlpools.
On the water and ashore, there is scuba with the DIVEASY dive centre, tennis with the Peter Burwash International pro on two courts, a Technogym fitness centre, snorkelling, stand-up paddleboards and the resort’s main pool. Children have the complimentary Kids For All Seasons programme, and there is a dedicated club for teens.
Every stay includes round-trip airport transfers and daily breakfast at Tere Nui, with complimentary premium Wi-Fi across the resort.
Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora in one document — photos, island facts, and regional background.
How Private Is This Island?
The resort has Motu Tehotu entirely to itself — nothing else is built on the motu, and it can be reached only by boat or helicopter, with arrivals and departures on the resort’s own taxi boats. Within the resort, privacy is at the scale of the suite or the estate: bungalows spaced along jetties over open lagoon, estates enclosed in private gardens, inside a resort of 115 accommodations.
For the whole island at once, the published complete island buyout hands over everything — all 115 accommodations, the restaurants, the spa and the staff — to one party of up to 246 guests. Even then, Bora Bora’s lagoon stays alive around the island: excursion boats cross it, and the main island and neighbouring resorts sit in view across the water.
Getting There
Most guests fly to Bora Bora Airport (BOB) on Motu Mute, usually via Papeete, where the resort’s custom Andreyale taxi boats — mahogany-and-teak launches named for a Four Seasons co-founder — make the 20-minute cruise across the lagoon, around Mount Otemanu, to the resort. Round-trip airport transfers are included in every stay, estates receive private transfers, and private jet access is available through Bora Bora airport.
Sustainability
The Vaitea Lagoon Sanctuary is a working research facility as well as a snorkelling site: more than 100 species live in the inner lagoon, and guests can join the WiseOceans marine biologists for coral grafting, guided snorkels and night snorkels. In February 2026 the resort earned Green Key certification, the international eco-label audited against the Foundation for Environmental Education’s criteria, alongside its Four Seasons for Good efforts.
PRICE — PUBLISHED RATE
EUR 2,500,000for seven nights
Complete island buyout · all 115 accommodations · up to 246 guests
Nightly room rates are not published — the resort prices stays dynamically
Published rate · checked Nov 2026
