A Scuba and Spa Day As Our Finale

Today we got up and ate another great breakfast to fill us up for the 2 dives we had this morning. There was an AMAZING rainbow early in the morning. At 8am, the dive boat arrived for us and we were off. Our first dive began with Jen doing a few more exercises, then Jen, TJ, the instructor and one other guy were off to explore the water. We saw a few black tip sharks and some much larger sharks, maybe 7 feet long, with yellow bellies. We also saw a morea eel, clams and a ton of other fish I can’t remember the names. On our second dive, we saw a school of eagle rays (bigger than this guy), TJ saw another shark, a flounder, scorpion fish, sea anomeas and much more. It was awesome – and best of all after the second dive, Jen was Open Water certified! We then were dropped back off at the hotel and had a quick lunch and headed to the spa for some R & R. Our spa appointments were at 4:20, but we showed up at 2pm to take advantage of the other spa activities and amenities.

We started our spa journey in our private spa suite that was a mini Jacuzzi with 2 lounge chairs and an umbrella, high on the hill of our Motu with spectacular views of mainland Bora Bora and it was private behind brick walls. Next we went into the steam room where we got nice and steamed up, then TJ took a dip in the “cold plunge” – the water was probably like 50 degrees. Jen thought he was crazy. Next we headed over to the tired leg massage trail which was a long skinny pool that you walked through and there were tons of jets spraying our legs in an incredible massage. Then we went into the spa pool where you could set a current to go and you could swim as if you were in a much larger pool – basically swimming in place. We quickly realized that we were way too relaxed to swim against the strong current, so we turned it off and made it a regular Jacuzzi and chilled for a few minutes. Somehow TJ talked Jen into going back into the steam room and then to jump into the “cold plunge.” It was very invigorating! Next we hit the rain showers and that was really cool. Finally, we were totally relaxed and headed to the tea lounge to have a cup of tea and wait for the massuses to come get us for our couples massage. A man and woman arrived, the man grabbed Jen (much to TJ’s delight), the woman grabbed TJ and we were off. Our massage room was amazing – the floors had holes in the ground where we could stare at reefs and fish swimming all around under us. Our massages were 90 minutes long and were just incredible.

We got home and were able to quickly shower up and we headed to the mainland Bora Bora to have dinner at Villa Mahana. Villa Mahana was a small, eclectic restaurant that had only 9 tables, 7 tables in the main parlor and 2 private tables in other areas of the villa. The food was absolutely incredible, the best food we ate on the island for sure. We both ordered different menus that were set and offered 3 or 4 different dishes so we were able to try some of everything. Food ranged from sashimi tuna salad, shrimp & caviar salad, banana encrusted mahi, gnocchi & tenderloin, lobster risotto, sorbet, and for dessert, chocolate sauce cake and bananas and ice cream. It was SO good! Then we headed home for our final night on Bora Bora. It was a fabulous day and a great way to end our stay in bora bora.