Full-Day Lagoon Cruise with Sharks, Rays & BBQ Lunch

About This Experience

Vavau's full day is a circle-island boat trip around the Bora Bora lagoon of about six hours. After hotel pickup you cruise out to meet stingrays in waist-deep water, see blacktip reef sharks, and snorkel a coral garden with masks and snorkels from the crew. The GetYourGuide listing for the same trip says anyone who prefers to stay in the boat can still see the marine life through the clear water.

At midday the boat stops at a small island where the operator's family runs a BBQ and salad bar lunch, with steak, chicken, fish, salads and fruit served at tables with your feet in the lagoon. The stop includes a beachside Polynesian performance. Guests mention four snorkel stops, a shore stop on the outer reef, tasting green and ripe coconuts, and sometimes manta rays and eagle rays, though one guest saw only three stingrays.

It suits families and first-time visitors who want the classic day of rays, sharks, coral and a motu lunch with a show. The listing rates it suitable for all fitness levels and children's rates start at age 3. The closest alternative is Lagoon Service's full day at $174 per person, which costs more but has more reviews (1,699 at 5.0) and lists towels and soft drinks on Viator. Note that the GetYourGuide listing for this trip describes feeding the rays; if that matters to you, Moana and H2O state that they do not feed wildlife.

In September 2026 it costs from $155 per person on Viator, rated 4.8 from 722 reviews. The same Vavau trip is on GetYourGuide from $158 per person, rated 4.8 from 161 reviews there. Check the live price for your date on both. Gratuities are not included, and free cancellation applies up to 24 hours before departure.

Highlights

• Full day of about six hours (the GetYourGuide listing for the same trip says 7 hours, including car transfers of about 20 minutes each way)
• Circle-island boat trip across the lagoon (GetYourGuide listing)
• Stingrays in waist-deep water and blacktip reef sharks
• Snorkel stop at a coral garden
• Lunch table on a motu with your feet in the lagoon (GetYourGuide listing)
• Beachside Polynesian performance during the island stop

What's Included

• ✓ Hotel or port pickup and drop-off
• ✓ Local guide
• ✓ BBQ and salad bar lunch on a small island (the GetYourGuide listing names steak, chicken, fish, salads, fruit and drinks)
• ✓ Snorkeling equipment (mask and snorkel, per the GetYourGuide listing)
• ✓ Bottled water (GetYourGuide listing)
• ✓ Beach towel (GetYourGuide listing)

Not Included

• Gratuities
• Fins (the GetYourGuide listing names a mask and snorkel only)

What to Bring

• Sunscreen
• A hat
• Sunglasses
• Swimwear, worn under your clothes for the pickup
• A dry change of clothes for lunch
• Some cash if you plan to tip, as gratuities are not included

Good to Know & Caveats

• Hotel pickups start before the listed tour time, so be ready early.
• The listing rates it suitable for all physical fitness levels, and the GetYourGuide listing says you can stay in the boat and still see the marine life through the clear water.
• Infants are ages 0 to 2, child rates cover ages 3 to 11 and adult rates start at 12.
• The GetYourGuide listing for the same trip describes guests feeding fish to the rays.
• Wildlife varies by day; one guest reports seeing only three stingrays.
• Up to 9 travellers per booking; free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure.

Meeting Point

Pickup from your accommodation is included, and hotel pickups begin before the listed start time.