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Our favorite safari tour company in Moorea is Inner Island Safari owned by Alex and Ghislaine Roo a Haamaterii. This year both Alex and Ghislaine showed us their island. We feed eels, visited an agricultlural school where we saw a botantical garden, learned about vanilla, had a fruit jam tasting, visited Belevdere, had our picture taken in front of Bali Hai, went to a distillerie and hiked up to Magic Mountains for a stunning view of Moorea and its lagoons. |
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Tina and friend. Right out of a Gauguin painting! |
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Beth in the botantical gardens at the school. They sell their flowers to the resorts. |
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Waiting for the eels to appear! |
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Didi explaining that the eels are called Tahitian blue-eyed princesses. |
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Here they come! Alex feeds them mackerel. |
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Belvedere. We are standing where Mel Gibson, Liam Neeson and Anthony Hopkins stood in "The Bounty". Be still my heart! |
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We visited a distillerie where the group got a tasting of fresh fruit liquers. |
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Inside the distillerie. |
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Aini seeing pineapple plants for the first time in her life! The ones she gets in Finland are all imported. |
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Aini's father took her to see "South Pacific" when she was a child and she loved the music from the album and she knows all the words to the songs. . Here she is standing in front of the mythical "Bali Hai". |
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Bali Hai will call you! |
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Alex explains to the group about his family's marae which is a sacred archeological site. |
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The highlight of every safari trip is going to Magic Mountain which is high up on the volcano and has a stunning view of Moorea and her lagoons. |
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The red roof is the little coral church where Heinui and Didi were married in 2004. |
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If you would like information about the "Insider's Tour with Dierdra McElroy - 2008", please contact Chris Meny at chrism@yourtravelsource.com
or call (800) 597-0594. |