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'Oro Paraoa

An intimate lagoon retreat on Moorea, over-water and beach villas beneath the island’s cathedral peaks, a short ferry from Tahiti and a world softer.

Under Moorea’s peaks
Moorea · Society Islands, French Polynesia 17° 29.00′ S  /  149° 45.00′ W
Satopia Travel presents A cinematic travel experience In partnership with Oro Paraoa
The Island

A small lagoon retreat under the most beautiful skyline in the Pacific.

Moorea is Tahiti’s gentler sister, a heart-shaped island of jagged green peaks, pineapple valleys and a lagoon of impossible colour. Oro Paraoa is a small retreat on that lagoon, over-water and beach villas kept deliberately few.

The scale is the point: a handful of villas, the peaks behind, the reef in front, and the Polynesia of legend, whales, rays, warm water, without the crowds.

Overview Moorea · Society Islands
Setting
A small lagoon retreat on Moorea, beneath the green peaks
Accommodation
Over-water and beach villas, kept few
Your villas
Villas taken together, or the retreat exclusively
Getting there
Via Tahiti, then a short ferry or flight to Moorea
The stay
Stay 4 nights or more, and we plan your whole experience
Satopia experience
Tailor-made for you: the lagoon, whales and the peaks, arranged end to end
On the lagoon · 4:5
Enquire

Every experience begins with a single click. Tell us when and with who and we'll design a world around you.

Guests From 2 to 20 guests
2
Nights Minimum 3 nights stay
3
WhatsApp Email Satopia reservations
The Island

Tahiti’s magic, softened and made small: a lagoon, a few villas, the peaks.

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01 Accommodation

Over-water and beach villas, few and unhurried.

Villas sit over the lagoon or along the sand, timber and thatch, with decks straight onto the water and the peaks framed behind. Kept few, the retreat never feels like a resort.

Held together they suit a family or party; the whole retreat can be taken for a rare private stay.

Villas
On confirmation
Sleeps
On confirmation
Outside
The lagoon & the sand
Use
Villas, or the retreat
Over the water · 4:5
02 Culinary

Lagoon-to-table, and French-Polynesian flavours.

The kitchen cooks the lagoon and the island: reef fish, poisson cru, tropical fruit and French technique, at the water’s edge or on your own deck.

Private dinners on the sand and picnics on a motu are simply arranged; the pace follows the tide.

The table
At the water’s edge
The style
French-Polynesian
Lagoon to table · 4:5
03 Experiences

A lagoon of rays and whales, and the green peaks behind.

The lagoon is for swimming with rays and reef sharks, snorkelling the coral gardens, and paddling the calm shallows; humpbacks pass Moorea in season and can be swum with, guided.

Ashore, the peaks are for hiking, the valleys for pineapple and vanilla, and the belvederes for the view Moorea is famous for.

On the water
Rays · reef · whales, in season
On the island
Peaks · valleys · belvederes
Rays & peaks · 4:5
04 Wellness

A spa on the water, and the lagoon for the rest.

Treatments use monoi and Polynesian botanicals, on an over-water deck or in your villa, with the lagoon underneath.

Yoga at sunrise, a swim off the deck, and the island’s soft pace complete it.

The spa
Over-water treatments
Each morning
Yoga on the deck
On the water · 4:5
05 Service

A warm team, and one designer over the whole stay.

Service is Polynesian and personal: a small team who know the lagoon, the whales and the island, and treat guests as their own.

Behind them sits your Satopia travel designer, who holds the villas, times the transfers and stays one call away throughout.

At the retreat
A Polynesian team
Behind it
One Satopia travel designer
Quiet hospitality · 4:5
06 Setting

Moorea: the Pacific’s most beautiful skyline.

Moorea’s peaks rise straight from the lagoon in green spires, a landscape that drew painters and writers and still stops everyone who sees it. The island stays gentle, rural and welcoming.

Oro Paraoa gives you a quiet corner of that lagoon, with the peaks as your daily backdrop.

Around you
Lagoon & green peaks
A ferry away
Tahiti
Moorea’s skyline · 4:5
Moments

The lagoon, in motion.

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Image slot The peaks catching first light.
Image slot Rays gliding through the shallows.
Image slot A deck straight onto the lagoon.
Image slot A motu picnic at midday.
Plan your Experience

What's the forecast?

Everything here is to help you picture it. Your travel designer handles the arranging: the flights, the cars, the guides, the tents held for you alone.

When to go
Best · May – October · the drier, cooler season; whales roughly July to October
31°
Jan
31°
Feb
31°
Mar
30°
Apr
29°
May
28°
Jun
27°
Jul
27°
Aug
28°
Sep
29°
Oct
30°
Nov
31°
Dec
Rainfall Driest August · wettest January
Drier season · ideal Warmer & wetter · check dates Rainfall trend
For two

Peaks and lagoon.

An over-water villa, rays in the shallows and the most beautiful skyline in the Pacific.

For families

Gentle Polynesia.

Calm lagoon swims, whales in season and an island easy to explore.

For a gathering

The retreat, held whole.

A few villas taken for a milestone, with the peaks behind.

For the water

Whales & rays.

Swim with humpbacks in season and rays year round, guided.

Plan your journey

How far is it from you?

Choose where you would set out from. We'll estimate the flight and how much the time change is likely to ask of you.

The Satopia Advantage™

You choose the place.
We'll do all the planning.

We hold the relationship with Oro Paraoa, so we can hold your villas together on your dates, or take the retreat exclusively. From there a single travel designer composes every day around you. You simply arrive.

What we secure

The right villas, on the lagoon, matched to your party and the season. The access a direct booking rarely reaches.

What we arrange

Every day composed by one travel designer: the lagoon and the whales, the peaks and the transfers, present when wanted, unseen when not.

People we bring to you, on request
Lagoon & whale guides
Hiking guides
Private hosts
Spa therapists
Childminders
Photographers
Satopia Insider

A few things worth knowing.

Drawn from recent guests.

Allow time for the ferry crossing

A short ferry ride connects Tahiti to Moorea with frequent crossings throughout the day. Staff will meet you directly upon arrival to arrange straightforward transport straight to the estate. Once you are settled, you can easily walk out the front gates to reach local cafes and shops within minutes.

Watch for whales from the beach

Take time to sit on the shore before breakfast during the season to spot humpback whales passing by. The estate provides direct access to the lagoon for quiet moments by the water. Back on dry land, guests can make use of the multiple kitchens across the property.

Extend your stay

Want to stay a little longer?
We'll plan that too.

The Society Islands chain beautifully. A few we would pair the retreat with, each arranged as one seamless experience.

Image slotBora Bora · 9:16
The islands

Bora Bora

The famous lagoon a short hop away: over-water villas and the mountain island.

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Image slotThe Tuamotus · 9:16
Diving

The Tuamotu atolls

Rangiroa or Fakarava for drift dives and coral, an easy flight east.

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Image slotA city bookend · 9:16
The way home

A Los Angeles bookend

Break the long flights with a city night on the Pacific gateway home.

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Enquire · The Privé Collection 2026

Every experience begins with a conversation.

Tell us who is coming and your dates. We will shape the rest around you. Nothing is booked yet, and we reply within a day.

01

When would you like to come?

Choose one or more months, or tell us you're flexible on dates.

Ideal season · May to October

02

What's the occasion?

Choose any that apply.

03

An indicative budget?

An estimate of your budget for the whole stay helps us plan your experience. Below is an estimated nightly rate, excluding experience budget, to help you plan.

04

Who shall we reply to?

Included in your experience
  • Concierge 7am-7pm
  • Use of pool/gym/cinema/kitchens
  • Minibars and AC throughout
Arranged separately
  • Private dining
  • Scuba diving/snorkeling/free diving
  • Private hikes
  • Sunset cruises
  • Yoga classes
  • Wine tastings

Oro Paraoa is priced by the villa, by night and by season. The figures shown are indicative. Once we check live availability we confirm an exact, all-in quote for your dates, and nothing is booked and no payment taken until you approve it in writing. A deposit then secures your dates, with the balance due before arrival. The full booking terms, cancellation policy and any security deposit are set out in your confirmation.

Private & tailor-made · your villas on the lagoon Enquire
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