Te Ora Hau Ecolodge is located in Afareaitu on the beach, facing Motu Ahi and the island of Tahiti in a protected maritime area and on land passed down for generations within our family. This explains our attachment to our island Moorea and our special tenderness for its beauty, its people, its traditions, its history and its exceptional environment. Culture, Art and Environment are the three poles that have guided, nourished and enriched us.
Past generations have taught us of the fusion between the people of Moorea and its eight mountains which rise up around the caldera. They also taught the value of the “Pahu” (or drum) made of Vaiare stone - a sacred drum belonging to Vahine ‘Ura, the guardian who provides the rhythm of time. Then there is the coral ”Te maru o Tohi’e’a” at Afareitu, where the whale and her calf seek refuge before returning to the Great South… Our traditions have been passed down by oral history and our children have always been the privileged inheritors of our knowledge. The passing on of our traditions has, over the course of history, become an art form where words acquire both power and their ability to sustain and support our culture as well as revealing the history of Moorea.