travel42 Hotel Review: Hotel Kia Ora Resort & Spa

Hotel Kia Ora Resort & Spa travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

This resort is the top hotel on Rangiroa near the Tiputa Pass, the most developed atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago, a one-hour flight northeast of Tahiti. It sits at the edge of a coconut plantation beside a pebbly beach on the northern side of the world's second-largest lagoon, a quick 10-minute drive east of the airport.

Those who come to Rangiroa visit for the tranquility and reliably warm weather, and its lagoon provides some of the best fishing, snor...