La pension Tokerau Village

Without doubt most favorite pension I stayed during my time in French Polynesia! You should go to this paradise!! Upon arrival I was warmly welcomed by Gahina and the staff. In the bungalow (next to the amazing ocean) was soooo beautiful and clean. The breakfast and especially the dinner were delicious! #Gahina: Many thanks for organising all my adventures. My diving trip was overwhelming! I hope one day I will be there again! Best regards Martina

Because his place is so attractive you might wish to leave for the South Seas immediately, and also because one might wish to keep it a secret so that won't be overrun.||As part of our third round the World trip we went to French Polynesia again in October. This time we had chosen to fly to the Fakarava Atoll in the Tuamotus, partly inspired by the Robert Louis Stevenson's "In the South Seas" in which he describes a visit to Fakarava. ||Here just an excerpt: "A public garden by night, a rich and fashionable watering-place in a by-season, offer sights and vistas not dissimilar. And still, on the one side, stretched the lapping mere, and from the other the deep sea still growled in the night."||Pension Tokerau was chosen because it wasn't to far from the small settlement of Rotoava (around 5-6 kilometres). First impression were a bit mixed during the trip from the airport, a curt greeting and a lei. Not speaking French we were just left alone. ||After that it was pure bliss, a wonderful small cottage called Hina (Goddess?) with en suite facilities, all in order and kept spotlessly clean, located in a South Seas garden next to the turquoise lagoon. An earthly Eden, although with a simple internet connection for the poor souls who cannot leave the world behind.||Next surprise: the food that Isabella served was simply delicious with new variations every day. The best we have had on an atoll. ||We borrowed bikes that were perfectly in order and spend lazy days finding some of the fabulous tranquil and lonely beaches along the lagoon, resting in the shadow of coco palms. ||Fakarava and Pension Tokerau is such a quiet and wonderful place to visit. To us it represents the dream of a South Seas island not totally spoiled by tourism, and thus a place one would dream about in the long winter evenings in the Northern Hemisphere.||We wished we had booked a longer stay, but of course we had to get back to Papeete in order to be ready for the next leg of our RTW-trip.

We stayed at Tokerau Village in 2.010 and by that time (trust it hasn't changed) it was an absolute dream. Having stayed at Four Seasons in Bora Bora this pension still remains as my favourite lodging in French Polynesia. ||Bungalows and gardens are cozy and very well kept, home made food (dinner and breakfast) was amazing and we enjoyed sharing table with the other guests. The lagoon is pristine clear, the sand is incredibly white and smooth. ||And it is so quite there! Tokerau Village has just 4 guest bungalows, forget about the crowds you meet at some hotels. The nearest one, Maitai Dream, is 5 minutes walking distance by the sea or through a palm forest so you hardly meet other people if you don't want to (and that was the point for us!). ||I was tempted to book Raimiti instead since we were looking for privacy and relax but I declined due to its higher price... now I can not regret my choice, quite the contrary, it was simply... PERFECT! ||I do recommend this pension to lone travellers and also couples looking for a romantic stay.

We stayed here to dive the North Cut. Room was nice with a comfortable bed and fan for the evening. Food was simple but good. Not the best spot for snorkeling but ok. Excursion to the blue lagoon was nice with excellent snorkeling in two locations.

Super choice for very quiet holidays. Simply accomodation (we prefer it) close to nice lagoon, helpful staff, excellent local food. No bad points - very recommended.|Sharks are sometimes very close to beach, even in very shallow water! No danger, but amazing experience. Not only for diving (TopDive recommended), but for snorkeling in lagoon too.|Thank you !

From all the islands of French Polynesia i have seen ( and I saw a lot ), Tokerau Village was my best pension/hotel. I became friends with Gahina and she helped me to book an excursion to the south pass.I tried to speak french, but when it became too difficult i switched to english and Gahina understood all my english. She cooks good, is very friendly and helpfull and the beach is amazing. Even after 5 years i am still thinking about Tokerau village. It is in my heart forever and when I go back to Fakarava i go back to Tokerau village.Maururu roa from Reza Pays-Bas.

Great place, really nice hosts, and some of the best food i was served in polynesia. The rooms where also really good. Fakarava is just a fantastic place.||||The hosts speak very good english and are very helpful with anything you want. ||||I spent 5 weeks in polynesia and this pension was def one of the best i was in.

Beautiful place but where is hospitality? The dinners and breakfasts were good, but: we were in a pension infestated by beatles and various other insect, despite their web site stated there wasn't wifi internet, there wasn't exotic fruit in 6 days and the worst thing no one spoke a single word in English.||||This was truly disappointing and ruined all our days in Fakarava. Our guest Hina was very rude just pointing our bungalow with her finger. ||We were completely isolated. For example, there was a Tsunami alert but nobody told us! ||We tried to go to see the bleu lagoon at the north pass but all information were in French. We did anyway that activity but we didn't know that the boat was tiny (we were 9 people in a boat 4 meters long) and so run-down that was truly unsafe, thank God we are trained swimmers. We wanted to do more activities, like see the pink sands, but we just gave up as it wasn't safe, it wasn't organized and was all in French. We spent ours day counting down to return back to London. ||Beautiful places in Fakarava but not organized for tourism at all.