Moorea Flights

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There are two ways to get from Tahiti to Moorea, by air or ferry. We tried both and air is obviously quicker and more convenient.

We used Air Moorea with their tiny little aircraft but it wasn't too bumpy and the trip only takes ten minutes. Flights are roughly every hour from early morning to late evening.

The aircraft interior is my photo, the other is from their website

If you are headed to Moorea, you only have a couple options. Ferry, Cruise Ship, or by Airplane. We only had one opportunity to see the Moorea Airport, since it was so convenient to ferry over from Papeete, we only used the airport for transport to Bora Bora.

I would actually recommend getting to this airport about an hour before your flight if you are checking baggage, since they do take quite a while to check your bags in!

The Temae Airport in Moorea has restrooms, a restaurant-bar, car rental agencies, and information counters. Taxi service is usually available for all arriving flights. There is, however, no bus service provided to the airport.

We used Torea Nui Transport for our transfer from the airport to the hotel. They have an office at the Moorea airport and a one-way ticket costs 500 CFP (4 EUR) per person per trip to any place on the island.

For your departure with Air Moorea (back to Tahiti) your check-in time is 15 minute prior to departure. When you are going to one of the other islands, like Huahine, Bora Bora, Raiatea your check-in time with Air Tahiti is one hour prior to departure.

Air Moorea provides 10-minute air taxi service with 13 to 19 flights daily from Tahiti to Moorea. The planes depart every hour from the Air Moorea terminal which lies within easy walking distance from the International Airport of Tahiti Faaa.

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The ferry from Tahiti to Moorea leaves every hour or two (depending on the season), costs about $50 and takes an hour.

You dont really need a car to go around the island. You can rent a scooter, or bikes or do a tour. Renting a car is pricey especially if you want a 4x4 jeep. You are looking at 90 to 100 dollars for 24 hours.
We didnt rent it for the whole time we were there. We only got it for a 24 hour period and for us, that was enough. We had seen everything we wanted to see. We drove at our leisure around the entire island, found some nice beaches and searched for waterfalls.
I love the sense of freedom of renting our own car and going where ever we want. On the downside besides the price is that at our hotel there wasnt enough parking for everyones car.

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They say it takes 7 minutes to fly from Papeete to Moorea and vice versa but why would you fly if its only 30 minutes on the ferry and is alot cheaper.
The ferry even holds cars. You can drive right on to the ferry with your car. The ferry cost about $9 so it is very affordable.

I would never, never hitch in the US, but we saw a lot of people hitch hiking while we were in Moorea for ten days and eventually, started just doing the same. It was a really nice, really easy way to get around and we never felt even a tiny bit nervous. That's one of the things that I loved about staying there. Everyone went out of their way to make us feel completely welcome, and it didn't just seem like it was because we were tourists. We were on a bit of a shoestring (we camped and ate at the local spots). But no matter. People were incredibly friendly and seemed genuine, and if you speak French as I do, all the better because you can talk to anyone, and I think hitch hiking is totally normal there.

We also took Le Truck, which was great, but I can't remember if we took it on Moorea or just Tahiti! At any rate, if you need a ride, just ask someone. We also found that restaurant owners drove us to our camp site, as did some store managers (we bought a few inexpensive black pearls but were treated like royalty). Awesome and easy to get around!

Also, I hitched alone at some points, as a single, younger woman and had no problem whatsoever.