Entrance to the Helene Spa

Since we’ll be here at the Moorea Inter-Continental Resort for the next  few days, let’s relax into our stay. First, a leisurely lunch by the pool with a view of the lagoon beyond. Then, a special treat.

Don’t worry, those handsome young men from Bell Services will deliver your luggage to your accommodations. It will all be there waiting for you.

I have prearranged for my group guests to have a welcome treatment at the award-winning on site Helene Spa. Owner/founder Helene Sillinger has created a tranquil oasis where ancient Tahitian traditions are honored in the first polynesian spa in Tahiti.

My guests  have a choice of a neck and shoulders mini massage or a hands and feet mini massage with silky smooth virgin coconut oil. The locally produced monoi oil comes with its natural scent or lightly fragranced with floral or fruit essences.

Flower Bath at Helene Spa

During our stay, guests may return for other services from a full menu of treatments.
An attendant walks you back along a narrow path through a lush garden of dense foliage in the secluded rear courtyard. She leads you to a small open air pavillion and instructs you to hang up your spa robe and lie face down on the raised platform in the center before she leaves. Broad showerheads suspended above sprinkle down a warm, gentle rainshower on your back from head to toe for about 10 minutes. Once you have toweled off and donned your robe, your therapist returns to escort you to a treatment room for your Tahitian full body massage, an invigorating scrub or an exotic body wrap.

River Bath at Helene Spa

Since there is an abundant profusion of tropical flowers everywhere – giant pink and red hibiscus, creamy white frangipani (plumeria), bright -colored bouganvilla, fragrant jasmine – you may prefer to soak in a Tahitian flower bath full of these blossoms prior to your services instead.

Another unique experience is the rock-lined riverbath. Water flows in from the back and through the pool, cascading out the front. The best time to book an appointment for this is during sunset because you have a direct view from here.

Now that we’re totally relaxed, we need a transfer back to our accommodations in one of those cute little golf carts.

Our luggage is wondering where we are!