Bora Bora Trivia Questions

Bora Bora is a high island with a central peak, not an atoll. The barrier reef creates a lagoon, but the land itself is volcanic rock.

Both French and Tahitian are official languages. Many locals speak Tahitian at home, and English is widely used in tourism.

Three American hoteliers built the first overwater bungalows here in 1967, sparking a global resort trend that started right in Bora Bora.

Shark feeding is actually a popular tourist activity, and blacktip reef sharks are commonly spotted swimming right next to overwater bungalows.

Bora Bora has only about 10,000 residents. Tahiti, the largest island, has over 190,000 people.

The U.S. stationed thousands of troops there after Pearl Harbor, building an airstrip, fuel depot, and naval base to support Pacific operations.

Like many remote Pacific islands, Bora Bora evolved without native land mammals—only flying foxes and rats arrived later via humans or storms.

The island is the eroded remnant of an extinct volcano, but its last eruption was about 400 years ago, making it dormant, not dead.