There are 7 ways to get from San Francisco to Bora-Bora by plane, ferry or car ferry
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Recommended option
Fly San Francisco to Papeete, ferry • 19h 53m
6 alternative options
Fly San Francisco to Bora Bora • 15h 4m
Fly San Francisco to Raiatea, ferry • 15h 57m
Fly San Francisco to Huahine, ferry • 18h 39m
Fly Oakland to Bora Bora • 17h 41m
Fly Oakland to Papeete, ferry • 22h 50m
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Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Bora-Bora is to fly and ferry which costs $360 - $750 and takes 19h 53m.
The quickest way to get from San Francisco to Bora-Bora is to fly which costs $390 - $700 and takes 15h 4m.
The distance between San Francisco and Bora-Bora is 6768 km.
It takes approximately 19h 53m to get from San Francisco to Bora-Bora, including transfers.
The quickest flight from San Francisco Airport to Papeete Airport is the direct flight which takes 8h 25m.
Bora-Bora is 3h behind San Francisco. It is currently 2:23 PM in San Francisco and 11:23 AM in Bora-Bora.
French Bee, Air France, United Airlines and three other airlines offer flights from San Francisco Airport to Papeete Airport.
There are 16+ hotels available in Bora-Bora. Prices start at $100 USD per night.
The best way to get from San Francisco to San Francisco Airport is to BART which takes 29 min and costs $8 - $10.
- Distance: 6768 km
- Duration: 19h 53m
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Bora-Bora, French Polynesia?
French Bee, Air Tahiti and five other airlines fly from San Francisco to Bora-Bora 4 times a day.
- Website
- airtahitinui.com
Flights from San Francisco to Bora Bora via Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370 - $850
Flights from San Francisco to Bora Bora via Papeete, Raiatea
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370 - $850
Flights from San Francisco to Bora Bora via Papeete, Huahine
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370 - $850
Flights from San Francisco to Bora Bora via Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490 - $1,000
Flights from San Francisco to Raiatea via Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $290 - $850
Flights from San Francisco to Raiatea via Papeete, Bora Bora
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $290 - $700
Flights from San Francisco to Raiatea via Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 39m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350 - $850
Flights from San Francisco to Huahine via Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270 - $750
Flights from San Francisco to Huahine via Papeete, Raiatea
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $260 - $650
Flights from San Francisco to Huahine via Papeete, Bora Bora
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $260 - $650
Flights from San Francisco to Huahine via Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $340 - $700
Flights from Oakland to Bora Bora via Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500 - $1,500
Flights from Oakland to Bora Bora via Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600 - $1,700
Flights from Oakland to Bora Bora via Los Angeles, Papeete, Raiatea
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500 - $1,500
Flights from Oakland to Bora Bora via Los Angeles, Papeete, Huahine
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500 - $1,500
Flights from Oakland to Bora Bora via Honolulu, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700 - $1,700
Flights from Oakland to Bora Bora via Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $550 - $1,600
Flights from San Francisco to Moorea via Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280 - $800
Flights from San Francisco to Moorea via Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 36m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340 - $850
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Francisco to Papeete via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700 - $1,600
Flights from Oakland to Papeete via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700 - $1,400
Flights from Oakland to Papeete via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600 - $1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco to Papeete via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370 - $950
Flights from Oakland to Papeete via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 4m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430 - $1,300
- Website
- airtahitinui.com
Flights from San Francisco to Papeete via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700 - $1,600
Flights from Oakland to Papeete via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600 - $1,300
- Website
- hawaiianairlines.com
Flights from Oakland to Papeete via Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650 - $1,700
Flights from Oakland to Papeete via Lihue, Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700 - $1,700
Flights from Oakland to Papeete via Kahului, Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650 - $1,700
- Website
- frenchbee.com
Flights from San Francisco to Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360 - $850
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco to Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500 - $650
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Oakland to Papeete via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280 - $1,100
- Phone
- +689 40 50 54 59
- contact@apetahiexpress.pf
- Website
- apetahiexpress.pf
Ferry from Papeete to Vaitape
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $75 - $110
- Schedules at
- apetahiexpress.pf
- Low
- $77
- High
- $102
Ferry from Uturoa to Vaitape
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- apetahiexpress.pf
Ferry from Fare to Vaitape
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- apetahiexpress.pf
- Phone
- +689 40 50 57 57
- contact@aremiti.net
- Website
- aremiti.pf
Car ferry from Moorea to Papeete/Tahiti
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $15
- Schedules at
- aremiti.pf
- Phone
- 689 40 500 350
- info@terevau.pf
- Website
- terevau.pf
Car ferry from Moorea to Tahiti
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12
- Schedules at
- terevau.pf
- Passenger
- $12
- Vehicle
- $40 - $95
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