Service· Bora Bora· French Polynesia — Society Islands
Cooking Gas (Propane/Butane) in Bora Bora
16° 29.9′ S · 151° 45.3′ W · approximate
Bora Bora has no bottle-refill service for yachts: plan to fill propane or Camping Gaz in Raiatea or Papeete, or decant from a local butane cylinder.
Practical
Noonsite (fuel and LPG page, September 2026): 'Butane or propane refills unavailable'. Floating Lab (note dated September 2021): a cruiser could not get Camping Gaz refilled in Huahine or Bora Bora, so bought a local 13 kg bottle and decanted it into their Camping Gaz bottles. A 2012 cruiser log (Vulcan Spirit) found that neither US-valve propane bottles nor European Camping Gaz could be filled in Bora Bora; they bought a large cylinder with a European fitting and gravity-decanted it, hung upside down, into their own tank, weighing the tank to avoid overfilling. Decanting carries a fire risk: do it ashore or on deck, away from ignition sources, and only with the right adapters. Refills: Raiatea Carenage fills tanks and blue Camping Gaz bottles (Floating Lab, 2021); Papeete also fills Camping Gaz. No public sales point for local cylinders is published; the coordinate is the Vaitape Total station (approx); ask there or at the supermarkets. Fill up before leaving Raiatea.
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Nearby
- Bora Bora Duty-Free Fuel (Vaitape)Right here
- Aloe Café (Vaitape)0.1 NM away
- Le S (Vaitape)0.1 NM away
- MaiKai Marina Bora Bora0.1 NM away
- North Vaitape Eats (Le Gecko, Chez Pam et Seb, Bonjour Café)0.1 NM away
- Motu Nunue BBMS Mooring Zone (Bora Bora)0.2 NM away
- St James Restaurant0.2 NM away
- Vaitape Hardware, Fishing & Boat-Parts Shops0.2 NM away