The first thing I did after booking my tickets to Tahiti was look for an accessible taxi service in the area. While I didn’t find any that were outright advertising as wheelchair accessible, I did find two companies that make do with what they have.
The first was Robert Carpentier who has a van with a portable ramp. When boarding, we made sure the ramp was on a curb to make the angle more do-able. I use an electric wheelchair and sit fairly high, so inside I was ducking down during the transit, but it was ok for short distances. If you use a taller chair, you may want to confirm that you’ll be ok.
Robert picked me up at the Papeete airport and was waiting for me when we came out of baggage. He took us directly to the ferry port where we headed to Moorea.
You can email Robert here: carpentier.r59@gmail.com
Robert was helpful in connecting me with Taxi Gisele on Moorea for our trips there. When we arrived at the port, the taxi was waiting, also with ramps for me.
We had a little trouble because these were two individual ramps made more for manual wheelchairs whose wheels align. But we made it work. The great thing was that because these two taxis communicated with each other, Robert actually sent his ramps over on the ferry so my future trips with Taxi Gisele would go more smoothly.
We booked a 5-hour tour around Moorea with Taxi Gisele as well and it was totally worth it! Got to check out the distillery and a bunch of great photo spots in addition to the dolphin and turtle sanctuary at the Hilton resort.
You can contact Taxi Gisele for Moorea trips here: pahigisele@mail.pf
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