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Yves Lefèvre,animal photographer and diving instructor, fell in love with French Polynesia more than 15 years ago during a trip around the world.
It was in Rangiroa Atoll, his first stop, that he founded the first diving center in the Tuamotu Archipelago, indeed in all of French Polynesia, in 1985.
His passion and knowledge of aquatic fauna, and more specifically of sharks, led Yves to develop a new style of diving : the aquatic safari. Since 1985, the aquatic safari has dazzled thousands of divers. Raie Manta Club, which from the beginning catered to underwater photographers and filmmakers by offering dedicated services, has thus become world-renowned.
The Raie Manta Club has worked with such names as Jacques Cousteau and the Calypso team, Nicolas Hulot from the television series " Ushuaïa ", and Luc Besson from the filming of Atlantis. David Doubilet, Kurt Amsler, and Peter Benchley regularly call on the services of the Raie Manta Club for their reports.
It was in Rangiroa Atoll, his first stop, that he founded the first diving center in the Tuamotu Archipelago, indeed in all of French Polynesia, in 1985.
His passion and knowledge of aquatic fauna, and more specifically of sharks, led Yves to develop a new style of diving : the aquatic safari. Since 1985, the aquatic safari has dazzled thousands of divers. Raie Manta Club, which from the beginning catered to underwater photographers and filmmakers by offering dedicated services, has thus become world-renowned.
The Raie Manta Club has worked with such names as Jacques Cousteau and the Calypso team, Nicolas Hulot from the television series " Ushuaïa ", and Luc Besson from the filming of Atlantis. David Doubilet, Kurt Amsler, and Peter Benchley regularly call on the services of the Raie Manta Club for their reports.
Yves's camera eventuelly led him to TIKEHAU, the neighboring atoll, where he set up the second branch of Raie Manta Club in 1993 for the richness of the sea floor and the island's distinctive wild charm.
For the last 13 years, Yves has also invited you to discover new undersea encounters with humpback whales in RURUTU Island, in the Australes Archipelago, his third Raie Manta Club center.
About diving :
Audio-visual :
NEW !
Diaporama :
"bed & dive" packages
Here is the small idea of what we are going to offer you.
This year, in Rangiroa, the Raie Manta club as teamed up with the Rangiroa Lodge to offer you "bed & dive" package, with the most attractive prices on the isle...
Photos : Yves Lefèvre & Eric Leborgne
Tethys Edition
Scoop
Accomodations :
Travel agencies :
Discover :
the submarine fauna
Find fishes and mammals the most known for French Polynesia...
Diving centers :
Share :
The club' life
The dives, first dive or training courses and all the memories which are connected with it.
Shops :
Guided snorkeling : Exploration
fins, mask, snorkel for exploration of Rangiroa.
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The shop : Postcards, books, tee-
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shirts or polos, treat yourself to a gift!
RAIE MANTA CLUB
The Raie Manta Club, a partner of Tendua
BP 55 Avatoru - 98775 RANGIROA - French Polynesia.
Association in order to support its wildlife
Tel : ( 689) 968.480 - Portable : (689) 723.145 - Fax : (689) 968.560
conservation and protection programs.