Best French Polynesia: Tahiti, Bora Bora, Moorea Overwater Bungalows, Marquesas, Tuamotus, and Tahiti Deep Polynesian Heritage Tour Destinations
Browse more guides: French Polynesia travel | Oceania destinations Best French Polynesia: Tahiti, Bora Bora, Moorea Overwater Bungalows, Marquesas, Tuamotus, and Tahiti (Taputapuātea UNESCO 2017) Deep Polynesian Heritage Tour Destinations I planned my first French Polynesia trip after a long stretch of Indian Ocean island hopping, and the difference was immediate the moment my LATAM flight banked over Mt Otemanu at 727 metres and the lagoon below shifted through four shades of turquoise inside thirty seconds. This guide is the document I wish I had owned before I paid USD 1,840 for a Los Angeles to Papeete return ticket on Air Tahiti Nui. It carries the prices I actually paid in USD and XPF, the ferry timetables I cross-referenced at the Aremiti terminal in Papeete, the dive logs from Tiputa Pass at Rangiroa, and the petroglyph coordinates I copied off a hand-drawn map in a Hiva Oa pension. I wrote it for travellers who treat a trip as a research project and want every page to earn...