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May22

Motu Teta – Tahiti

 

Manava to Motu Tetaraire is a Private Island located in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean.It is exactly in the Atoll of Rangiroa, Tahiti,which is a uniquely special place, unspoiled by tourism and ommercial activities. 

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Oct18

Far away from civilisation

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Kia Ora Sauvage is a little heaven of peace on a private “motu” islet. On the atoll of Rangiroa, just an hour by plane from Papeete, the capital of Tahiti. Created with traditional, natural, Polynesian materials – each bungalow is a work of art. For the visitor who truly wants to get away from it all!

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Sep18

The Pitcairn Islands

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The Pitcairn Islands are group of four separate volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. Farther from any continent than any other inhabited island the group is consists of: Pitcairn (main island), Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands. Became the first British Pacific island colony in 1838, it is most isolated British dependency with a sovereign jurisdiction. It’s also the tiniest one on earth, with only 48 residents from 9 original families. It is an extremely isolated – roughly 2170km of Tahiti, just over 6600km from Panama and are accessible only via a 30 hour boat ride from Mangareva Island.

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Aug24

Baffin Island

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Baffin Island is the eastern Canadian Arctic, lying between Greenland and the Canadian mainland. Covering 507, 451 sq km, it is the largest island in North America and the fifth largest in the world. It was named after the British explorer William Baffin but the overwhelmingly Inuit population know it as Qikiqtaaluk. Photo by: mattalatta

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Jul26

Rangiroa

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Rangiroa is a breathtaking archipelago consisted of 78 low islands extends their surface area several hundred kilometers of the eastern Pacific around 200 km north of Tahiti. This is the second largest atoll in the world, the coral rim of an ancient volcano making tremendous  shallow inland sea with more than 240 islets or motu. The motu are separated by at least 100 shallow channels and three passes, two of which are big enough for ships to enter the lagoon. Photo by: suckmyclick AF

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Jul23

Norfolk Island

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A tiny jewel set in the azure seas of the South Pacific, Norfolk Island is just 8 km long and 1,600 km northeast of Sydney. It is the biggest of a cluster of three islands on the Norfolk Ridge, fingered by coral reefs and crowned by pristine rainforest and some of the world’s tallest tree ferns. On October 1774 James Cook first landed on this diminutive island and named in honour of the then Duchess of Norfolk. Convict starred to arrive 14 years later and over time it gained quite a reputation, becoming known as ‘hell in the Pacific‘. Then in 1856, descendants of the Bounty mutineers with their Tahitian wives and children sailed for five weeks form Pitcairn Island to settle on Norfolk Island. Photo by: thinboyfatter

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Jul10

Dance the Hawaiian Hula

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Hawaii is very famous around the globe for its hula dance. HULA -the dance known as hula was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by their original Polynesian settlers. The dances accompanied by the drum  appear to be the most sacred, dedicated to the gods.

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Apr13

Marquesas Islands

The Marquesas Islands also emerged as ”The land of men” are a small group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, a collectivization of France in the southern Pacific Ocean. The highest point in the region is the peak of Mount Oave, located on Ua Pu island at 1, 230m above sea level. Ua Pu is the third largest of the Marquesas Islands and the only major island that was unified under a single monarch prior to the arrival of European explorers.

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Sep01

Corsica, L’ile de Beaute

 

Mediterranean winds, ravines, snow-capped mountain ranges, crescent-shaped sandy beaches and pastel-hued port towns give the island its modern nickname Corsica or the Isle of Beauty.

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Jan07

Manihi Pearl, French Polynesia

Manihi is coral island in the Tuamotu Archipelago. The atoll is 1 hour 10 minutes direct flight from Papeete and 520km mortheast of Tahiti. The island is surounded by cristal clear waters with spectacular underwater gardens and fish of every imaginable size, shape and colour.

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