Windstar Cruises announces two celebratory cruises to the Marquesas Islands following their UNESCO World Heritage designation, with special workshops and local leaders on board.

French Polynesia is an overseas territory of France located in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of 118 islands spread across five archipelagos: Society, Tuamotu, Gambier, Marquesas, and Austral.

Run away to another world where aqua lagoons and volcanic peaks on thousands of islands (many still unexplored) converge with tradition-rich indigenous cultures. IE 11 is not supported.

We are preparing to dive off the atoll of Fakarava in French Polynesia’s Tuamotu Archipelago, ... Like other atolls, Fakarava formed around a volcanic island that later sank.

French Polynesia is a sprawling possession of France in the Pacific Ocean, made up of 118 volcanic and coral islands and atolls, including Tahiti. For France this huge stretch of the Pacific - as ...

Rock from Hawaii was fashioned into a stone tool found in Polynesian islands more than 4,000 kilometers to the south, indicating that canoeists made the sea journey around 1,000 years ago.

This biosphere reserve is situated in the Tuamotu Archipelago some 360 km north-east of Tahiti. It is made up of seven low-lying coral islands and atolls: Aratika, Fakarava, Kauehi, Niau, Raraka, ...

Earlier this year, it began sailing to the Marquesas Islands for the first time. The company has a designated French Polynesian cultural ambassador onboard for all of its sailings in the region. The ...