Tahiti Features

Tahiti Features

• Top Reasons to Visit Tahiti
  

  Natural splendor. Everything's big on French Polynesia's biggest island—towering mountains, giant waterfalls, and deep valleys.... read more

• A Walking Tour of Pape'ete
  

  As most travelers stay in a hotel in or within 10 mi of Pape'ete, they start their explorations in the city. A walking tour should start at Place... read more

• The Third Sex
  

  If you spend a few days out and about in French Polynesia, you're likely to come across women who aren't actually women. Known publicly as mahu... read more

• Touring the Interior
  

  Even when the peaks are shrouded in clouds, you'll get the best glimpse of Tahiti's spectacular interior—soaring, jagged peaks; rivers... read more

• Tahitian History
  

  Tahiti Nui was created by a series of volcanic eruptions about 3 million years ago, and its smaller neighbor was formed 2 million years later... read more

• On the Horizon
  

  Hotel Tahiti Nui. This is one of two new hotels built in Tahiti the past few years; it opened in 2009 with 91 rooms, more than half of which... read more

• The Brando Island
  

  You could say that art imitated life when Hollywood actor Marlon Brando arrived in Tahiti in 1960 to star in the remake of the 1935 epic Mutiny... read more

• The Heiva
  

  French Polynesia's most exciting event, which runs from late June to late July, began in 1881, the year after France annexed Tahiti, to mark... read more