Looking to escape the crowds of Bora Bora and Tahiti? Head to this underrated island instead with rugged volcanic peaks, lush ...

At a cemetery on Hiva Oa I met a Frenchman named Jacob who’d travelled to this, the second largest of the remote Marquesas ...

The myth of the Kon-Tiki begins during the late 1930s on the South Pacific island of Fatu Hiva, in the Marquesas chain. It was there that Heyerdahl and his new bride, Liv, ...

That, too, was shadowed by windy conditions that made it impossible for tenders to escort guests to Fatu Hiva island. And so, bypassing island No. 2, we sailed to our third island, Hiva Oa.

Fatu Hiva, Marquesas Islands. Author - Chris. A bit of history. The Marquesan archipelago, including the island of Hiva-Oa, was discovered in 1595 by the famous navigator Alvaro Mendaña de Neira.

Hanavave Bay, off Fatu Hiva, one of the Marquesas Islands ...

Hanavave Bay, off Fatu Hiva, one of the Marquesas Islands. Credit: Getty Images. Unfriendly clouds loomed as the Star Breeze eased out of the lagoon.

Three Marquesas mayors—from the islands of Ua Huka, Fatu Hiva and Tahuata—will also join the 14-day voyage, which sails roundtrip from Papeete, Tahiti, aboard the 312-guest Star Breeze. During the ...

Fatu, Hiva Bay. The luxury small ship cruise line provides guests with an enchanting journey beyond the typical Tahiti cruise to explore the remote and relatively uncharted Marquesas Islands.

The cruise will start in Papeete, the capital of French Polynesia, before departing for Fakarava, an atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago. From there, Star Breeze will sail northeast toward the Marquesas, ...

In 1853, Matunui, the high chief of the Marquesan island Fatu-hiva, accompanied by his son-in-law Pu‘u, a native Hawaiian, arrived in Lahaina, Maui, where Pu‘u was born and raised. “It soon ...