Fatu Hiva

Fatu Hiva

Fatu Hiva Fatu Hiva is an extreme island : the most southern, the wettest, the lushest… This real wild paradise of an extraordinary beauty is characterized by vertiginous reliefs and luxuriant vegetation. The two peaceful villages of Omoa and Hanavavae are...
Tahuata

Tahuata

Tahuata Discovered in 1595 by Spanish navigator Alvaro de Mendana de Neira, Tahuata (“sunrise” in Marqusan) is the smallest island of the archipelago. Accessible only from Hiva Oa, this volcanic structure with sheer cliffs is dominated by Tumu Meae Ufa...
Ua Huka

Ua Huka

Ua Huka With its 30 square miles of mountains, UA HUKA is one of the smallest islands of the Marquesas. Home of the “great house” of gods overlooking the ocean, this wild and deep universe offers a preserved nature with steep slopes and desert plateaus....
Ua Pou

Ua Pou

Ua Pou Last island of the northen group of the Marquesas, Ua Pou is the most populated and geolocally the most recent. Ua Pou is probably one of the most beautiful and typical of Polynesia. Its sugarloaf peaks overlook the island’s center and deep valleys among...
Hiva oa

Hiva oa

Hiva oa Hiva Oa is the largest of the southern islands – has always been the rival of Nuku Hiva which is now the administrative capital of the Marquesas. However, Hiva Oa still has a pre-eminence within the southern group. Hiva Oa is shaped like a seahorse and...
Nuku Hiva

Nuku Hiva

Nuku Hiva The main island of the northern group and the largest of the archipelago, Nuku Hiva is the administative and economic capital of the Marquesas. Nuku Hiva was formed from two volcanoes, stacked one on top of the other to form two concentric calderas : Mt...