The climate of the island of Moorea is tropical hot and humid, with heavy rain during the warm season, which lasts from November to April, especially on the coasts exposed to the trade winds generally from the north and northwest. Annual fall around 1,750 mm of rain, the months between November and April are also […]
Moorea is a mountainous island of volcanic origin, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. The island which has about 14,700 inhabitants is located about 17 km north-west of Tahiti. Moorea is an island rich in mountain peaks, which make the landscape unique. The island measures approximately 134 sq km and […]
The itinerary we made in French Polynesia is part of a larger itinerary which also includes the United States. This itinerary in French Polynesia allowed us to visit 3 islands of this archipelago: the two volcanic islands of Bora Bora and Huahine, and the coral atoll of Rangiroa. Our stops for the night were the […]
Tahiti is the largest (1,048 sq km) of the islands of French Polynesia, as well as being the beating heart of the region. The capital of French Polynesia, the city of Papeete, is located here, and about 70% of the population of all the archipelagos of French Polynesia lives on this island. GEOGRAPHY The island […]
French Polynesia extends over a vast area of ocean located between the equator and the tropic of Capricorn. Its territory covers 2.5 million sq km of ocean, and on 5 main archipelagos. This means that the climate of French Polynesia has specific climatic peculiarities among the various archipelagos that compose it. In general we can […]
FLIGHTS TO FRENCH POLYNESIA International Air Flights: Getting to French Polynesia from Europe is a journey of almost 19,000 km which generally takes about 22-23 hours by plane, between flights and stopovers. French Polynesia is approximately an 8-hour flight from Los Angeles in California. International connections with Tahiti are ensured by the airlines Air France, […]
The islands themselves and their nature are the attractions of French Polynesia. French Polynesia is one of the most mythical places in the human imagination. These are in fact the mythical islands of the southern seas fabled by every sailor since their discovery in the 18th century. A world revived in the 19th century in […]
French Polynesia (Polynésie Française) is a French overseas collectivity, governed by a statute of great autonomy, located in the southern Pacific Ocean. The territory is made up of 5 archipelagos scattered over 2.5 million square kilometers of ocean. This is the equivalent of the area of Portugal, Spain, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, […]
The island of Clipperton (Isla de la Pasión) is an atoll in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, belonging to France and administered by the French overseas ministry. Clipperton is a very isolated small piece of land in the Pacific Ocean. The island is located 10 ° north of the equator, 1,280 km west of the coast […]
Aitutaki is an island located 235 km north-east of Rarotonga. The island occupies an area of only 18 sq km and is home to around 2,000 inhabitants. This island is after Rarotonga the island of the Cook Islands most frequented by tourists. Aitutaki is a rather flat island, the highest point of the island is […]
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Rarotonga: mountains and beaches
Rarotonga is the main island of the Cook Islands and a mountainous island of volcanic origin. The island covers an area of 67 sq km and has about 9,600 inhabitants. The only important center of the island is the capital Avarua, which is located in the center of the north coast of the island. The […]
COOK ISLANDS DOCUMENTS Documents: For entry in the Cook Islands is required a Passport valid for at least 3 months. The visa is required for stays longer than 30 days, it is mandatory have the return air ticket. For the documents needed to travel to Cook Islands we always recommend checking the country’s official website. […]
HOW TO GET TO THE COOK ISLANDS: AIR LINKS The only way to get to the Cook Islands is by plane. The Cook Islands are located in central Polynesia, in the southern Pacific Ocean. This Polynesian archipelago is located to the east of the archipelagos of the Samoa and Tonga islands and to the west […]
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS OF THE COOK ISLANDS Tourism is the islands’ main source of income with over 90,000 arrivals in 2006. Over half of the arrivals come from New Zealand, followed by Europe, Australia, and the United States of America. Tourism is concentrated in the two islands of Rarotonga and Aitutaki. Here, in fact, are the […]
The Cook Islands are located north of the Tropic of Capricorn, they have a typically tropical oceanic climate, with temperatures stable all year round. The average maximum temperatures vary between 25 ° C and 29 ° C, while the average minimum temperatures vary between 18 ° C in July and August and 23 ° C […]