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The
Island of Hiva Oa |
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Tahiti: FOR
GOLFERS |
Guaguin Loved Tahiti and so will you. He ended his days here but not before sharing his vision of he beauty of Tahiti with the rest of the World. He lived mostly on Hiva Oa. He said it "revived his fire of enthusiasm and gave new life to his imagination".
The Island of Hiva Oa was Paul Gauguin's Island. "Atuona (on Hiva Oa) is framed in a theater of mountains... huge buttresses standing edged with sun. At all hours of the day, they strike the eye with some new remarkable beauty". Welcome to the Marquesas Islands, about 1500 kilometers from Tahiti.
Hiva Oa is an Island Atoll in the Marquesas Island Chain
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"... as there
are no barrier reefs, the Marquesan coastlines have deep bays and
steep and stunning cliffs swept by the surf..." |
Hiva Oa is beautiful with its vertical dark green walls of fern and foliage, rising up from the sea in vertical defiance of the laws of gravity. Witness towering waterfalls cascading down the cliffs into unseen valleys. |
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The Marquesans of Nuku Hiva, Hiva Oa and remote Fatu Hiva are friendly and warm with visitors. They are quietly proud to show off their land of contrasts where each island is a unique World unto itself. An immense ceremonial complex in Taaoa Valley has been restored and offers a unique view fo the fierce and proud Marquesan heritage It is so easy to forget the outside World in Tahiti. Will you be able to leave when the time comes? |
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Tahiti
| Moorea | Bora
Bora | Huahine | Raiatea/Taha'a
| Cruising
Tuamotu Atolls - Rangiroa
| Manihi | Tikehau
| Fakarava
Marquesas - Nuku
Hiva | Hiva Oa
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Castle
Hill Travel Some pictures generously provided by "Tahiti Tourism Bureau" |