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The bucket-list things to do — and who runs each one.
Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, who runs it, and how to book it direct — so you can weigh it against your ship’s excursion and pick what suits you.
Step inside the most sacred site in all of Polynesia — a UNESCO World Heritage marae where Polynesian navigators once gathered before voyaging across the Pacific. This expert-led private tour brings ancient ritual stones to life with storytelling that no signboard can replicate.
Glide across Raiatea's jewel-green lagoon by private catamaran to the 'Vanilla Island' of Taha'a, snorkel above technicolour coral gardens, and lunch on a deserted motu with white sand underfoot. The rarest combination of water, landscape, and Polynesian flavour in the Society Islands.
Paddle deep into Raiatea's lush interior along the Faaroa — the only navigable river in all of French Polynesia — through a cathedral of tropical rainforest draped in wild hibiscus, breadfruit, and ancient ferns. A genuinely rare experience that most visitors to the Pacific never find.
Ascend the sacred plateau of Mount Temehani Rahi — the only place on Earth where the legendary tiare apetahi blooms — with a specialist local guide, for panoramic views of Raiatea, Taha'a, Bora Bora, and Huahine spread across the Pacific horizon.
Immerse yourself in the full sensory pageant of the Society Islands on this highly rated, full-day cultural odyssey — vanilla plantation rituals, coral garden snorkelling, pearl farm discovery, and a Polynesian feast on a private motu. Raiatea's most celebrated all-in-one experience.
Descend into Raiatea's legendary passes and lagoon dive sites — drift dives with reef sharks, leopard rays, and clouds of Napoleon wrasse in some of the clearest, most pristine water in the South Pacific. A bucket-list dive for any level, led by PADI-certified local experts.
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