Here's everything you need to know about visiting the French Polynesian island of Ra'iātea. SteÌ phane Mailion Photography/Courtesy of Tahiti Tourisme As the small motorboat made its way across ...

Learn why this remote island in the Pacific is a bucket list-worthy destination for intrepid travelers to the Cook Islands, ...

Even at the airport, Tahiti goes to great lengths to meet your expectations of the South Seas. By the queue at the immigration desk, a three-man combo plays traditional melodies, accompanied by a ...

Christina Thompson deftly weaves her fascinating narrative of European travels and attempts to understand the Polynesian puzzle in her new book, though European colonization is not fully addressed.

If you take planet Earth and draw lines on the surface from Hawaii, to New Zealand, to Easter Island, you'd draw the Polynesian triangle. This scattering of small islands — in 10 million square ...

How did the Polynesian peoples come to live on the far-flung islands of the Pacific? The question has intrigued researchers for centuries. Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl brought the topic to ...

A minuscule triangle born from the eruption of three volcanoes at the outmost border of the Polynesian triangle, Easter Island is surrounded by crystal-clear water, covered in low vegetation and ...

Named “Mana,” which means “the spirit of Polynesia,” the group will offer an exciting repertoire of dances from Hawaii and other islands of the Polynesian triangle — including Tonga, Tahiti, Fiji and ...

The tiny, remote volcanic island in the Polynesian Triangle has witnessed a huge increase in tourists over recent years—most of whom come to marvel at the mysterious stone statues, known as ...

Tupaia, Christina Thompson tells us in her magnificent new book, “Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia,” gave Cook the names of nearly 130 islands “stretching east-west from the Marquesas to ...

So how did these people find their way across vast empty ocean to settle the islands that dot the Polynesian triangle formed by Hawaii to the north, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) to the east and ...