| WHY GO |
| Tahiti encompasses 118 far-flung islands that make up French Polynesia, and has long beguiled outsiders with its promise of languid sensuality, tropical seas and carefree days. Its five-star resort hotels have recently made French Polynesia the Holy Grail of luxury travel. People visit French Polynesia's remote Marquesas Islands in search of Polynesian authencticity, but the 'the real Tahiti' is nearer at hand. It could be just around the corner from your resort at a family-run pension, or on a private motu (islet) off the coast of Tahiti and Bora Bora. In Rangiroa, Huahine and Moorean you will find island life away from themed buffets, dance troupes and floral lei-making demonstrations. Rangiroa, part of the Tuamotu group, is a low-lying coral atoll, surrounded by a lagoon teeming with dolphins, reef sharks, manta rays and fabulously-coloured reef fish. |
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