Wearing choker necklaces made of boar tusks, traditionally tattooed Marquesan men fiercely grunt performing the “Pig Dance” alongside a hallowed banyan tree where cannibals buried skulls of ...

In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, nestled 3,400 miles away from the California coast, there’s a remote island chain, existing nearly cut-off from modern civilization, and yet, filled with a rich ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Chadd Scott covers the intersection of art and travel. Eight hours by air from Los Angeles to Tahiti. Another four-hour flight or ...

Polynesian explorers discovered a treasure trove of unique plants and animals when they arrived in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia, according to new research. In a unique transdisciplinary ...

The volcanic pitons towering over the village of Hatiheu on the island of Nuku Hiva. Photo Credit: Tahiti Tourisme/Gregoire Le Bacon One of the newest Unesco World Heritage Sites, the Marquesas ...

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