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# MARQUISES - Best islands to visit ? Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Tahiti & French Polynesia
loudima 20:15 UTC 10 Jan 2009 | Ia Orana , good morning , bonjour , We are actually in French Polynesia and I am planning with my wife to spend 8 days - or maybee 2 weeks - in Marquises Islands , starting from Rangiroa . We know already Moorea, Huahine, Bora-Bora , several Tuamotus and other islands and are looking for something more authentic , more polynesian , less touristic places... Because Aranui 3 is out of service this month , we will do this trip by ourself. So ,if you have been in Marquises already, thanks for your answer to a few questions. We are " old " swiss travellers, use to travel by ourself since a long time and like to " discover " some special remote places and meet some frendly local people. Nuku Hiva or Hiva Oa ? Witch island is a must , for beauty of landscapes , excursions , frendship of local people ? because Nuku Hiva is quite difficult to travel , so maybee it's easier for me to reach directly Hiva Oa. Ua Pou : is it possible to find a boat - speed boat, bonnitier - to reach Ua Pou Taihoae ? Or by helicopter , instead of plane ? ( I suppose it's a scheduled helico flight every tuesday ) Ua Huka : Is this island also interesting to visit for wood sculptor - with a lot of horses , like easter island ? Fatu Hiva : It seems it's the more remote and authentic island of Marquises , but hard to reach. Witch is the best and simplest (?) to reach it from Hiva Oa ? Weather : is it not too mutch humidity in Marquises during January ? ( I am now in Moorea, where it rain a lot since 3 days ) Accomodation : In those islands , witch frendly . family style place could you recomend us ? Thank a lot for all your comments and answers to this post and sorry for my poor English. Louis + Magdeleine |
przybo 12:47 UTC 18 Jan 2009 | Sailing around those islands and stoping in different bays they were quite equal for me and beautifull. Maybe it is not much help, just go and see around :) | 1
meldois 20:36 UTC 03 Feb 2009 | Nuku Hiva est plus sauvage,avec de beaux sites, mais n' allez pas à la pension Mave Mai, très mauvais accueuil A Hiva Hoa, avons séjourné àTemetiu Village Chez Gaby : séjour agréable, propriétaires très sympathiques | 2
taravana 04:31 UTC 07 Sep 2009 | Bonjour Chaque ile est differente. Sans l'Aranui il sera difficile d'aller à Fatu Hiva (qui est ma préferée). A Hiva Oa il y a plus d'histoire (Brel/Gauguin). Restez chez Tania à la Pension Kanahau. Nuku Hiva est grand et il faudra un 4*4 pour voir tout. HATIHEU est un petit endroit très sympa. Janiver en effet sera humide. Mieux d'y aller en mai/juin/juillet. L'avantage avec l'Aranui sont les excursions guidées et de pouvoir aller d'ile a ile, quand certaines sont difficile a acceder autrement. Je suis allé à la Pension Mave Mai et pas eu de pbl (Nuku Hiva). Les Marquises sont tres elles et authentique - ne loupez surtout pas | 3