Swivelling their hips to the furious beat of pahu drums, dancers whirl like dust devils across a sandy stage erected on the beach. An audience watches, mesmerised, as the music grows louder and ...

A novice diver observes a sea turtle off the coast of Tikehau, French Polynesia. A single paved highway runs for 18 miles through Fakarava. The King’s Highway is the only lengthy ribbon of pavement on ...

In French Polynesia, explore an atoll lagoon that's a sanctuary for marine life and paradise for underwater explorers. See dolphins, sharks, and barracuda.

I didn’t know it was possible to cry underwater. It was one of the many unexpected experiences French Polynesia left me with. Before the male humpback searching for a mate appeared, I heard the ...

While sharks are feared and threatened in many parts of the world, French Polynesia decided to protect them two decades ago by declaring its entire exclusive economic zone a massive sanctuary for ...