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THE SOUTH PACIFIC’S SCATTERED ISLAND NATIONS bring to
mind the breathtaking beaches and peacock-colored lagoons of Tahiti, but they also contain the
most diverse indigenous cultures in the world. Come with us as we travel beyond the packaged
resorts to experience a world few get to see. Go back to the way things used to be on tiny Niue

or Savusavu, with no crowds, only twinkling stars at night, and a pace of life many yearn for.
Discover villages that still follow traditional ways of life on Rangiroa or Tonga. Explore small
Fijian communities and the untouched rainforest of the Wasali Nature Reserve near Savusavu.
Add context to the postcard images the South Pacific is known for.

DI V ER SIT Y

Rangiroa, Tuamotus Tahaa Vanilla Moorea

FEATURED SHORE EXCURSIONS:
Tahaa: Tahaa Vanilla Plantation & Snorkeling – Tahaa, a Moorea: Photographer’s Eye View of Moorea – Believed
flower-shaped island that’s as fragrant as it is beautiful. Often to have been the inspiration for James Michener’s Bali Hai,
called “the vanilla island,” Tahaa produces 80 percent of all and today, you’ll learn how to capture that beauty under
Tahitian vanilla in a labor-intensive process that will make you the tutelage of an accomplished professional photographer.
appreciate all the more its delicious aromatic flavor. Boat across Journey into the stunning interior by 4x4 and on foot, skirting
the lagoon to a small family plantation and learn how it’s done, large pineapple fields, beautiful gardens and a turquoise-blue
from hand-pollinating the orchid blossoms (which only live for lagoon. Some of your favorite shots may come from some
6 hours) to hand-massaging and aging the beans — a process unusual places, like Papetoai fishing village, Haapiti Catholic
that can take up to 9 months. Church, or the interior of Moorea Crater.

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