11 Nights Papeete to Papeete

This cruise includes an exploration of the Society Islands, so named by Cook because they are located in close proximity, and the remote Tuamotu atolls. More than 250km from the bustling Papeete, and contrasting markedly with the Society Islands volcanic peaks, the far flung Tuamoto Atolls are low lying coral atolls scattered in palm topped circlets on a languid sea, seldom visited by tourists and cruise ships. Lucky for you! For this is a naturalist's nirvana and divers delight. On Fakarava Lagoon, the Garuae Pass 150 foot visibility offers incredible encounters with enormous schools of dolphins, rays, sharks, rainbows of reef fish and more. In Rangiroa the frilly shelled pinctada margaritifera oyster produces lustrous black pearls of astonishing size.