The Marquesas Islands provide an opportunity to ... and mini-festivals are held every year on the smaller islands of Tahuata, ...

Hiva Oa, known as the "Garden of the Marquesas," is located 875 mi/1,400 km northeast of Tahiti. It is an island rich in archaeological sites and lined with black-sand beaches. Five huge stone ti ...

Much like Hawaii, the Marquesas are the product of a volcanic ... Our next stop, the island of Fatu Hiva, was less successful. Heaving surf made it unsafe to go ashore by tender, so we settled ...