The Tiare Apetahi, a unique flower…
Tahiti Cruise and Vacation makes you discover this week an exceptional flower by its shape and the place where it grows … Let’s discover this endemic flower of Raiatea island. The Tiare Apetahi is...
View ArticleDiscover the Blacktip sharks, an inhabitant of the Polynesian lagoons
This week, let’s discover a shark that inhabits the coral reefs of Polynesia, Blacktip Shark, more commonly called “Vaki” or “Ma’o Mauri” in Tahitian. The scientific name of the Blacktip shark is...
View ArticleSandalwood, a precious goods for the Polynesians!
The sandalwood is a tree which grows in French Polynesia, India, Nepal, Australia, in New Caledonia and Hawaii. Known to man for at least 4,000 years, this wood has a pleasant fragrance. It is used as...
View ArticleThe Varo, a marine animal highly prized in French Polynesia
This week, the team Tahiti Cruise and Vacation makes you discover a marine animal highly prized in French Polynesia for its meat, the Stomatopoda, … Continue reading...
View ArticleThe Soursop, a fruit with many virtues!
This week the team Tahiti Cruise and Vacation invites you to discover a fruit not very well known in the USA, the soursop. Called ” Totara” in French Polynesia, this fruit with a strange shape have...
View ArticleWelcome to Tikehau, the pink sand island…
This week, Tahiti Cruise and Vacation invites you to the discovery of Tikehau, an peaceful atoll in the Tuamotus archipelago. We will reveal all the secrets of this heavenly place… Its geography, its...
View ArticleFly fishing in French Polynesia
Fly fishing in salt water, especially the Bonefish fishing (Ioio in Tahitian), becomes more and more popular. French Polynesia and more precisely the Tuamotu archipelago is the perfect place for fly...
View ArticlePapaya and its benefits
This week, Tahiti Cruise and Vacation makes you discover papaya, a delicious and full of blessings fruit, much appreciated in French Polynesia! Botanical name: Carica papaya Commonly called: papaya,...
View ArticleThe taro, a delicious Polynesian vegetable!
Taro is a tropical tuber that belongs to the Araceae (aroid) family, in the large genus, Colocasia. Some of the common names are cocoyam, dasheen, colocasia, elephant’s ear (plant and leaves), kalo. It...
View ArticleIna’a fishing
Particularly appreciated fried or donuts, « ina’a » are some Gobiidae fished periodically at the mouths of rivers and consumed by the population of Tahiti, Moorea and some islands of the Tuamotu. Its...
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