Launched in September 2022, the Farerei Haga Rangiroa is the newest addition to a calendar of festivals held to celebrate the culture and traditions of French Polynesia. Gathering talents from the ...

A man with a tattoo on his arm fishes in Fakarava, the largest atoll in French Polynesia that ... Illustration by National Geographic The Marquesan dancing flame symbolizes the light that ...

His question is rhetorical. We are preparing to dive off the atoll of Fakarava in French Polynesia’s Tuamotu Archipelago, part of a UNESCO biosphere reserve, where some of the most reliably ...

Rimatara, French Polynesia — Every day at sunrise on the small French Polynesian island of Rimatara, Tiraha Mooroa goes for a run with Koha the dog. Koha, a scruffy border terrier mix ...

An aerial view of surfers in Teahupo'o, French Polynesia. This beach may have some of the best waves in the world but National Geographic senior marine ecologist Alan Friedlander says the coral ...

National Day, as Bastille Day is known in the islands, falls amid the weeks-long Heiva i Tahiti festival, a cultural showcase that kicks off with the June 29 celebration of French Polynesia’s ...

Here’s what it’s like to dive French Polynesia’s shark alley Here’s what it’s like to dive French Polynesia’s shark alley This photographer aims to turn shark fear into fascination ...