Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Adventurous travelers can summit Mount Otemanu in Bora Bora, one of 118 islands and atolls in French Polynesia. Photograph by ...

This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 6 June 2023 French Polynesia is a sprawling possession of France in the Pacific Ocean, made up of 118 volcanic and coral islands and atolls ...

In the enchanting waters of French Polynesia, emerald islands rise from sapphire seas and ancient traditions flow like trade winds through daily life. Within this postcard vision of paradise, one ...

Windstar Cruises has opened bookings for its 2028 French Polynesia season with 14 itineraries and early bookings offers, ...

Last August, Sonya Moore ticked French Polynesia off her travel bucket list. Despite a lot of planning before the trip, looking back, there are a few things she'd have done differently. She would have ...

In July 2021, French President Emmanuel Macron visited French Polynesia for the first time in his mandate. Macron had to answer many domestic political questions about the health crisis linked to ...

Voyagers migrated to islands sprinkled across a large area of the Pacific within about 500 years Polynesian voyagers settled islands across a vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean within about 500 years, ...

It’s a cloudless morning and the sun is shining brightly off the coast of French Polynesia’s capital and largest city, Papeete, enhancing the water’s already vibrant shades of blue. Though just meters ...

More than 800 years ago, Indigenous people in South America traversed more than 7,000 kilometers of open sea to reach eastern Polynesia, a new study suggests. There, the South Americans mated with ...