Activities
Want to enjoy unique experiences in French Polynesia? Explore the must-do activities on our islands: swimming with rays, hiking in lush valleys, surfing at Teahupo’o, canoe trips, or cultural and culinary discoveries. Here, every moment connects you to nature, the ocean, traditions… and yourself.
Hiking in Tahiti
The water gardens of Vaipahi
Facile / easy
2 H / 5,5 km / 280 m
Mataiea
The thousand springs (Mille sources)
Facile / easy
4 H / 5,5 km / 300 m
Mahina
Maroto Waterfall
Facile / easy
2 H / 3,7 km / 150 m
Papenoo
The Fautaua Valley
Moyen / medium
4 H / 10 km / 600 m
Pirae
The Faraura Valley
Difficile / Hard
6 H / 8 km / 400 m
Hitia’a
Mount Aorai
Très difficile / Very hard
9 H / 18 km / 1500 m
Pirae
Check the weather
Do not hike alone
Cultural sites in Tahiti
Papeete Market
Pape’ete
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Papeete
PK 0, Pape’ete
Territorial Assembly of French Polynesia
Centre de Pape’ete
Presidency of French Polynesia
Pape’ete
Tahiti Tourism
Pape’ete
Paofai Protestant Church
Paofai
Pearl Museum and Jewelry Store
Paofai
Cultural center
Paofai
Museum of Tahiti and its Islands
Punaauia pointe des pêcheurs
Arahurahu Marae
Paea
The Mara’a Caves
Paea
The Vaima Spring
Teva I Uta
Vaipahi Water Garden
Teva i uta
The Papeari Botanical Gardens
Papeari (closed, opening in 2026)
The Teahupo’o wave
Peninsula, west side
Tautira Beach
Peninsula, east side
Marae Fare Hape
Papenoo
The James Norman Hall House
Arue
Venus Point
Mahina
The beaches of Tahiti
Sable blancWhite sand
Sable noirBlack sand
Pointe Vénus beach
Mahina
Vaiava beach
Punaauia PK 18
Teahupoo beach
Teahupoo
Tautira beach
Tautira
Taharuu beach
Papara
Méridien Hotel beach
Punaauia PK 15
Papenoo beach
Papenoo
Ne brisez pas les coraux Do not break corals
Use coral safe sunscreen
Moorea beaches
Sable blancWhite sand
Sable noirBlack sand
Temae beach
Temae
Tiahura beach
Tiahura
Ta’ahiamanu beach
PK 25 / north
Coco Beach restaurant beach
Motu Coco Beach, Tiahura
Pour se rendre sur le motu Coco Beach, réservez votre navette : https://www.cocobeachmoorea.com/
Ne brisez pas les coraux Do not break corals
Use coral safe sunscreen
The water gardens of Vaipahi
Facile / easy
2 H / 5,5 km / 280 m
Mataiea
The thousand springs (Mille sources)
Facile / easy
4 H / 5,5 km / 300 m
Mahina
Maroto Waterfall
Facile / easy
2 H / 3,7 km / 150 m
Papenoo
The Fautaua Valley
Moyen / medium
4 H / 10 km / 600 m
Pirae
The Faraura Valley
Difficile / Hard
6 H / 8 km / 400 m
Hitia’a
Mount Aorai
Très difficile / Very hard
9 H / 18 km / 1500 m
Pirae
Check the weather
Do not hike alone
Papeete Market
Pape’ete
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Papeete
PK 0, Pape’ete
Territorial Assembly of French Polynesia
Centre de Pape’ete
Presidency of French Polynesia
Pape’ete
Tahiti Tourism
Pape’ete
Paofai Protestant Church
Paofai
Pearl Museum and Jewelry Store
Paofai
Cultural center
Paofai
Museum of Tahiti and its Islands
Punaauia pointe des pêcheurs
Arahurahu Marae
Paea
The Mara’a Caves
Paea
The Vaima Spring
Teva I Uta
Vaipahi Water Garden
Teva i uta
The Papeari Botanical Gardens
Papeari (closed, opening in 2026)
The Teahupo’o wave
Peninsula, west side
Tautira Beach
Peninsula, east side
Marae Fare Hape
Papenoo
The James Norman Hall House
Arue
Venus Point
Mahina
Sable blancWhite sand
Sable noirBlack sand
Pointe Vénus beach
Mahina
Vaiava beach
Punaauia PK 18
Teahupoo beach
Teahupoo
Tautira beach
Tautira
Taharuu beach
Papara
Méridien Hotel beach
Punaauia PK 15
Papenoo beach
Papenoo
Ne brisez pas les coraux Do not break corals
Use coral safe sunscreen
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Matari’i i raro: When the earth rests