Experience After graduating college in 2018, Sarah Lempa left the U.S. for Vietnam with only a backpack and her laptop. Since building an online career as a writer and marketer while traveling, her ...

Raiatea’s tempo carries a deeper resonance. Revered as the cultural heart of French Polynesia, Marae Taputapuatea —a UNESCO ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rebecca Deurlein is an award-winning travel writer. For many, Tahiti is a jumping off point for a cruise or inter-island flight ...

The best time to visit Tahiti is between May and October. Although the temperatures are balmy year-round, Tahiti's winter season enjoys less humidity. Tahiti really only experiences two distinct ...

The Hawaiian Islands and French Polynesia are probably two of the most famous paradises on earth. White-sand beaches, swaying palm trees, rolling waves, clear waters teeming with easy-to-see sea life ...

Surf's up for the 2024 Olympics. And while the vast majority of events will take place on the French mainland, there's one sport that will have a special site of its own, nearly 10,000 miles away: ...

The term "Tahiti" needs clarification. People often use it to refer to French Polynesia as a whole, but Tahiti is only the main island of the French overseas territory (Pays d'Outre-Mer), which ...

Tahiti, the largest island of French Polynesia in the stylish archipelago of the “Society Islands,” has long been associated with the aura of honeymooners and couples who travel there for glamorous ...

Sailing is all about balance. I step over the narrow bow of the bug to take the outstretched hand of Alexis Moerai, aka Galax, who has been paddling and sailing around Tahiti’s lagoons since childhood ...

Sometimes, the unwieldy nature of the Olympics forces events to be held—gasp!—outside the host city. Soccer, for instance, is usually scattered around the host country—the Paris Olympics will include ...

On June 28, 2025, Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia arrived in Papeʻetē, their second major stop in French Polynesia after relaunching the Moananuiākea Voyage’s four-year circumnavigation of the Pacific. HNN’s ...