Easter Island – The Memorial of One Imposing Religious Culture

Eastern Island is often said to be the most magnificent museum outdoors. With its Polynesian cultural spirit, it is unusual destination because of their enigmatic giant sculptures – a real mystery for the science, ancient rituals of Oceania and more unique facts. Eastern Island offers charming shores, crystalline blue waters and mystical paths, which are perfect for riding. A big part of the island is covered with volcano cones and tuffs of wide streams of cooled down lava.
Eastern Island is located in the south-east part of the Pacific Ocean and it is famous with the hundreds ancient stone statues with human faces. The strange thing here is that all faces are looking at the land, but not at the ocean. Their bodies are presented only from the waist to the head so they do not have legs and their height varies form 1 to 12 meters. There are a few suggestions why these statues are built. Someone say that they are the face of heroes or chieftains of the tribe. Others claim that these are the faces of enslavers who conquered the island but nobody knows exactly why they have been built. Everything related to the past of the island is veiled in mystery.
It is known that the Dutch sailors, who saw the island first in the Sunday of Easter in 1772-th have stick of several races on Easter Island – there were living black, red-skinned and even white people! Their life together has been harmonious and complete. Were they the builders of the statues – that is a question whose answer coudn`t be found by the Dutch sailors.
The island is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Sometimes the name is used in plural number because of the two coral riffs located near the island.

COOK ISLANDS – THE PLACE WITH LESS TOURISTS AND MORE CALMNESS

The Cook Islands are a net of scattered islands in the heart of the South Pacific Ocean extended on aquatory as much as India and with only 18 000 people of population. These unique, hospitable Polynesians have their own language and government and are happy with their big cultural variety in the different islands there.

Despite the small number of tourists per year (about 90 000) who visit mostly the main island Raortonga, the majority of islands are not affected of tourist activity. They offer the rare chance to the people from the cities to spend a really different vacation. There are not huge hotels, just four beach huts. This is the perfect place for people who look for something really different form the stereotypes, related to the ocean resorts in the South Pacific. Every island has its special features and guarantees a really different experience. That`s why, polynesiatour.blogspot.com will introduce you a small summary for most of the islands. And here we go:
Rarotonga Island is the youngest of the south group of the islands. The highest peak is 658 meters. The temperatures from May to October are between 18 C and 28 C but from November to April they are between 21 C and 29 C. These are the summer period of the island. The name of the island is derives from “raro” which means “down” and “tonga” which means “south”. Here is located the international airport “Air Rrotonga” and the capital - Avarua.
Atiu Island, or also called “The Island of Birds” is twice smaller than Rarotonga. Here is located the lake “Te Roto”. The island is very fertile – here are cultivated bananas, tropical fruits, etc.
Mangaia Island is alias “The Garden of The Cook Islands”. This is the southernmost island of the group and the bigger one after Rarotonga. It is an object of huge geological interest because its age – it is older than 18 million years and is said to be the oldest island in the Pacific Ocean. There are lots of beautiful caves and the most impressive is Teruarere.
In the south-east part is located the Mauke island. Tourists can be hosted in Mauke Cove Lodge – an old coral limestone house, which has 5 rooms (one room is for one man only) with common bathroom, kitchen and a bar.
Palmerston Island is the island of the 200 ports. Atoll Palmerston is located 500 km north-west of Rarotonga. It is the only one real atoll in the south part of the Cook Islands. It consists of 6 sandy little islands scattered around the coral riff. The strong winds are usual for this island, especially in January and in February.
Manihiki – also called “The Island of Pearls” – is the most beautiful island in the whole group! The Manihiki atoll contains 40 little islands that surround a 4 kilometers long lagoon. The treasure of the island is its plenty of black pearls and that`s what makes this island very famous.
A really good example for very clean atoll is Penrhyn Island (also known as Tongareva). It is located 1365 kilometers north-east of Rarotnga and is located over the highest underwater volcano on the Cook Islands. The island is surrounded by a 77 kilometers long coral “ring”. There are a lot of wonderful black pearls, Tourists can stay in Tarakore.
Pukapuka or “the island of fear” is the most isolated island in the group. It consists of atoll, three little islands and sandy shoal. It is located 1150 kilometers north-west of Rarotonga. The island is not easily accessible, because Air Raratonga`s planes go there only in case the weather is good. The people there live and work totally isolated from the other Polynesians. Despite this, the island is well-known for its amazing beauty. Pukapuka is the first one of the Cook Islands discovered by the Europeans.
Rakahanga is the island of the beautiful people. The atoll Rakahanga consists of a lagoon surrounded by two big islands and seven little islands.
Suwarrow Island (also known as Suvorov and “the mysterious island”) is the southernmost island of the northern group. The Suwarrow atoll has one of the most beautiful ports in the Pacific Ocean. The island has a mysterious past and Robert Louis Stevenson describes it as “The most Romantic island in the world.”
This collection of islands is practically not damaged by the harmful influence of the tourists. The islands are a perfect place for diving, yachting and many other activities.

TAHITI – THE QUEEN OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN

Tahiti is located in the central part of French Polynesia. The tourists are often claiming the island as “The Queen of The Pacific”. The island combines mountain landscapes, beautiful valleys, high waterfalls and exotic beaches, collected only on 1 048 square kilometers.
Tahiti is characterized with greatness, mysteriousness and virgin beauty. The nature is a combination of awesome mountains, fascinating valleys and imposing waterfalls. Here you will find mysterious caves and archeological phenomena soaked of legends.
Tahiti is the biggest island in French Polynesia. It is divided by two parts – Tahiti-Nui (the big Tahiti) and Tahiti-Iti (little Tahiti, the southeast part of the island). Tahiti-Nui is better well-developed than Tahiti-Iti.
The sunny resort offers a lot and varied amusements. If you happen to visit the island in July, you will have the chance to see the Heiva festival in Papeete, which combines native cultural traditions with scenes from capturing The Bastille in France.
Tahiti offers a variety of hotels that spoil their guests a lot. In a two-star ranked hotel like “Hotel Royal Tahitian” you will have to pay 150 euro per night for a room with three beds. One night in the five-star ranked “Intercontinental Tahiti Resort “may cost you from 250 euro per night for a view to the garden of the hotel, or up to 890 euro if you wish to stay in a villa in the middle of the ocean and to watch what kind of animals swim in the water under you.
You can take yachting lessons during you stay on the island - Arue Yacht Club Tahiti Nautic Centre will teach you with pleasure. Tura’i Mata’ will give you lessons in surfing and you can see the whole island by flying with Aero-Club de Tahiti. If you like the ocean you can try diving in its depths. If you are connoisseur of jewels, here is located the biggest museum for black pearls.
While you are having your dinner, you can watch some show programs, which reveal some of the traditions and customs of the native people. After dinner you can go to some of the night clubs in Tahiti. In Le Kikiriri and Le Grenier de Montmartre you can dance. In Le Méridien Tahiti and Piano Bar you will se a Polynesian show program.
Tahiti presents us one different and unique culture, which combines the exotic of the tropic islands with the romance of the Pacific. Toda, the island is one of the most attractive destinations in the world. Tahiti is the perfect place for spending a holiday, especially for these of you, who like the exotic landscape. It is a bit expensive, but the money spent there create a great memory that you will keep to the rest of your life.

BORA BORA – The Most Beautiful Lagoon In The World!

Bora Bora is the most famous island in Polynesia, although it is very small. But the dimensions of this jewel are fully compensated by its beauty. Its name brings to mind legends, mystery, lots of romance and envelops it in mysteriousness. It is generally acknowledged as the biggest and the most beautiful lagoon in the world. Rounded by small islands and protected by a necklace of corals it is famous for its enchanted beauty – turquoise waters, mountain that juts out into the sky, beaches with silky brilliancy... Here all unrealizable dreams become true, because Bora Bora is one of these islands that can be seen mostly in our dreams....it is a Polynesian jewel containing shining corals, clear waters and thick green forests.
In the center of the majestic lagoon is located the Motu Tupua mountain – a fragment form an old volcano, which has become in a unique tropical shelter with its exotic plants and fragrant flowers, tall palms and white, sandy beaches. It is a little paradise that can materialize your tropical dreams.
Bora Bora is a different world, a tropical fantasy with picturesque snug lodges with straw roof and staggering interior – the way to have your modern comfort.
Perhaps a part of the mystery of the island is hidden in its unique beauty. See for yourself....






















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Introduction

Have you ever told yourself that you want to disappear from the boring , monotonous and under mental pressure life? Have you ever wanted to go somewhere you will not know anyone? Where nobody says with hypocrisy “Hello”, “Hi” and you have to answer his “greetings” with the same hypocrisy? If you just want to go somewhere, where you will not be annoyed by your colleagues and boss, where you will can rest alone or with your family - you need a beautiful beach with lots of palms around, beautiful ocean, sunny time, and friendly atmosphere. And all these you can find in one place on Earth – The Polynesia Islands.

The whole group of over 1000 islands located in the southeast part of the Pacific Ocean has its specific culture and the atmosphere created by the natives – the Polynesians. With their impressive dances, the exotic melody, the food compound of tropical fruits, and seafood (lobsters, shrimps, fish and many others) you will fell what means to be far away of your problems and you will say to yourself “I think I have went into the Paradise. This place is amazing!” You will enjoy the clean beaches, the hot tropical climate and you will understand that you have not lost your money when you have decided to visit this place! I will write about some specific features about each of the countries that are a part of the archipelago, so do not hesitate to visit this blog again and enjoy it!

Native Polynesian girls preparing for their dance.


A palm in Bora-Bora island and the beautiful landscape behind.