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Tahiti: Birthplace of the Sun
Tahiti. Legends describe Tahiti-Nui as a great fish that swam away from the sacred waters of Havai'i, now known as the lagoon shared by Raiatea and Le Taha'a. The word has a special magic, conjuring the quintessential exotic tropical paradise. She towers over the ocean like a noble Queen, crowned by a circle of dramatic peaks. Her mountains are adorned with clear waterfalls, their deep valleys bathed in a green incandescent light. Her coasts give rise to fields of tropical flowers, some of the world's most powerful surfing waves, and the colorful urban center of Papeete.
Papeete,
8 hours nonstop by air from Los Angeles, means “the water basket”
was once a gathering place of the Tahitian people, a place to fill
their gourds from the freshwater streams. Now it is the gateway to an
island chain 118 islands strong, home to the worlds most beautiful
and sought after South Pacific destinations. The exquisite islands of
Tahiti, spread out over five great archipelagos, include the islands
of Tetiaroa, Moorea, Bora Bora, Le Taha'a, Raiatea, Huahine, Tikehau,
Rangiroa, Manihi, Fakarava, and the Marquesas, cover more than two
million square miles of South Pacific Ocean. Each has something
unique to offer the intrepid traveler, some boast high jagged
mountain peaks and turquoise-blue lagoons, some are ancient fragments
of volcanic mountains that remain as low-lying atolls surrounding
tranquil coral-filled pools.
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