Travel guide Marquises

The trip to the Marquesas is long, but you will find many airlines offering flights with stopovers. Please note that the price variation depends on the airline you fly with, but most of all, on the time of booking. To get the best fares in high season, buy your tickets six months in advance. For less popular periods, a much shorter delay should not prevent you from getting a good price.

A large number of tour operators propose to discover the Marquesas, and French Polynesia as a whole: combined islands, cruises (catamarans or liners) and diving holidays are in the spotlight, but there are also offers of cultural tours or hikes. Finally, proposals for boarding houses are also very frequent. However, the destination is very popular with lovers who want to celebrate their idyll at the end of the world in postcard settings. As an indication, count €3,000 for an individual tour of 13 days and 10 nights, €2,500 for 10 days and 7 nights and €5,000 for a 22-day trek. Many specialists offer special packages for newlyweds, valid all year round.

Going to French Polynesia is a long and tiring journey. Once there, it's not over, you still have to move around a territory as big as Europe! With 118 islands and as many ways to get there, travel will represent a large part of your budget. But don't worry, travelling to Polynesia and the Marquesas is already fun! The territory is equipped with an efficient, original and varied transportation network, and not necessarily always expensive. On land, at sea or in the air, here are all the keys to getting around the islands, between the islands and on the islands.

Air Tahiti offers Pass at advantageous rates by combining several islands. These are closed circuits, all starting from Tahiti. However, between two islands, trips can be made by other means, such as by boat.

Marquises Pass. Nuku Hiva, Hiva Oa, Ua Pou, Ua Huka: from 750 to 950 € per adult and from 600 to 750 € per child depending on the number of islands visited (2, 3 or 4). Rates based on a 23 kg baggage allowance

In the Marquesas, there are few roads, sometimes paved with stones or earth, sometimes barely marked, and quickly flooded in case of rain. However, the main roads are now almost all paved.