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French Polynesia Travel Guide
Society Islands
Tahiti Island
Tahiti is the main island and population centre of French Polynesia; its name, however, is commonly used to
describe the entire group. Tahiti Island is almost 1000 sq. km in size and is larger than all of its neighbouring
Society Islands put together. It combines two shield volcanoes joined by a narrow isthmus - Tahiti-Nui is the larger
most populated portion and takes about 6 hours to circumnavigate by car whilst Tahiti-Iti is quite wild and sparsely
inhabited. Tahiti offers lovely coastal scenery, high mountains with tropical rain forests, and some of the best
hiking and surfing in the South Pacific. However, lacking decent beaches, it is mostly neglected by tourism with the
large airport hotels catering to tourists in transit to other islands. The capital Papeete, and the international airport
are located on the north west tip of the island facing Moorea.
Papeete Town lies on the north-west coast of Tahiti on a small harbour backed by rolling hills. Papeete is a rather
congested town with a population of over 100,000 people….