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Aranui Day 3 – Caves and Culture of Rurutu

Post author:Norm
Post published:November 3, 2025
Post category:2025 Aranui Cruise to Australs with Teenagers Austral Islands Freighter Cruise French Polynesia Kirsten Normand Schafer Family Schafer Family Trips South Pacific Teyauna Zakary

Caves, Culture, and Climbing Rocks: A Big Day in Rurutu Location: Rurutu, Austral Islands ️ Voyage: Aranui 5 – Austral & Society Islands Expedition ** Day 3: November 3 –…

Aranui Cruise Day 2 – We Went Looking for Whales… and Found Something Better

Post author:Norm
Post published:November 2, 2025
Post category:2025 Aranui Cruise to Australs with Teenagers Austral Islands French Polynesia Kirsten Normand Schafer Family Schafer Family Trips South Pacific Tahiti & the Society Islands Teyauna

We Went Looking for Whales… and Found Something Better Location: En route to Rurutu ️ Voyage: Aranui 5 – Austral & Society Islands Expedition ** Day 2: November 2 –…

Aranui Cruise Day 1: Setting Sail from Tahiti to the Austral Islands

Post author:Norm
Post published:November 1, 2025
Post category:2025 Aranui Cruise to Australs with Teenagers Austral Islands French Polynesia Kirsten Normand Schafer Family Schafer Family Trips South Pacific Tahiti & the Society Islands Teyauna Zakary

Why We Took Our Kids on a Cargo Cruise to the End of the Earth (and Loved It) Location: Papeete, Tahiti ️ Voyage: Aranui 5 – Austral & Society Islands…

Bora Bora Sea Scooter

Post author:Norm
Post published:February 15, 2023
Post category:2023 French Polynesia Tahiti & the Society Islands

First thing after breakfast we went on an excursion in Bora Bora with Bora Ocean Adventures. It was the perfect trip for the entire family. After a short speedboat ride…

Teahupoo Tour Family Adventure

Post author:Norm
Post published:February 9, 2023
Post category:2023 French Polynesia South Pacific Tahiti & the Society Islands

We rented a car in Papeete and took a full-day boat trip along the Teahupoo Coast. Traveling with an 11 and 15-year-old We wanted to find a cool adventure that…

Paul Gauguin Cruises

Post author:Norm
Post published:April 8, 2019
Post category:2019 Cruise French Polynesia Normand South Pacific Tahiti & the Society Islands

Paul Gauguin Cruises There's one cruise line that for many years has made French Polynesia it's home. Paul Gauguin Cruises is one of the most regular and frequent…

2 Days in Tubuai

Post author:Norm
Post published:April 4, 2019
Post category:2019 Austral Islands French Polynesia Normand South Pacific Uncategorized

2 Days in Tubuai Kirsten and I took a flight to Tubuai directly from Raivavae. This was an incredible island to visit in the Austral island group and it did…

Aranui 5 Cruise to Pitcairn: Return to Papeete or stay in Raivavae, Australs

Post author:Norm
Post published:April 2, 2019
Post category:2019 Aranui Cruise to Pitcairn Island Austral Islands Cruise Freighter Cruise French Polynesia Normand South Pacific

Return to Papeete or stay in Raivavae, Australs – 2 April 2019 So far having taken three separate Aranui cruises I have never finished in Papeete. Each time I have…

Aranui 5 Cruise to Pitcairn: Raivavae, Australs

Post author:Norm
Post published:April 1, 2019
Post category:2019 Aranui Cruise to Pitcairn Island Austral Islands Cruise Freighter Cruise French Polynesia Normand South Pacific

Raivavae, Australs – 1 April 2019 We arrived this morning in our second of the Austral islands on our cruise. Raivavae has a population of about 900 people and is…

Aranui 5 Cruise to Pitcairn: Rapa, Australs

Post author:Norm
Post published:March 31, 2019
Post category:2019 Aranui Cruise to Pitcairn Island Austral Islands Cruise Freighter Cruise French Polynesia Normand South Pacific

Rapa, Australs – 31 March 2019 Today was our second of two laundry days while on the Aranui. As long as we left our laundry bag outside our door by…