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Hawaiian Airlines plans nonstop Seattle–Papeete service from June 2027, while Aranoa announces an inaugural Austral Islands cruise with Rapa for March 2027. Hotels and cruise lines are also currently listing savings, from Moorea advance rates to PONANT shipboard credit.

Pearl Resorts' early-booking discounts at Bora Bora and Tikehau, PONANT's shipboard credit, Hawaiian Airlines' 2027 Seattle–Papeete route, Air Tahiti's all-business ATR and the reopening of Tahiti's Trou du souffleur.

Air Tahiti Nui's new direct Sydney–Papeete service begins in December, Air Moana adds flights to Tikehau in April 2027, Aranoa prepares its first Austral Islands voyages for March 2027, and Windstar's refurbished Wind Star returns to Tahiti. Plus current offers from Four Seasons, Conrad Bora Bora Nui and PONANT.

On our 20th anniversary trip we dove Bora Bora’s lagoon with Dive N’ Smile and met manta rays up close. Here’s who Justine and Patrick are, what scientists are learning about Bora Bora’s mantas, and how to plan a first dive or a fun dive of your own.

For more than 40 years Aranui has carried passengers alongside the cargo the Marquesas depend on. Now a second ship, Aranoa, opens the remote Austral Islands. Here’s what makes these voyages different, and what to know before you go.

How a sand-floored restaurant of bamboo and pandanus thatch became Bora Bora’s best-known bar, the closed-door afternoon we still talk about twenty years later, and what to know about the new Bloody Mary’s Hotel.