Off the shores of the Ducie Island, three rusty anchors are all that remain of the mail ship "Acadia," which ran aground in 1881. Sea life thrives around the wreck -- Moorish idols, butterflies, turquoise parrots and white tip reef sharks.
Diving at Ducie Island —
Off the shores of the Ducie Island, three rusty anchors are all that remain of the mail ship "Acadia," which ran aground in 1881. Sea life thrives around the wreck -- Moorish idols, butterflies, turquoise parrots and white tip reef sharks.
Courtesy Giovanna Fasanelli/Zegrahm Expeditions
Music and dancing greets visitors at Puka Puka Atoll. The island was the first land Magellan spotted on his trans-Pacific passage. On the three-week journey, you can follow the likes of Captain Cook through the remote islands of the South Pacific.
Warm greetings from French Polynesia —
Music and dancing greets visitors at Puka Puka Atoll. The island was the first land Magellan spotted on his trans-Pacific passage. On the three-week journey, you can follow the likes of Captain Cook through the remote islands of the South Pacific.
Courtesy Joe Yogerst
The residents of Puka Rua Atoll entertain cruise guests with drumming, a spear-throwing contest and a demonstration of barehanded octopus fishing.
Island entertainment —
The residents of Puka Rua Atoll entertain cruise guests with drumming, a spear-throwing contest and a demonstration of barehanded octopus fishing.
Courtesy Joe Yogerst
Coconut palms cover the beaches of Puka Rua Atoll. You can rub your eyes as many times as you want, this place is real.
Postcard Puka Rua —
Coconut palms cover the beaches of Puka Rua Atoll. You can rub your eyes as many times as you want, this place is real.
Courtesy Joe Yogerst
Visits to the French Polynesian island of Hiva Oa usually include a tribal dance in grass skirts.
Hiva Oa dancing —
Visits to the French Polynesian island of Hiva Oa usually include a tribal dance in grass skirts.
Courtesy Joe Yogerst
The grave of French post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin rests at Calvary Cemetery on the island of Hiva Oa.
Paul Gauguin's grave on Hiva Oa —
The grave of French post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin rests at Calvary Cemetery on the island of Hiva Oa.
Courtesy Joe Yogerst
Like something off Skull Island from "King Kong," Fatu Hiva, the southernmost of the Marquesas Islands, is covered in virgin jungle and waterfalls.
Fatu Hiva —
Like something off Skull Island from "King Kong," Fatu Hiva, the southernmost of the Marquesas Islands, is covered in virgin jungle and waterfalls.
Courtesy Joe Yogerst
Dancers offer a traditional welcome to Nuku Hiva, the largest of the Marquesas Islands.
Traditional dancers in Nuku Hiva —
Dancers offer a traditional welcome to Nuku Hiva, the largest of the Marquesas Islands.
Courtesy Joe Yogerst
A trip to Pitcairn Island gives you a chance to meet Fletcher Christian's kinfolk. The island's roughly 50 people are nearly all related to Christian and other mutineers from HMS Bounty.
Pitcairn's mutinous ancestors —
A trip to Pitcairn Island gives you a chance to meet Fletcher Christian's kinfolk. The island's roughly 50 people are nearly all related to Christian and other mutineers from HMS Bounty.
Courtesy Joe Yogerst
The Bristle-thighed curlew, here spotted on Henderson Island, was first scientifically recorded by James Cook on a visit to Tahiti.
Rare birds on Henderson island —
The Bristle-thighed curlew, here spotted on Henderson Island, was first scientifically recorded by James Cook on a visit to Tahiti.
Courtesy Greg Homel/Zegrahm Expeditions
Moai are the giant volcanic stone statues on Easter Island and are one of the world's great archeological mysteries. No one knows what their original purpose was.
Stoic statues of Easter Island —
Moai are the giant volcanic stone statues on Easter Island and are one of the world's great archeological mysteries. No one knows what their original purpose was.
Courtesy Joe Yogers