23 nights · 12. October - 4. November 2026 · Papeete → Valparaíso
A 23-night expedition aboard Silver Cloud links Tahiti with the Chilean Pacific coast, stepping across some of the most remote islands in the world. After Fakarava and the Marquesas calls at Atuona, Tahuata, Hatiheu and Hanavave, the route continues to the Gambier Islands with Mangareva. Pitcairn with Adamstown is home to the Bounty descendants and a legendary South Seas destination. The highlight is Easter Island with its Moai statues and UNESCO World Heritage landscape.
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The capital of Tahiti on the north-west coast of the main island of French Polynesia is the gateway to the South Seas. It combines a colourful market scene at the Marché de Pape'ete with pearl jewellery boutiques, creole cafés and the harbourside roulottes food stalls. Papeete is the start and end point of almost every Polynesia cruise.
Fakarava is the second largest atoll of the Tuamotu Islands in French Polynesia and is protected as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Its southern pass at Tetamanu is world-famous for diving amid large shoals of sharks.
Atuona is the main settlement of the Marquesan island of Hiva Oa in French Polynesia and the final home of the painter Paul Gauguin and the singer Jacques Brel, both buried in the Calvaire cemetery. The jagged green peaks above Tahauku Bay rank among the most dramatic island settings in the Pacific.
The smallest inhabited island of the Marquesas in French Polynesia is known for its bone and wood carving traditions and its well-preserved tikis. Alvaro de Mendaña landed here in 1595, making it the first part of Polynesia visited by Europeans.
Hatiheu lies on the northern coast of the Marquesan island of Nuku Hiva, set in a deep bay enclosed by steep mountains. Significant archaeological sites with ancient tikis give the place great cultural value.
Hanavave lies on the west coast of Fatu Hiva in the Marquesas Islands and is considered, with its Bay of Virgins, one of the most beautiful bays in the world. Bizarre basalt pinnacles and lush vegetation frame the anchorage.
In the far south-east of French Polynesia, Mangareva is the main island of the Gambier group in the South Pacific. It is ringed by an extensive coral lagoon and known above all for its pearl farming, whose black Tahitian pearls from the Gambier archipelago rank among the most sought-after gems in the entire South Seas.
Adamstown is the only settlement on Pitcairn Island, the most remote inhabited island of the South Pacific. Its 40 or so residents descend directly from the Bounty mutineers who hid from the Royal Navy in 1790 and scuttled their ship in the bay.
Easter Island or Rapa Nui is a Chilean island in the south-eastern Pacific, about 3,500 kilometres from the South American mainland, and one of the most remote inhabited places on Earth. On the UNESCO World Heritage island stand nearly 900 Moai, monumental stone statues carved between the 13th and 16th centuries.
In the Juan Fernández Archipelago some 670 kilometres off the Chilean Pacific coast, this volcanic island is famous as the setting of the true story behind Daniel Defoe's novel: the Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk lived here alone from 1704 to 1709. Today it is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
Valparaíso, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2003, sits on 42 hills above the Pacific. Historic lifts (ascensores) connect the low-lying harbour with the artists' quarters on the hills; street art and nightlife on Cerro Alegre make Valparaíso the most creative coastal city in South America. Santiago is an hour away.
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