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From lagoon swimming in the Cook Islands to witnessing the race of the banana bearers in the Heiva i Tahiti festival, travelers will find the best of the South Pacific--both popular and obscure--in this guidebook. Moon Handbooks South Pacific provides in-depth coverage of outdoor... Read Full Overview

A comprehensive guide to the 16 territories of Polynesia and Melanesia, not just the popular spots. This is a guide for the budget traveller to the whole of the South Pacific.

Whether it's the legends about breadfruit trees or ghosts inhabiting inland Tahiti, the endangered delicacies to avoid or the gift-giving protocol when invited to a local's home, how to tour a vanilla plantation on Raiatea or when to find the Noum?a flame trees "catch fire" in... Read Full Overview

Provides historical and travel information for visitors to Polynesia and Melanesia, including Cook Islands, Samoa, Fiji Islands, New Caledonia, and Solomon Islands.

A single-volume guide to the 16 territories of Polynesia and Melanesia, covering Tahiti-Polynesia, the Pitcairn Islands, Easter Island, the Cook Islands, Niue, Tonga, American Samoa, Western Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and the Solomon Islands.