Hiva Oa

Hiva Oa is the second largest island in the Marquesas Islands, in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.

Understand
This majestic and historic island is known for its wild, untamed landscape, giant stone tiki, endless and unearthly vistas, and as the final resting place of poet Jacques Brel and artist Paul Gauguin. Hiva Oa has many huge and interesting pre-European archaeological sites offering maraes, tikis and petroglyphs

Get in
Air Tahiti flies from Tahiti to Hiva Oa daily, on some days directly, on some days you have connected flights via Nuku Hiva, the "main" island of Marquesas Islands. There are also daily flights to Nuku Hiva

The Aranui III is a mixed passenger/cargo vessel that operates between Tahiti and the Marquesas. In its 14-day voyages once or twice a month it visits atolls of Tuamotus and 6 inhabited islands of Marquesas including Hiva Oa, which she visits twice (stopping for one day each time)

Get around
Ask your hosts to collect you from the airport, as there are no taxis or other ways of public transportation on the island

Both 4WD excursions and 4WD rent-a-cars are available, order through pension owners or directly:
 * Atuona Rent-a-car, +689 92 79 79, 72 17 17
 * Hiva Oa Location, +689 91 70 60, 72 83 83
 * David Location, +689 92 72 87



Eat
Atuona and villages on the island have grocery stores

Restaurants in pensions offer mix of Polynesian and French cuisine. Some people think that the best venue on the island is the restaurant in Hanakee Hiva Oa Pearl Lodge, there are also some places in Atuona:

Drink
In pensions