Tuamotus Islands of French Polynesia

When approaching the Tuamotu Islands by sea it offers an image of little more than palm-tree tuffs marking the horizon. The islands, are ‘atolls‘; flat and cannot be seen until one is virtually on their shores. Perhaps that is why, in 1947, archaeologist and anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl crashed into the outer reef of Raroia with his raft Kon-Tiki. There are coral bedded lagoons of crystalline waters, unexplored ring-shaped coral reefs, rare flora and fauna, pink sand beaches shaded with rows of coconut trees. There are pearl farms abound and the secret of pearl cultivation is revealed.
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