COOK'S BAY, Moorea -- Perched along the rails of the motor sailing ship Wind Spirit, an umbrella drink in hand, Tirana Vaknin is marveling at one of most seductive sights of the South Pacific: The ...

LONDON -- The Tahitian waters will get a little more crowded now that Princess Cruises is officially entering the market. P&O Princess said Aug. 9 it acquired the two former Renaissance ships that ...

Windstar Cruises plans to have two ships sailing in French Polynesia starting in March 2027. Wind Star will join Star Breeze to sail year-round in French Polynesia, offering Windstar’s most expansive ...

Aranui Cruises is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year with entertainment, gifts for passengers and other festivities. The company’s ship, the Aranui 5, is part cruise ship, part freighter.

Aranui Cruises adds an exciting new ship to its fleet, sailing the untouched Austral Islands with its maiden voyage scheduled ...

Oliver Widger, known online as "Sailing with Phoenix," has a new plan to sail around the world, and is giving away his ...

In 2026, the Paul Gauguin cruise ship will have company in French Polynesia. Parent company Ponant will deploy one of its Explorer-class ships, Le Jacques Cartier, in the region from September 2026 to ...

“If it’s Tuesday, it must be Ua Pou,” joked Keith, stretched out on the adjacent mattress. Among a handful of passengers still asleep on the upper deck of the Aranui 3, he pushed up on his elbows to ...

Have you ever wondered why French Polynesia has long beguiled writers and artists, explorers and dreamers alike? Among them, one celebrated author spun such captivating tales that they inspired a ...

Holy Fakarava, we're not in Tempe anymore! On Friday, May 13, my husband Peter and I embarked onto the Wind Spirit yacht for a 10-day sailing through French Polynesia, departing from Papeete, Tahiti.

As an eager young surfer, Erick van Malssen was transfixed by the surfing magazines’ glossy depictions of adventurers boating to remote tropical islands, where they would ride pristine blue waves with ...