Makatea, part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia, sits in the South Pacific about 150 miles northeast of Tahiti. It’s a small uplifted coral atoll, barely four and a half miles ...

Makatea Weather Forecasts. Weather Underground provides local & long-range weather forecasts, weatherreports, maps & tropical weather conditions for the Makatea area.

The film Makatea Vertical Adventure by Guillaume Broust that documents the birth of climbing on the remote island of Makatea in French Polynesia.

Where most short cruises in French Polynesia focus on the Society Islands, this new short cruise from Tahiti-based Aranui Cruises will take in the isolated Tuamotu Archipelago. The Tuamotus are ...

BOOK REVIEW Richard Powers invites readers to join him in a lush ‘Playground’ The author’s new novel is set in Polynesia, where a diverse cast assembles.

Avenir Makatea has since 2010 been working closely with the many landowners of Makatea as well as the residents of the Commune of Rangiroa and the Government of French Polynesia to use the ...

Makatea is an elevated island, 240km north of Tahiti in French Polynesia, covering an area of 4km by 6km with 70m cliffs and interconnected freshwater filled caves under the island.