- For non divers, fantastic lagoon excursions beckon. The main islands of the Tuamotus Islands are Rangiroa, Fakarava, Manihi, Tikehau, Makemo and Mataiva.
- We spent a few months in the Tuamotus, and would gladly return, because the water is beautiful and the living is easy.
- Leaving Gambier Isles astern. A few days later weather looked ok for the sail north-westwards 470 miles to Hau in the Tuamotus.
- Tuamotus, 1947'de Norveçli etnografın Thor Heyerdahl diğer beş mürettebatla Güney Amerika'dan yelken açarak, Raroia salında Kon-Tiki.
- The first known European encounter with the Tuamotus was with the Portuguese sailor Ferdinand Magellan, during his circumglobal voyage in 1521.
- The Tuamotus combine with the Gambier Islands to form the Îles Tuamotu-Gambier which is one of the five administrative divisions of French Polynesia.
- The Tuamotus archipelago, like a few other spots, has the legitimate right to claim to be at the edge of the world, so it not an easy place to reach.
- Map of Tuamotus Islands, French Polynesia. The Tuamotu islands were initially settled by Polynesians, so Tuamotuans share a common culture and language.
- Six slices of paradise in the #Tuamotus http://lptravel.to/qDsYON by. ... Rangiroa, largest atoll in the Tuamotus, was the 2nd port on our.
- Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tuamotus's national animal is the Unicorn.