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  • Sunset over a Tikehau lagoon with thatched overwater bungalows and coconut palms silhouetted against an orange sky.
    Cruise and land

    Two Weeks in French Polynesia: The Paul Gauguin and Tikehau

    6–20 November 2025 · French Polynesia

    Paul Gauguin Cruises

    A week aboard the Paul Gauguin through the Society Islands followed by six nights on Tikehau in the Tuamotus. Manta rays at a cleaning station, the most pristine coral we have seen anywhere, and a boat followed by hundreds of dolphins. Also a great deal of rain.

  • Coconut palms and clear shallow water along the shore of Bird Island, Tikehau.
    Land expedition

    French Polynesia: An Island-Hopping Adventure

    10–21 November 2020 · French Polynesia

    Two weeks island-hopping through French Polynesia by air and boat — Tahiti, Tikehau, Taha'a and Bora Bora. Reef sharks outside the bungalow, a lemon shark on a motu snorkel, a drift channel we swam ten times in a day, and a guide who took us to the spot he brings his own family.

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Chris Commisso standing beside a glacial lagoon in Iceland, with icebergs and a snow-covered mountain behind him.

Chris Commisso · Expedition Expert

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Chris and Erika have sailed ten expedition voyages and toured seven more expedition ships. Favorite explorations so far: Antarctica, Svalbard, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Alaska, the Galápagos, the Scottish Hebrides, Churchill and French Polynesia.

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