Hiva Oa

French Polynesia · France

Hiva Oa, France
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Best time to go
May to October
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A rugged Marquesan island where the painter Paul Gauguin and singer Jacques Brel spent their final years. Large stone tiki at nearby archaeological sites are among the biggest in French Polynesia.

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