Travel Advice for Fiji has been updated with an amendment to the Entry requirements section - Emergency Travel Documents Full travel advice for Fiji

Travel Advice for Tonga has been updated with an amendment to the Entry Requirements section - Emergency Travel Documents Full travel advice for Tonga

The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens residing in or traveling to the South Pacific region about the ongoing threat of tropical cyclones affecting the area. While tropical cyclones in the South Pacific may occur throughout the year, the South Pacific Tropical Cyclone Season began on November 1 and ends April 30. U.S. citizens living in or traveling to the region should monitor local weather [...]

About 2,000 tourists were stranded when Cyclone Evan battered the archipelago Dec. 17 with torrential rain, flash flooding and winds up to 125 mph. The storm hit the northwestern islands hardest, especially the west side of Viti Levu, the main island. With the airport closed, more than 8,000 people had to be evacuated to shelters [...]

Tonga Recent Updates: The Entry/Exit Requirements tab was updated – yellow fever. Advisory Text: Exercise normal security precautions Web address : http://travel.gc.ca/destinations/tonga

On a Caledonian Sky cruise, Teresa Levonian Cole see the tiny islands of the South Pacific at their best. Alexander, the ship’s Russian doctor, poked his head out of his cabin like a tortoise sniffing the weather, uttered a lugubrious “I don’t think you’ll be going anywhere today,” and retreated back into his shell. Outside, the ocean raged beneath a leaden sky. Nobody had mentioned this [...]

About halfway between Hawaii and American Samoa in the middle of the Pacific Ocean lies a string of pearls call the Palmyra Atoll, a place where sharks outnumber people. Palmyra Atoll is an unoccupied equatorial Northern Pacific atoll administered as an unorganized incorporated territory by the United States federal government. The variable temporary population are staff and scientists employed by [...]

Raiatea has something for everyone -- nearby sandy motus, pearl farms , sacred marae, and the only navigable river in all of French Polynesia. In addition, cruise ships can tie up at the dock rather than have to tender passengers ashore, making shopping easier! Things to Do and See on Raiatea Raiatea (c) Linda Garrison Subscribe to Free About Cruises Newsletter French Polynesia and the South [...]

Paul Gauguin Cruises' 332-passenger Paul Gauguin recently emerged from a major makeover.

The National Geographic Orion will sail to remote areas of the South Pacific.