Welcome to Pacific Expeditions

Join us for some 'real adventure travel' aboard the S/V Southern Cross

We operate in the central Pacific, including the remote islands of Pitcairn, French Polynesia
Cook Islands, Samoa, Tokelau and Kiribati

Our specialties include ecotourism, scuba diving, filming and science expeditions

We take a maximum of eight passengers, so there is plenty of space aboard our 58ft long
28 ton displacement, motor-sailing expedition vessel S/V Southern Cross
She is both fast and comfortable



S/V Southern Cross
For more details on the S/V Southern Cross click here


Pawl Warren (who lives on Pitcairn Island) is a multi-talented artist, a fisherman, a longboat crewman,
and the deputy postmaster. Pawl and his family are direct descendants of Fletcher Christian

Want to visit the Pitcairn Islands ?
(Home of the HMS Bounty Mutineers)

All of our voyages visit historic Pitcairn Island, where you stay onshore with local families,
the majority of whom are descendants of Fletcher Christian and his fellow mutineers
who settled on Pitcairn with their Tahitian wives 220 years ago

On our two-week 'Island Explorer' voyages we also visit uninhabited Oeno Atoll
and Henderson Island (a World Heritage Site)

On our three-week 'Ducie Expeditions' we visit all four of the Pitcairn Islands,
plus Temoe Atoll and the Gambier Lagoon in French Polynesia

If you want some 'real adventure travel' then join us aboard
the S/V Southern Cross for this once-in-a-lifetime experience

Our Pitcairn voyages run from January to April each year

Our prices start at US$1,900 (for the one-week 'Pitcairn Voyage')

For more details on our Pitcairn voyages click here


Masked Boobies, Rawaki Island, Phoenix Group, 2008

Want to Explore the Phoenix Islands ?

The Phoenix Group of Islands in Kiribati, central Pacific, have recently
been gazetted as the largest marine reserve in the world

These are also the most remote uninhabited islands in the Central Pacific!

We visit Kanton (aka Canton), Enderbury, Rawaki (aka Phoenix), Orona (aka Hull),
Gardner (aka Nikumaroro), plus the Tokelau Islands (NZ) & Swains Atoll (American Samoa)

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July 2009 Phoenix Solar Eclipse Expedition: (fully booked)
Depart Apia (Samoa) on Wednesday 8th July 2009
This voyage includes: Swains (American Samoa), Nukunono (Tokelau Islands), Rawaki, Enderbury
Kanton, Orona & Nikumaroro where we witness a total eclipse of the sun.
Voyage finishes at Funafuti (Tuvalu) on Tuesday the 28th July 2009
Total of 21 days - price $3800US

May 2010 Tokelau / Phoenix Expedition:
Depart Apia (Samoa) on Wednesday 19th May 2010
This voyage includes: Swains (American Samoa), Nukunonu (Tokelau Islands), Rawaki (Phoenix)
Enderbury, Canton, Orona (Hull) & Nikumaroro (Gardner).
Voyage finishes at Apia (Samoa) on Monday the 7th June 2010
Total of 20 days - price $3900US

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For more details on our Phoenix voyages click here

Uninhabited 'Suwarrow National Park' - the second island we visit on our Cook Island's voyages

Suwarrow National Park Expeditions, Cook Islands

Want to swim with manta rays and sharks?

Want to sleep on an uninhabited atoll and walk in the footsteps of Tom Neale?

These are 15 day voyages to four extremely remote Cook Islands
(Palmerston, Suwarrow, Nassau and Pukapuka)

These voyages start in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, and finish in Apia, Samoa
(both Rarotonga and Apia have direct air links with Los Angeles on Air New Zealand)

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May 2009 Suwarrow Expedition: (fully booked)
Monday 27th April 2009: Depart Rarotonga (Cook Islands)
Two days at historic Palmerston Island
Three days exploring Suwarrow - photography, scuba diving etc
One day at Nassau, Two days at Pukapuka
Monday 11th May 2009: Arrive Apia (in Samoa)
Total of 15 days - price US$2,800

June 2009 Suwarrow Expedition:
Monday 22nd June 2009: Depart Rarotonga (Cook Islands)
Two days at historic Palmerston Island
Three days exploring Suwarrow - photography, scuba diving etc
One day at Nassau, Two days at Pukapuka
Monday 6th July 2009: Arrive Apia (in Samoa)
Total of 15 days - price US$2,800

May 2010 Suwarrow Expedition:
Monday 3rd May 2010: Depart Rarotonga (Cook Islands)
Two days at historic Palmerston Island
Three days exploring Suwarrow - photography, scuba diving etc
One day at Nassau, Two days at Pukapuka
Monday 17th May 2010: Arrive Apia (in Samoa)
Total of 15 days - price US$2,800

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For more details on our Cook Islands voyages click here

Some recommended reading:
By US born author 'Robert Dean Frisbie' (The Island of Desire)
By NZ born author 'Tom Neale' (An Island to Oneself)
To read about one of Pacific Expedition's Suwarrow voyages click here

Brown Noodies, Phoenix Group, Kiribati, 2008

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