Longboat departing Bounty Bay harbour, Pitcairn Island


Adventure Travel with Pacific Expeditions

We are an adventure travel company:

Adventure Travel: "Vacation or trip to a natural environment or remote location with
the specific purpose of active physical participation and exploration of a new experience"

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

Our specialties include adventure-ecotourism, eclipse tours, scuba diving & science expeditions


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Pawl Warren (HMS Bounty mutineer descendant) Pitcairn Island


For our boat based expeditions, join us aboard the S/V Southern Cross

We take a maximum of nine passengers
so there is plenty of space aboard our 60ft long (28 ton displacement)
motor-sailing expedition vessel - She is both fast and comfortable


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

Pacific Expeditions support vessel S/V 'Southern Cross'


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

Our Pitcairn voyages run from January to April each year

All of our voyages visit historic Pitcairn Island
where you can: a) stay in your own private chalet, or b) board with local island families
most of whom are descendants of Fletcher Christian and his fellow mutineers
who settled on Pitcairn with their Tahitian wives 220 years ago


Family transport on Pitcairn Island (a Honda quad bike)


Our one-week 'Pitcairn voyage' visits Pitcairn Island only

Our two-week 'Island Explorer' voyage also visits uninhabited Oeno Atoll
and Henderson Island (a World Heritage Site)

Our three-week 'Ducie Expedition' visits all four of the Pitcairn Islands,
plus Temoe Atoll and the Gambier Lagoon in French Polynesia

This is a 'once-in-a-lifetime' experience

Our prices start at US$1,900


For more details on our Pitcairn voyages click here

Henderson Island (a World Heritage Site) in the Pitcairn Islands

Want to Explore the Tokelau and/or the Phoenix Islands ?

On both the 6 day Tokelau voyage and the 20 day Phoenix voyage we visit
the Tokelau Islands (NZ) & Swains Atoll (American Samoa)

On the Phoenix voyage we also visit the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA)
which have recently been gazetted as the largest marine reserve in the world
and have been proposed as a World Heritage Site
We visit Kanton (aka Canton), Enderbury, Orona (aka Hull),
and Gardner (aka Nikumaroro)


Masked Boobies, Rawaki Island, Phoenix Group, 2008



June 2011 Phoenix Expedition:
Depart Apia (Samoa) on Wednesday 1st June 2011
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 20th June 2011
Total of 20 days - price $4900US

June 2011 Tokelau Expedition:
Depart Apia (Samoa) on Wednesday 22nd June 2011
This voyage includes: Swains (American Samoa) & Nukunonu (Tokelau Islands)
Voyage finishes at Apia (Samoa) on Monday the 27th June 2010
Total of 6 days - price $1900US

Apia in Samoa has direct air links with Los Angeles (on Air New Zealand)

For more details on our Tokelau voyages click here
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)



May 2011 Suwarrow Expedition:
Monday 16th May 2011: 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 30th May 2011: Arrive Apia (in Samoa)
Total of 15 days - price US$3400


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

Children building sand castles in the Palmerston lagoon, Cook Islands (2006)


Gambier Islands - Rapa - Rarotonga Expedition

This is a 19 day downwind voyage to all of the Austal Islands Islands
ie Marotiri, Rapa, Raivavae, Tubuai, Rurutu, Rimitara and Maria
plus two of the Southern Cook Islands - Mangaia & Rarotonga


April/May 2011 Rapa Expedition:
Tuesday 19th April 2011: Depart Gambier Islands (French Polynesia)
One day at wild and remote Marotiri (Bass rocks) - Three days at famous Rapa
Visits to Raivavae, Tubuai, Rurutu, Rimitara and uninhabited Maria Atoll
One day at Mangaia - and visit the longest cave systems in the South Pacific
Saturday 7th May: Arrive in Rarotonga (Cook Islands)
Total of 19 days - price US$4,400

For more details on our April 2011 Rapa Expedition click here


Brown Noodies, Phoenix Group, Kiribati, 2008



Our adventure tourism, scuba diving and scientific expeditions operate in the central Pacific's key wilderness areas

Our expeditions help protect and nurture these wild places

We run a quality business, ensuring that the central Pacific's most pristine islands are sustainably protected, while delivering a great wilderness experience for our clients

To book your place on one of our voyages, email us on
info@pacific-expeditions.com

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