Longboat departing Bounty Bay harbor, 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 Island, Rapa, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tokelau and the Phoenix Islands

Our specialties include adventure-ecotourism, amateur radio expeditions,
bird watching tours, scuba diving, conservation & science expeditions


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New Voyages for 2012 & 2013

Ducie-Oeno-Henderson-Pitcairn Expedition (17th - 31st January 2012) click here

Pitcairn-Rapa Expedition (14th Feb - 9th March 2012) click here

Kermadec Solar Eclipse Expedition (10th - 23rd Nov 2012)
click here

Birding Expedition (12th - 26th Feb 2013)
click here


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Pawl Warren (HMS Bounty mutineer descendant) Pitcairn Island


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


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


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 25 day 'Pitcairn-Rapa Expedition' visits Teneraro Atoll, Oeno Atoll, Henderson Island, Pitcairn Island, Bass Rocks, Rapa Island, Raivavae Island and finishes at Tubuai Island in the Austral Islands of 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


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
(Rarotonga has direct air links with Los Angeles on Air New Zealand)


May 2012 Suwarrow Expedition:
Monday 14th May 2012: 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 28th May 2012: Arrive Apia (in Samoa)
Total of 15 days - price US$3400

May 2013 Suwarrow Expedition:
Depart Monday 13th May - Arrive Apia (in Samoa) on Tuesday 28th May
Islands include Palmerston, Suwarrow, Nassau and Pukapuka
Total of 16 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

Masked Boobies, Rawaki Island, Phoenix Group, 2008


Want to Explore the Phoenix Islands World Heritage Site ?

On our Phoenix voyage we visit the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA)
which is the largest marine reserve in the world and a World Heritage Site

We visit Kanton (aka Canton), Enderbury, Orona (aka Hull)
and Gardner (aka Nikumaroro) and Nukunonu Atoll in the Tokelau Islands


June 2012 Phoenix Diving Expedition: two berths left
Depart Apia (Samoa) on Wednesday 30th May 2012
Islands include Enderbury, Kanton, Orona (Hull) & Nikumaroro (Gardner) and the Tokelau Islands
Voyage finishes at Apia (Samoa) on Friday the 15th June 2012
Total of 17 days - price $3900US

June/July 2012 Phoenix Expedition:
Depart Apia (Samoa) on Wednesday 27th June 2012
Islands include Kanton, Orona (Hull) & Nikumaroro (Gardner) and the Tokelau Islands
Voyage finishes at Apia (Samoa) on Friday the 13th July 2012
Total of 17 days - price $3900US

June 2013 Phoenix Expedition:
Depart Apia (Samoa) on Friday 31st May
Islands include Kanton, Orona (Hull) & Nikumaroro (Gardner) and the Tokelau Islands
Voyage finishes at Apia (Samoa) on Monday the 17th June
Total of 18 days - price $3900US

For more details on our Phoenix voyages click here

Tokelau Islands (2008)


Want to Explore the Tokelau Islands ?

On our 8 day Tokelau voyage we visit Nukunonu Atoll in the Tokelau Islands (NZ)

June 2012 Tokelau Expedition:
Depart Apia (Samoa) on Monday 18th June
This voyage visits Nukunonu Atoll (Tokelau Islands)
Voyage finishes at Apia (Samoa) on Monday the 25th June
Total of 8 days - price $1900US

June 2013 Tokelau Expedition:
Depart Apia (Samoa) on Wednesday 19th June
This voyage visits Nukunonu Atoll (Tokelau Islands)
Voyage finishes at Apia (Samoa) on Wednesday the 26th June
Total of 8 days - price $1900US

For more details on our Tokelau voyages click here


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Want to see a Total Eclipse of the Sun (14th Nov 2012) ?
plus
Dive & Explore the Kermadec Is Marine Reserve ?


On our 15 day Kermadec Islands Eclipse Expedition we:
1) See a total eclipse of the sun on 14th November 2012 while at sea
2) Visit the Kermadec Islands (Raoul Island is an active volcanoe and marine protected area)
3) Finish our voyage in the capital city of Tonga


November 2012 Kermadec Islands Solar Eclipse Epedition:

Depart from Bay of Islands (NZ) on 9th November 2012
See a total eclipse of the sun 300nm NNE of Opua
Visit Cheesman & Curtis Islands (Kermadec Group, NZ)
Visit Macauley Island (Kermadec Group)
Visit Raoul Island (Kermadec Group)
Visit Ata Island (Tonga)
Voyage finishes at Nuku'alofa (Tonga) on 23rd November 2012
Total of 15 days - price $3900US

For more details on our Kermadec Eclipse voyages click here

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


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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