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Tahiti is a mountainous island dominated by the peak of the Mt Orohena (2,241m) and standing alongside the other famous silhouettes of Aorai (2,066m), Diadem (1,321m), a name given by Dumont d4Urville, and Mt Marau (1,493m). The capital city Papeete is situated on the Northwest coast with a harbour sheltered by reefs.
The city of Papeete, which is political and economic heart of the country, stretches round a narrow coastal trip, and up the mountain side in the North and in the West of the island that are now being covered by luxury residences. In the form of a huge circle, the big island Tahiti Nui is criss-crossed by deep, beautiful valleys and is connected to the equally mountainous little Tahiti Iti by the narrow Taravao isthmus.
The mountains of Tahiti offer curious visitors charming walks in natural valleys of light and shade in cathedral of fern trees. You will see impressive waterfalls and discover mysterious The high valley of the Papenoo river which leads to the Maroto pass and to the Vaihiria crater lake, together with the nature reserve of the Fenua Ai’here and it’s coastal cliffs at Pari on the peninsula will awaken a sense of marvel in hikers and those who love wild and unadulterated nature. The rocky coastline on the West side of the Tahiti has spectacular views and long black sand beaches of basaltic origin swept by ideal surfing waves. The road twists and winds its way past splendid gardens with their hibiscus hedges, with Auti (Cordylines), with Bougainvillea or birds of paradise, sometimes under the shade of majestic breadfruit trees whose fruit was at the heart of the story of “Mutiny on the Bounty”.
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