Cruises visiting Rimatara, Austral Islands
Located in the southernmost part of French Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean, Rimatara, the smallest of the Austral Islands, with a 9 km2 surface and a circumference of 8.5 km, has a very special charm. With its small lagoon, the island is home to a bird species nearing extinction: the Rimatara lorikeet (also called Kuhl’s lorikeet), a psittacid that lives in the tropical forests of Kiribati, the Cook Islands and French Polynesia. The island offers an abundance of vegetation (coconut palms; fruit trees; taro, coffee and banana plantations, etc.) and superb white-sand beaches with small coves that you will be able to discover on foot or riding a bicycle.