First trip
What a first two weeks actually looks like, and the mistakes that cost days.
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FenuaTravel guides
Thirteen PDF editions, written and checked in French Polynesia. All of them are free and need no account. One thing to know before you click: the guides are written in French. The English pages linked beside each one cover the same ground.
Before your trip
Planning a first trip
Choosing your islands
Five archipelagos, 118 islands: how to narrow it down without a map fetish.
Controlled budget
Where the money actually goes, line by line, in XPF.
Inter-island transport
Ferries, Air Tahiti, passes and the connections that break itineraries.
Lagoon and snorkelling safety
Currents, passes, reef, and what a guide will and will not tell you.
Hiking the Society Islands
Marked trails, real durations and elevation, when to take a guide.
Honeymoon
What the overwater bungalow costs and what it does not include.
Travelling solo
Practicalities, safety and cost when there is nobody to split the room with.
Moving here
Living and working in French Polynesia
Living and working
Contracts, local employment protection, and what the job market really looks like.
Healthcare and insurance
The CPS, its three schemes, and why your European card does not work.
Tax
Local taxation, which is not French taxation.
Schooling
Where the collèges and lycées are, and where boarding becomes unavoidable.
Digital nomad
Connectivity island by island, time zones, and the visa question.
Why these are free
They are lead magnets, not products: you download them, and if the monthly newsletter turns out to be useful you stay. Nothing is gated, nothing expires, and no payment is ever asked. Prices and schedules inside them are dated — reopen the official source before you book or pay.
Thirteen editions, 2026 · written in Raiatea, French Polynesia.
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