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Archipelago of the Society Islands


The perfect setting to get away and allow you to discover Tahiti and her islands.


This archipelago consisting of nine high islands and 5 atolls, it takes its name from Captain Cook called the "Society Islands" because they are contiguous and form a society of islands. It is divided into two entities:


 . The Windward Islands include four high islands: Mehetia, Tahiti, Moorea, Maio

and one atoll, Tetiaroa.


. The leeward islands , located in the western part of the archipelago,

formed nine islands: Huahine, Raiatea, Tahaa, Bora Bora, Tupai and Maupiti.



 

archipel de la societe