Discover French Polynesia, the Aranui way Aranui Cruises, operator of mixed passenger/freighter vessel Aranui 5, is the world’s only soft adventure cruise provider to sail the virtually untouched Marquesas Islands. It embarks on a regular passenger-cargo voyage between Tahiti’s three northern archipelagoes. For more than 30 years, Aranui has been offering discerning travellers the adventure of a lifetime across the South Pacific with its 14-day roundtrip voyage from Papeete. While the craft extends a lifeline of food, fuel and other staples to remote ports, guests have the chance to explore nine islands across three striking and distinct French Polynesian archipelagoes – Bora Bora and its fabled blue lagoon; the opportunity to walk in the sandy footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson, Herman Melville and Paul Gauguin on Nuka Hiva, Ua Pou, Ua Huka, Tahuata, Fatu Hiva and Hiva Oa in the remote Marquesas; and the scenic Tuamotu ports of Fakarava and Rangiroa.