French Polynesia (France)

French Polynesia (France) · Marquesas Islands

Deep within the verdant, wild valleys of Nuku Hiva lie forgotten stone giants – ancient Polynesian tikis whose grotesque, staring faces guard overgrown ceremonial platforms, far older and more enigmatic than their famous cousins on Easter Island.

While Easter Island's Moai capture global imagination, Nuku Hiva hides an even older, more diverse collection of megalithic tiki statues, ma...