We started our trip by arriving in Tahiti and then boarding a 100-passenger ship. We sailed past the Marquesas, Tuamotus and Pitcairn Island, ending at Easter Island (also called Rapa Nui). Each day ...

A pair of blacktip sharks as seen during a snorkeling excursion in a Moorea lagoon. Photo Credit: Mike Estill Sailing away from land on Windstar Cruises' Star Breeze, on an itinerary visiting six of ...

We're on a yacht off Bora Bora for a "holiday of a lifetime", as they say in the classics. The lagoon is, by turns, turquoise, cyan and cerulean. It is a scene of other-worldly beauty. And Grace is ...

Imagine somewhere close (less than five hours' direct flight from Auckland), warm (28 to 30 degrees), exotic (you won't run into your neighbours), a little bit sexy (they speak French), where you can ...

Water sports enthusiasts are buying luxury homes in the Asia-Pacific region near surfing, snorkeling and deep-sea fishing hot spots. Photo: Tammy Law for The Wall Street Journal When Bill LeMass gets ...