Oceania Bucket List

Visit the tropical paradise of Hawaii, known for its stunning beaches, volcanic landscapes, and rich Polynesian culture

Road-trip fjords, glowworm caves, and Maori heartlands of New Zealand

Discover the Great Barrier Reef, red desert, and surf-washed cities of Australia

Explore the diverse landscapes, cultures, and wildlife across Australia and the islands of Oceania, including iconic sites like the Great Barrier Reef and New Zealand's fjords

Island-hop palm isles, snorkel clear lagoons, and bula welcomes of Fiji

Explore the stunning islands of French Polynesia, known for their turquoise lagoons and overwater bungalows

Visit Easter Island, known for its monumental statues called moai, created by the early Rapa Nui people

Watch humpbacks, blowholes, and ancient wayfinding culture of Tonga

Visit the Cook Islands, a tropical paradise in the South Pacific with stunning beaches, lagoons, and Polynesian culture

Find reef flats, pandanus villages, and serene ocean horizons of Tuvalu

Kayak Rock Islands, jellyfish lakes, and pristine marine sanctuaries of Palau

Island-hop WWII wrecks, rainforest villages, and vibrant reefs of the Solomon Islands

Sail far atolls, WWII wrecks, and blue lagoons of the Marshall Islands

Island-hop blue holes, volcano treks, and kastom village welcomes of Vanuatu

Dive ancient ruins, sapphire drop-offs, and Pacific traditions of Micronesia

Witness highland sing-sing festivals, coral reefs, and dense jungles of Papua New Guinea

Swim lava tubes, see blowholes, and enjoy fa'a Samoa traditions of Samoa

Sail far Pacific atolls, traditional canoes, and coral flats of Kiribati

Visit Niue, a small island country in the South Pacific known for its coral reefs, limestone cliffs, and unique culture

Circle coral ring, limestone pinnacles, and quiet horizons of Nauru

The only US territory south of the equator - rainforest ridges, empty beaches on Ofu, and Sunday singing in Pago Pago.

Summit Puncak Jaya, the highest peak in Indonesia and Oceania at 4,884 meters.

A capital of a few government buildings in the Pohnpei jungle, twenty minutes from the basalt city of Nan Madol.

The de facto capital of the smallest republic on Earth: an airstrip, a parliament and the moonscape left by a century of phosphate mining.

Kiribati's capital is a chain of islets joined by causeways, three metres above a rising ocean and one of the densest places in the Pacific.

The least populated capital in the world - a domed capitol on a hill in Melekeok, built in 2006 for a few hundred people.

The world's most accessible active volcano.

Three atolls, no airport, and a boat from Samoa that runs when it runs - one of the least visited places on earth.