Ua Pou

105 km² • 2 168 residents • 1 232 m (Mount Oave)

Twelve phonolite pinnacles pierce the clouds above the island. When the skies clear, Mount Oave suddenly comes into view, revealing a landscape that ranks among the most spectacular in the Marquesas. The island is also renowned for its artisans, sculptors and musical traditions. It is home to an extraordinary geological treasure: the famous flower stones, whose crystals form petal-like patterns. According to local sources, this rare rock is found only in Ua Pou and Brazil.

Access

Approx 4-hour flight from Tahiti via Nuku Hiva or Hiva Oa

Good to know

Ua Pou’s flower stones are particularly prized by local craftspeople and sculptors, making them one of the island’s most distinctive geological treasures

Ideal for

Photography, local crafts, traditional dance and singing, and cruising.

Not to be missed 

• The Poumaka and Oave pinnacles
• Hakahau Bay
• The waterfall and village of Hakahetau
• The famous flower stones, a type of phonolite with floral patterns
• Hakahau Church and its wood carvings
• The Hakahau tohua (traditional ceremonial gathering place)

Images credits
1, 4, – ©TAHITI TOURISME/Grégoire Le Bacon
2, 5, 6 – ©TAHITI TOURISME/Bertrand Duquenne
3, 7 – ©TAHITI TOURISME/Ra’i Mao