Flights to Ua Huka
Looking for a unique Polynesian landscape? Book your flight to Ua Huka and discover the smallest inhabited island in the Marquesas!
Once you've booked your flight to Ua Huka, you'll be able to travel to this extraordinary island that offers an unforgettable welcome, a world of preserved nature marked by steep slopes, desert plateaus and verdant mountains.
Also known as the horse island, Ua Huka is home to many wild goats that roam freely around the island. This makes hiking and horseback riding magical and unforgettable. It's a sight not to be missed. Ua Huka invites you to discover the island thanks to service providers who will introduce you to horseback riding and show you around. Don't miss this opportunity to experience the Marquesas to the full.
If you're coming to Ua Huka, there are some remarkable places to visit that are a real must: discover the Papuakeiha arboretum, which boasts a collection of trees and citrus trees unique in the Pacific; visit the archaeological sites of Vaikivi and Hane, renowned for their sculpted petroglyphs and tiki (stone sculptures representing a man or a god); observe the talent of the island's craftsmen by visiting the craft centers; retrace the history of the island and its inhabitants by visiting the five small museums on the island; or go in search of the Marquesas lori or “pihiti”, a delightful endemic blue parakeet found only on Ua Huka.
Ua Huka is a timeless, unspoilt destination offering a warm, authentic welcome.
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Practical information
Ua Huka airport
Ua Huka airport is some distance from the island's main villages of Vaipaee, Hane and Hokatu.
There is no shuttle service, so to get to the villages, you will need to go by car.
If you have booked tourist accommodation, find out from your hosts whether they can arrange your outward and return transfer.
Services available
- Toilets

Surface area : 32.43 sq. miles.
Minimum flight duration : 4h00
Distance from Tahiti : 1446 km
Ua Huka has five small museums: the Archaeology Museum, Wood Museum, Sea Museum, Geology Museum and Petroglyph Museum.
There is a time difference of half an hour between Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands.
Ua Huka has a number of endemic bird species, including the ultramarine lorikeet, or pihiti, a superb blue parrot, and the upe, or Marquesan imperial pigeon.
Air Tahiti magazine
The good reasons to visit Ua Huka
The good reasons to visit
- Preserved nature and vast expanses of green that have become the domain of wild horses and goats.
- Fascinating sights, such as "Bird Islands", with their unique outline.
- A very interesting destination, with all of its five little museums (the Archaeology Museum in Vaipaee, the Sea Museum in Hane, the Geology Museum in Hokatu, the Wood Museum, the Petroglyph Museum) and its arboretum (Papuakeikaha Arboretum).
- Renowned traditional arts and crafts: tapa-making, production of Marquesan monoi oil and “kumu hei”, as well as wood and stone sculpture.
- Endemic bird watching.
Do not miss
- The Grotte aux Pas ("Cave of Footsteps"), a legendary site containing footprints left in the sand,
- Motu Teuaua, or "Bird Island",
- The archaeological sites in Meiaute,
- The beautiful beaches of Manihina, Hane, Haavei and Hatuana,
- The island's different bays (Hane, Hatuana and Vaipaee).

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