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Tautira (end of the road, Tahiti Iti)
17° 44.8′ S · 149° 9.7′ W
The village at the end of the east-coast road on Tahiti Iti, 18 km from Taravao, where Spanish, French and English explorers anchored in the 1700s and the cliffs of Te Pari begin.
Practical
Coordinates from Tahiti Heritage. Tautira was long one of Tahiti's leading districts: Bougainville, Wallis and Cook passed, and Boenechea's frigate Aguila anchored here on 19 November 1772 (Tahiti Heritage). About 80 km from Papeete by road.
Best for
Quiet end-of-the-road village and gateway to Te Pari
Nearby
- Plage de Tatatua (Tautira)0.2 NM away
- Tautira – Cook's Anchorage (Vaitepiha Bay, Tahiti Iti)0.5 NM away
- Te Pari Natural Site & Fenua Aihere Coast (Tahiti Iti)6.7 NM away
- Taravao Plateau Viewpoint7.6 NM away
- Taravao Hospital & Medical Centre8.2 NM away
- Vaiau Cove Reef Tunnel (Teahupo'o)8.3 NM away
- Plage de Maui (Tapu'e Maui), Toahotu8.4 NM away
- Taiarapu Ouest ZMR Oututaata (Vairao)8.5 NM away