🏖️ Beach
Pointe Vénus Lighthouse & Black-sand Beach
1867 stone lighthouse and Captain Cook's 1769 transit-of-Venus site on a black-sand beach.
Typical duration
90 min
Price
Free
From port
11 km / 6.8 mi
Transfer time
30 min
Indoor / Outdoor
outdoor
Queue risk
low
👨👩👧 Family friendly
🕐 Best time to visit
Late morning when the lagoon turns electric blue
Getting there from the port
30 min east on RN-1 then 1 km down the signposted access road in Mahina
🚌 Best transport: rental_car💶 Cost: XPF 4000-5500 taxi each way; bus line 1 stop 500 m away