The Society Islands are Polynesia at its most theatrical: mountains of volcanic basalt clothed in green, lagoons of crystalline blue, and a culture of warmth and ceremony that has shaped Pacific civilisation for a thousand years.

The voyage opens in Moorea — a short evening passage from Papeete — before threading south to Tahiti's wild Teahupoo coast, then northwest through the Leeward Islands: Huahine, Raiatea, and Tahaa. Each island deepens the story before Bora Bora brings the first act to its crescendo.

Tahaa North to Bora Bora is one of the classic passages in the Pacific — through the reef, into the lagoon, and into the shadow of Otemanu. The family spends the first night aboard Obsidian, then transfers to the Four Seasons for three nights of resort luxury. While the family enjoys the resort, Obsidian departs on the 200NM passage east to Fakarava to prepare for their arrival; Vanta remains at Bora Bora to support the family ashore, awaiting a weather window for her own passage east.

The charter flight east to Fakarava on 24 July marks the voyage's great pivot — from the volcanic drama of the Society Islands to the flat, infinite horizon of the atolls.

The Tuamotus are the world's largest chain of coral atolls — 78 low-lying rings of reef enclosing lagoons of extraordinary beauty. Here, the ocean is the landscape: sky, water, and the coral below merge into an experience unlike anywhere on earth.

For Obsidian, the Tuamotus represent the voyage's most remote and adventurous chapter. Some of the Pacific's finest kite conditions, world-class drift snorkels and diving in UNESCO-protected passes, and an authenticity of place that even the Society Islands cannot quite replicate.