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Fakarava

F akarava has been classified as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve one of the world’s best places for viewing big fish and large pelagic
due to the rich diversity of its ecosystem. The undersea flora animals (tuna, shark and manta ray) and for drift diving. Advanced
and fauna promises a richness in the myriad species you are likely divers can literally flow along with the current at the 2/3 mile wide
to encounter. The 2 passes that connect its lagoon to the ocean Garuae Pass and see great hammerhead, whitetip reef sharks,
are GARUAE and TUMAKOHUA. They offer among the best dives manta rays and grouper. Intermediate divers can have less chal-
in French Polynesia. The northern pass of GARUAE is the largest lenging yet equally rewarding experience at Tumakohua Pass.
in the Tuamotu Islands and probably holds the highest density of
fish with the most amazing pelagic encounters and considered