Other sites around Taipivai include the new Te Ai'tua mea'a built for the 2011 Marquesas Festival and decked out in interesting modern, mostly cement tiki.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Nuku Hiva attractions

1. Paeke

1.49 MILES

Most tours stop in Taipivai to visit the Paeke archaeological site, which lies on a hillside at the exit of the village on the way to Hatiheu (the path…

2. Hikokua

3.16 MILES

One of the most powerful archaeological sites in the Marquesas, Hikokua was discovered by the archaeologist Robert Suggs in 1957 and has been restored and…

3. Tohua Koueva

3.45 MILES

It’s believed that this extensive communal site, with its paved esplanade, belonged to the war chief Pakoko, who was killed by the French in 1845. Today…

6. Church

3.84 MILES

Smaller denominational church.

7. Monument to the Dead

3.88 MILES

On the seafront, opposite the Kamake shop, you can’t miss this obelisk fronted by a cannon constructed in honour of Étienne Marchand.

  • placement: superzone
  • path: Destinations/POIs/superzone
  • possible size: [970, 250], [970, 90], [728, 90], [1, 1],
  • targeting:
    {
      "url": "french-polynesia/taipivai/attractions/te-ai-tua/a/poi-sig/1534933/1332176",
      "destination": "Nuku-Hiva",
      "continent": "Australia-&-Pacific",
      "country": "French-Polynesia",
      "region": "Nuku-Hiva",
      "position": "superzone"
    }