Amanu, French Polynesia

No cruise ships are scheduled in Amanu today, Thursday 12 November 2026. The next is Le Jacques Cartier on Thursday 26 November. Over the next 12 months, 1 call brings about 184 passengers.

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Aerial view of a turquoise Tuamotu atoll lagoon with palm-covered islets, white sand and the outer reef
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Ship schedule

Next 2 calls · all times local (Tahiti Time)

November 2026
Le Jacques Cartier
Ponant Cruises184 passengers
Thu 26 Nov
Arrival7:00 am
Departure4:00 pm
December 2027
Le Jacques Cartier
Ponant Cruises184 passengers
Thu 23 Dec
Arrival7:00 am
Departure4:00 pm

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Cruise Ships in Amanu

Today and the next 7 days · all times local (Tahiti Time)

Today · Thu 12 NovNo ships
0 people in port
No cruise ships today

Next 7 days

  1. Thu
    12 Nov
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  2. Fri
    13 Nov
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  3. Sat
    14 Nov
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  4. Sun
    15 Nov
    –No ships
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  5. Mon
    16 Nov
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  6. Tue
    17 Nov
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  7. Wed
    18 Nov
    –No ships
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Thousands of people in port, guests plus crew. Crowd level compared with a typical Amanu day.

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The crowd calendar shows every ship and how busy the port is, hour by hour, plus the quietest and busiest days for the next 90 days.

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Where is the Amanu cruise port?

There is no cruise pier. Ships stop off the western side of the atoll near the narrow Fafameru pass, and passengers ride Zodiacs or the ship's landing boats through the pass and across the lagoon to the small concrete jetty and boat basin in Ikitake village.

The village, its churches and the community gathering area are a short walk from the jetty. Currents in the pass are strong, so landings depend on the sea and weather.

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About Amanu

Amanu is a remote, oval coral atoll in the Tuamotu Islands of French Polynesia, about 900 km east of Tahiti and just north of Hao, whose commune it belongs to. The ring of low, palm-covered islets is about 32 km long and encloses a lagoon of some 240 square km.

Fewer than 200 people live here, almost all in the small village of Ikitake on the western rim near the pass. The Spanish navigator Quiros sighted the atoll in 1606, and the village keeps an old coral-stone mission building and its churches.

Visitors are usually welcomed with music, dancing and flower garlands, and can see local shell crafts, vanilla grown in greenhouses, the fish park and the clear lagoon for snorkeling. Only small expedition ships call, landing passengers by Zodiac or ship's boat.

Climate
Warm, humid and breezy all year; at nearby Hao (Meteo-France 1991-2020 normals), highs are about 29-30 C from December to March and 27-28 C from June to September, with nights of about 23-26 C. November to April is wetter (roughly 110-170 mm a month, wettest in December and January) and is also the cyclone season, while May to October is drier with steady trade winds; rainfall is about 1,380 mm a year.
Time zone
Tahiti Time
Currency
CFP franc (XPF)

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