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Les Perles d'Havaiki

Rotoava, Fakarava / French Polynesia

Fakarava-grown pearls and a grafting demonstration

What you’ll find

What Les Perles d'Havaiki is known for

Working the Fakarava lagoon since 1989, Havaiki is a working pearl farm, run from the family lodge at Rotoava. Watch a graft, try your luck at the oyster lottery, and choose loose Tahitian pearls or house-made jewelry a few metres from the water that made them.