Plan a trip to Kiribati

Places to see in Kiribati

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  Phoenix Islands Protected AreaUNESCO

  Park & nature

  The Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) is located in the Republic of Kiribati, an ocean nation in the central Pacific approximately midway between Australia and Hawaii.

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  South Tarawa

  Town · Gilbert Islands

  South Tarawa is the capital and hub of the Republic of Kiribati and home to more than half of Kiribati's population.

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  Kiritimati

  Island · Line Islands

  Kiritimati, also known as Christmas Island, is a Pacific Ocean atoll in the northern Line Islands. It is part of the Republic of Kiribati. The name is derived from the English word "Christmas" written in Gilbertese according to its phonology, in which the combination ti is pronounced.

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  Banaba

  Island · Gilbert Islands

  Banaba is an island of Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean. A solitary raised coral island west of the Gilbert Island Chain, it is the westernmost point of Kiribati, lying 185 miles (298 km) east of Nauru, which is also its nearest neighbour.

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  Nikumaroro

  Island · Phoenix Islands

  Nikumaroro, previously known as Kemins Island or Gardner Island, is a part of the Phoenix Islands, Kiribati, in the western Pacific Ocean. It is a remote, elongated, triangular coral atoll with profuse vegetation and a large central marine lagoon.

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  Bairiki

  Town · Gilbert Islands

  Bairiki is a town located in South Tarawa, Kiribati. It is crucial to the country's political and administrative structure as several governmental organizations and diplomatic missions are situated there.

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  Bikenibeu

  Town · Gilbert Islands

  Bikenibeu is a settlement in Kiribati. It is located close to the southeastern corner of the Tarawa atoll, part of the island country of Kiribati. It is part of a nearly continuous chain of settlements along the islands of South Tarawa, which are now linked by causeways.

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  Te Umanibong

  Te Umwanibong

  Museum · Gilbert Islands

  Te Umanibong or the Kiribati Cultural Museum, or Kiribati Museum and Cultural Centre, is a museum in Bikenibeu on the atoll of Tarawa in Kiribati. It displays artefacts and other items of cultural and historic significance.

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  Teaoraereke

  City · Gilbert Islands

  Teaoraereke is a town and settlement in South Tarawa of Kiribati.

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  Sacred Heart Cathedral

  Religious · Gilbert Islands

  The Sacred Heart Cathedral is a religious building of the Catholic church that is located in South Tarawa on the atoll of Tarawa part of the island nation of Kiribati in Oceania. The cathedral hosted Kiribati's first combined Catholic and Protestant church service in 1975.

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  Our Lady of the Rosary Church

  Religious · Gilbert Islands

  The Our Lady of the Rosary Church also called the Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, is a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church and is located in the town of Koinawa in the east of Abaiang Atoll, in the north of the Gilbert Islands in the country of Kiribati,…

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• Tarawa

  Island · Gilbert Islands

  Tarawa is an atoll and the capital of the Republic of Kiribati, in the Micronesia region of the central Pacific Ocean.

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