Venus Point is an historical place which your guide wil tell you all about it.
At this place, you will find :
- captain cook’s monument to show that he came here to see the transit of planet Venus accross the sun’s face.
- The first church by the protestant Missionaries
- the lighthouse built in 1867 that is still in use
- Monument of the bounty arrived in 1787
- Black sand beach where the first Europeans landed.
Some historical dates :
- 1767 : Captain Wallis from England
- 1768 : Captain Bougainville from France
- 1769 : Captain Cook from England
- 1787 : Protestant English Missionaries
- 1797 : Captain Bligh and the bounty
- 1961 : The movie “Mutiny on the bounty” was film here with Marlon Brando
