Pitcairn Islands Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
British overseas territory in the South Pacific
About Pitcairn Islands
Pitcairn and Henderson were inhabited by Polynesian peoples from current day French Polynesia in earlier centuries, and Pitcairn visited briefly by Portuguese and British explorers (one of whom gave it his name), but it was deserted when in 1790 the infamous mutineers ofHMSBountyand their Tahitian companions settled there under the leadership of Fletcher Christian. They burned and sank the ship in what is now called Bounty Bay (there was nowhere else to hide it), and founded a village on Pitcairn. At first a rather lawless community of violent drunks, it was "tamed" when John Adams, the last mutineer to avoid accident or murder, converted the women and children to Christianity. They lived there for 24 years before being rediscovered by the British, who allowed the community to continue. Pi
Where to Eat in Pitcairn Islands
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Betty's Bakery
- 🍴Bounty Delectable
- 🍴Browns Bakery
- 🍴Christian's Cafe
- 🍴Fletcher Cafe
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