Lifuka is the place where Captain James Cook dubbed Tonga "The
Friendly Islands". Tofua is where the mutiny on the Bounty occurred in
1789 and this active volcanic island lies approximately forty nautical miles
West of Lifuka. The Cpt. Bligh voyage stands as the longest successful passage
ever recorded in an open boat without modern navigational aids and it was
successfully recreated in 2009 by the Talisker Bounty team. Lifuka Island was
also the final anchorage of the ill fated Port-au-Prince, In 1809 the vessel, a
tall ship of French origin, was attacked by the natives off the North West
coast and almost all of
