Hakahau has a hospital, gendarmerie, bank, post office, food stores, boutiques, Air Tahiti office, port facilities, schools, Catholic and Protestant churches, pensions, restaurants and bars. Ua Huka Ua Huka is the smallest island and famous for its wood carvings which are considered the best in Polynesia. A crescent shaped island situated 35 km. Ua Huka is home to 539 inhabitants. A vast plateau spreads out at the base of Mount Hitikau, with an arid, desert like topography and scrub brush.
Wild horses roam the tablelands and herds of cows and goats graze around and on the small airstrip.
Wild cotton and fragrant herbs cover the hills of the southern coast and offshore islets are home to thousands of sea birds. The coast off Haavei is rich in sea life, filled with sharks, dolphins, manta ray, big turtles, lobster and a variety of fish. A small museum of Marquesan artifacts is found in Vaipaee, and the ferncovered valleys conceal ruins from the seven tribes who formerly inhabited Ua Huka. Near Hane are three tiki sculpted from red rock. These and other sites may be visited by foot, horseback or by all purpose terrain vehicles.