Freighter Lite cruise: Half cargo, half cruise ship

The Aranui 5 unloads passengers and cargo via tender boats on the island of Hiva Oa as it tours the Marquesas Islands.

A morning exercise class aboard the Aranui 5 ship during the cruise in the Marquesas.

A suite on the Aranui 5 ship.

Often meal time would include entertainment from the ships crew aboard the Aranui 5 ship.  (Daniel A. Anderson / Zumapress.com)

As the tender that brings ship passengers to shore pulls in, local girls sing a traditional song of greeting to the passengers in the Marquesas Islands.

On Rangiroa, one of the largest atolls in the world, an Aranui 5 passenger uses binoculars to look at the birds and the Aranui 5 ship, background, before the translucent lagoon.

On Ua Pou, a local girl, left, runs into the ocean as she and her friend play in the gentle waves as the Aranui 5 unloads its cargo, background.

On the island of Fatu Hiva, in the the village of Omoa, handmade dyed cloth is for sale to tourists visiting the Marquesas Islands aboard the Aranui 5 ship.

A local Hiva Oa Island family plays in a natural ocean pool as the Aranui 5 ship anchors, background. Hiva Oa is part of the Marquesas chain of Islands.  (Daniel A. Anderson / Zumapress.com)

Aboard the Aranui 5.

People on the Aranui 5 participate in a dance lesson at sunset during a tour of the Marquesas Islands.

A festive dinner on the pool deck of the Aranui 5 during the cruise.

Hurtigruten passes Trondheim, Norway.

Hamnoy, Lofoten Islands  (Dave Moorhouse / Getty Images/Moment RM)