Tangaroa is the balsa raft used during the Tangaroa Expedition in 2006, a modern recreation of Thor Heyerdahl’s famous Kon-Tiki voyage. Today, the raft is on display at Sjøparken in Larvik.
The Tangaroa Expedition was led by Norwegian Torgeir Higraff and aimed to sail from Peru to Polynesia in 70 days. The raft was built in Peru, and the six-person crew included Olav Heyerdahl, grandson of Thor Heyerdahl.
After the expedition, Tangaroa was transported back to Norway. The raft has since been used in various settings, including as a prop during the filming of Kon-Tiki in Malta in 2011.