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American Samoa

There but for a more exotic name goes American Samoa. Mention of this distant archipelago more often than not elicits a blank stare, but despite its mundane moniker and confusing status (it belongs to, but isn’t a part of, the US), American Samoa is one of the most breathtakingly beautiful pockets of Polynesia.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

  • Fagatogo Market

    Fagatogo Market

    American Samoa

    This is the town’s social centre on a Friday night. Locals come to gossip, ransack food stalls and pick over fresh coconuts, breadfruit and other produce;…

  • Fatu ma Futi

    Fatu ma Futi

    American Samoa

    Get your camera ready: you'll spot these iconic offshore rock formations on your drive into Pago Pago from the airport. Legend has it that a couple named…

  • Turquoise water and white sand beach on Ofu Island, Manua Island group, American Samoa, South Pacific, Pacific

    Ofu Beach

    American Samoa

    Ofu island's crown jewel is the beach along the south coast - 4km (2.5mi) of shining, palm-fringed white sand. The offshore waters are deep enough for…

  • Nu’uuli Falls

    Nu’uuli Falls

    American Samoa

    Standing in stark relief to Nu’uuli’s scruffy strip of restaurants and convenience stores, this secluded waterfall with a deliciously cool swimming hole…

  • Turtle & Shark Site

    Turtle & Shark Site

    American Samoa

    The most famous of Tutuila’s legends is set at this dramatic cliff-top site. According to one version, an old lady and her granddaughter were turfed out…

  • Leone

    Leone

    American Samoa

    The village of Leone welcomed the first missionary to Tutuila in 1832. John Williams subsequently erected the island’s first church, garnishing it with…

  • Saua Site

    Saua Site

    American Samoa

    This sacred site is where Tagaloa is said to have created the first humans before sending them out to Polynesia. Its volcanic boulders, wild surf and…

  • Masefau & Sa’ilele

    Masefau & Sa’ilele

    American Samoa

    A cross-island road leads from the village of Faga’itua up over a pass before winding slowly down to Masefau, a village that looks too idyllic to be true.

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