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Nearby American Samoa attractions

1. Nu’uuli Falls

0.91 MILES

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

2. Tia Seu Lupe

1.31 MILES

The most accessible of American Samoa’s fascinating star mounds is secreted behind a statue of St Mary near the huge Catholic cathedral in Tafuna. Tia Seu…

3. Cathedral of the Holy Family

1.45 MILES

The exterior of Tafuna’s imposing, snow-white Catholic cathedral is striking, with a space-age bell tower and dissected dome, though a homier beauty lies…

4. Turtle & Shark Site

2.97 MILES

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…

5. Fatu ma Futi

3.03 MILES

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…

6. Fagatogo Market

3.29 MILES

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;…

7. Fono

3.32 MILES

This traditionally inspired building houses American Samoa's Senate and House of Representatives.

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