Western Samoa Holidays & Resorts
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 Western Samoa Holiday Guide Western Samoa holidays are concentrated mostly on Upolu Island, the main island in Samoa. However, at 1100sq km it is slightly smaller than neighbouring Savaii, the only other large island in Samoa. The island is volcanic in nature, with mountains rising in the interior, the highest point being Mt. Fito at 1158m. Much of the original rain forest on Upolu has been cleared, and now only a few pockets exist. The capital of Samoa, Apia, sits on the north shore with large villages extending along the coastal road to the east and west. Apia is a charming town of about 45,000 people with a pleasant harbour setting and is the hub of tourist activity and hotels. The International airport is 30km west of Apia at Faleolo. Apia Town  Beach road runs along the Apia harbour wall through downtown and is the main area for shops, some excellent restaurants and lively bars and the towns many hotels. Beach Road follows the harbour wall with its wide promenade and makes an excellent place to stroll. The only beach area is a ten minute stroll from central Apia at Vaiala which has several guest houses with ocean views but the main attraction here is not the beach but snorkelling at the Palolo Deep Marine Reserve with its deep blue hole and colourful fish. Apia has many colourful historic buildings to visit including the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum and the bustling fish and local produce markets.
Around Upolu Island Exploring Upolu is the main attraction with a good coastal road and lots of scenic lookouts, waterfalls and beaches along the way. It takes just over 3 hours to drive right around the island. Green Turtle Tours offers an excellent hop on hop off package which enables you to spend as many nights as you like at off the beaten track beach fale locations. The tour can also be taken as a day tour and works an excellent guide to the island so you can plan where you want to spend your time. Heading east from Apia, the coast is tropical and rugged with pleasant mountain views and small villages along the rivers and a few picturesque beaches but few swimming opportunities.  The coastal highway cuts inland at the picturesque Falefa Falls and a small dirt off-road follows the coast to Utuloa Point passing some of the best accessible coastal scenery in Samoa. The paved road ends at the attractive village of Saletele, but you can walk right around Fagalua Bay along a rough dirt track to the village of Taelefaga where a sealed roads takes you back on to the main highway. For the very adventurous, you could continue along the coast all the way to the vibrant Uafato Conservation Reserve. The reserve has some of the last remaining natural tropical forests in Samoa and bird life thrives.  Lalomanu Beach on the south east tip of Upolu is the most picturesque in Samo and has a fantastic swimming lagoon with good snorkelling, scuba diving and surfing along the offshore islands, about five minutes by boat from the shore. This is one of the most beautiful regions in Samoa and although popular withn locals on weekends and holidays, at other times is blissfully quiet.
The rosouther coast is the quietest area on Upolu and is a good place for walking and visiting traditional villages. There is also the Togitigiga National park with a lovely natural swimming pool and waterfall. There are some great beaches along the southern coast including Vavau, Maninoa and Salamanu, although swimming is not great at any. There are some world class surfing breaks off this coastline and a couple of small luxury resorts.
Just 4 km off the west coast of Upolu surrounded by a turquoise lagoon is the small island of Manono. This tranquil little haven has just four fishing villages, with most houses being traditional fales. The beauty of Manono is there are no cars and no barking dogs at night - just the stars and the lapping waves. It takes a leisurely two hours to walk around the coastal track, passing several palm fringed beaches with good snorkelling. Inland trails lead to several interesting archaeological sites including an ancient star mound on top of Mt. Tulimanuiva, the highest point at 110m.
Savaii Island Savaii is a complex geographical island dominated by its active but presently dormant volcanic activity. Every 150 years or so, eruptions take place, creating a new crater and spilling lava down its mountainous landscape and into the lagoon. Travelling up the east coast of Savaii gives a typical picture - long stretches of black rocky coastline and lava pools followed by fine stretches of golden sand and snorkelling lagoons, and suddenly at Sale-aula, the arid landscape of volcanic lava flow from the last eruption between 1911-1916. Sightseeing on Savaii is fantastic with lava fields, lava tubes, a forest canopy walk, sea arches, blowholes and black sand beaches.  The most popular beach location on Savaii is at Manase Village on the north coast, a few miles beyond Satoalepai Lava Fields and the Turtle Sanctuary. The swimming beach at Manase stretches for several miles with good swimming and snorkelling and makes a great spot for strolling and with the local villages along the shoreline. The only upmarket resort on Savaii, Le Lagoto Resort is on this beach. Other accommodation includes four budget beach fales, the pick of the bunch being Vacations Beach Resort which offers the most authentic style fales with excellent food and service. Savaii takes a full day to travel around.
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